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Web Site (Professional)

 ESPN.com. 10 Nov. 1999. ESPN Internet Ventures. Web.

  24 Nov. 1999.

 

Article Within a Web Site

 Devitt, Terry. "Flying High." The Why Files. 9 Dec. 1999.

  University of Wisconsin, Board of Regents. Web. 4 Jan. 2000.

 

Article Within a Web Site (Anonymous)

 "Becoming a Meteorologist." Weather.com. 12 Nov. 1999. The

  Weather Channel. Web. 24 Nov. 1999.
 
Note: You only need to include the url for a website when your readers need it to find your source.

 

Web Site (Personal)

 Hamilton, Calvin J. Views of the Solar System. Web. 12 Nov. 1999.


Note: When a professional or personal site has no title, use the description "Home page" without an underscore.

 

On-Line Government Document

 United States. U.S. Census Bureau. Poverty in the United 
  States: 1998. Sept. 1999. Web. 12 Nov. 1999. 

 

Article from On-Line Computer Service (Also in Print)

 Williams, Vanessa. "D.C. Votes to Limit Teenage Drivers:

  Council Sets 18 as Minimum Age for Full License."

  Washington Post 3 Nov. 1999, final ed.: A1.
National

  Newspapers
. ProQuest. Web. 12 Nov. 1999.
 
Note: When you use a library to access a subscription service, include the name of the database if known (underlined) and the service before the date of access.

 

Article from On-Line Computer Service (Volume Number Included)

 "Senate Approves New Alternative Fuel." National Petroleum

  News
90.9 (Sept. 1998): 36 (1/6p.). MasterFILE Premier.

  EBSCOhost. Web. 12 Nov. 1999

 

Archived Posting to a Discussion List

 Matthews, Robert. "Legally Banning Puppy Mills." On-line

  posting. 15 Nov. 1996. People Caring for Animals

  Conference. Web. 20 Feb. 1998. <http://www.vet.ucd.ca/

  animalscience/pcac/ PUP_MILL.txt>.


Note: When citing a posting, place the subject line in quotation marks and use it as the title. Place the name of the discussion list (People Caring . . . ) after the date of the on-line posting.

 

Scholarly Project

 New England Folklore Project. Ed. Marcia Farnsworth.

  May 1997. Indiana U. Web. 12 Sept. 1997.


Note: The name of the project (underlined) is followed by the name of its editor, the date of electronic publication, the sponsoring organization (Indiana U.), Web, and your date of access.

 

Book in a Scholarly Project

 Arndt, Jefferson. Tales from Penobscot Bay. New York:

  Fawcett, 1985. New England Folklore Project. Ed. Marcia

  Farnsworth. May 1997. Indiana U. Web. 20 Nov. 1997.


Note: The entry begins with the original publication information for the book.

 

Articles in Reference Databases

 "Astronomy." Collier's Online. Vers. 97.2.2. 1997. Collier's

  Encyclopedia. Web. 14 Jan. 1998.
 
Carlyle, Lois. "Weeping for the Universe?" Rev. of
Exploiting

  the Cosmos
, by Charles Lindsey. Houston Herald 15 Nov.

  1997, sec. B:6. Human Rights Opinions On-Line. 1997.

  Human Rights Publications, Inc. Web. 17 Nov. 1997.


Note: This last entry begins with original publication information and ends with the name of the on-line database (underlined), the year of electronic publication, the name of the sponsoring company, your date of access, and the electronic address.

 

Book in an Electronic Text Repository

 Austen, Jane. Sense and Sensibility. Ed. Roald Nielsen.

  Harmondsworth: Penguin, 1962. Cambridge Text Archive.

  Web. 16 Feb. 1996.


Note: This entry begins with original publication information and ends with the name of the repository and your date of access.

 

E-Mail Message

 Toshner, David. "Re: Questions." Message to the author.

  25 Feb. 1998. E-mail.


Note: This entry begins with the name of the e-mail writer and the subject of the e-mail (if any).  It then includes the recipient ("Message to the author"), the date the message was sent, and E-mail.

 

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