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Citing Online Sources

Works Cited

 

 

Page from a Website


Author's Last Name, First Name. "Title of Page." Title of Site. Publisher/Sponsor, Date posted/updated. Medium. Day Month Year accessed.

"Cyberbullying." Common Sense Media. 2015. Web. 3 Feb. 2015.

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Database Article


Author's Last Name, First Name. "Title of Article." Title of Periodical. Date or Volume.Issue (Year): Pages. Database Name. Medium. Day Month Year accessed.

Struthers, William M. "Comic Books, Mock Trials, and Zombies: Engaging Integrative Biopsychology Themes in the Classroom." Journal of Psychology & Theology 42.2 (2014): 188-199. Academic Search Complete. Web. 13 Feb. 2015.


NOTE:  Look for a "Cite" option in the library databases.  You can often find a formatted citation to copy and paste into your Works Cited page.  Always check the citation for accuracy!

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eBook


Author's Last Name, First Name. Title of Book. Publication Location: Publisher, Year. Database/Website Name. Medium. Day Month Year accessed.

Høe-Raitto, Mari, and Carol Kaynor. Skijor with Your Dog. Fairbanks: University of Alaska Press, 2012. eBook Academic Collection (EBSCOhost). Web. 13 Feb. 2015.

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Online Newspaper/Magazine Article


Author's Last Name, First Name. "Title of Article." Title of Newspaper/Magazine. Publisher, Date of publication. Medium. Day Month Year accessed.

Kahn, Joseph and Jim Yardley. "As China Roars, Pollution Reaches Deadly Extremes." The New York Times 26 Aug. 2007. Web. 13 Feb. 2015.

Appenzeller, Tim. "The Case of the Missing Carbon." National Geographic 2015. Web. 13 Feb. 2015.

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Blog Post


Author's Last Name, First Name. "Title of Blog Post." Title of Blog. Sponsor, Day Month Year posted. Medium. Day Month Year accessed.

Walsh, Mark. "Essay in The American Scholar Is Skeptical on School Reform." Education and the Media. Education Week, 10 Feb. 2015. Web. 18 Feb. 2015.

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Podcast


Performer or Host's Last Name, First Name. "Title of Podcast."  Host's First and Last Name. Title of Program. Sponsor, Day Month Year posted. Medium. Day Month Year accessed.

Miller, Lulu and Alix Spiegel. "Our Computers, Ourselves." Invisibilia. NPR, 12 Feb. 2015. Web. 18 Feb. 2015.

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Online Video, including YouTube Videos


Author's Name or Poster's Username. "Title of Video." Online video clip. Title of WebSite. Website's Publisher, Date posted/updated. Medium. Day Month Year accessed.

Shimabukuro, Jake. "Ukulele Weeps by Jake Shimabukuro." Online video clip. YouTube. YouTube, 26 Sept. 2006. Web. 10 Mar. 2015.