Thursday, August 28, 2014

How to cite a page or website

How to cite a page or website - Each time you reference a content of another person in a college work you should mention it. Learn how to cite websites in APA style can make the difference between a good grade or be accused of plagiarism.

Instructions


1. Determines the authorship of the website. This information must appear at the beginning of the event and must be put mentioning the author's last name first followed by a comma and then the first initial of the name followed by a period. If you can not find the name of the lead author, you can use the author or responsible for the website.

2. Determines the year of publication. This data typically found near the beginning of the article. It is located after the name of the authors and should be in parentheses.

3. Determines the title of the article. This data should be included after the year of publication and only putting the first letter of the first word capitalized. All other letters will be lower case. After a point is placed.

4. Include the date on which the information was accessed. This data should be under the word "Query" followed by a comma and the month, day and year when item was accessed.

5. After the consultation date put the word "of" followed by the name of the website. In most cases the title of the page can be found at the beginning of it. After the title add the words "web page".

6. Complete the date the URL of the page that is being used.