Citing Your Sources

ONLINE SOURCES

Encyclopedia from an online service:

1. Author, if shown
2. "Title of the article."
3. Name of encyclopedia (italicized).
4. Name of publisher, date of publication, if available.
5. Date of your visit.
6. Name of the online subscription service hosting the encyclopedia..

 
"Animal Rights." Compton's Living Encyclopedia. Compton's 
 Learning Company, 1996. 22 Aug. 1999. America Online.
 
 Ketcham, Ralph. "Franklin, Benjamin." Grolier Multimedia Encyclopedia. 
 Grolier Interactive Inc. 10 Sept. 1999. CLAMSnet. 
 

Periodical article from an online database:

1. Author.
2. "Title of article."
3. Periodical title (italicized) date: page.
4. Name of database.(italicized)
5. Publisher of database (if available).
6. Date of visit.
7. <http address>. (enclosed in angle brackets)

Peterson, Robert W. "Teddy Roosevelt: The Conservation President." 
 Boys' Life April 1994: 28. Primary Search. EBSCO Publishing. 12 
 Nov. 2000. <http://ebsco.com/primary>. 

World Wide Web:

1. Author (if known).
2. "Title of article."
3. Title of complete work. (if relevant, italicized)
4. date of visit.
5. <full http address>. (enclosed in angle brackets)

Boritt, Gabor S. "Civil War." World Book Online. 10 September 1999.
 <http://www.worldbookonline.com/na/ar/fs/ar117060.htm>.
 
Norton, R.J. "An Overview of John Wilkes Booth's Assassination of 
 President Abraham Lincoln." Abraham Lincoln's Assassination.
 28 Nov. 1999. <http://home.att.net/~rjnorton/Lincoln75.html>.
 
"Statistical Summary: America's Major Wars." The U.S. Civil 
  War Center. 14 Aug. 1999. <http://www.cwc.lsu.edu/other/
 stats/warcost.htm>. 
 
Arnett, Bill. "Callisto." The Nine Planets. 21 May 1999. 
 <http://seds.lpl.arizona.edu/nineplanets/nineplanets/callisto.html>. 
 
Winter, Mark. "Nitrogen." WebElements. 9 July 1999. <http://www.shef.
 ac.uk/chemistry/web-elements/N/key.html>.