Works Cited Entries For Web Pages

How do you find bibliographic information on a public access Web site?

When you find a page on the free Web, very often you will not be able to find all the above information. In that case, give what is available. Sometimes it is not easy to determine the author or date of a Web site because they may not be included on the page you are using. Then, you may need to click on the home page link or a link to information about the Web page creator to determine that information.

For example, assume you are doing a paper for an international relations class on the situation in Afghanistan, and you want some background information on the country. You find a useful online site that would be perfect for your paper. Think ahead and make certain that the page contains all the information you will need to write your citation. In the image below,  I've labeled some information you need.

But who created the Web site and where is the publication date of the article? To find out more, you have to click on the circled link for the full HTML version.

On the page with the complete HTML version, you find the names of the Web site author and editor. You also note that the publication has a date.

Now you have all the information you need to create the citation below.

Template:

United States. Government Agency Author. "Article

Title." Editor. Publication date. Web. Access date.

Filled in Citation:

United States. Library of Congress. Federal Research

Division. "Afghanistan: Country Study." Ed. Peter R. Blood. 1997. Web. 13 Nov. 2008.

(This content is used with permission of Library & Information Services, University of Maryland University College.)