How to Write a Bibliography for an Internet Article
A comprehensive bibliography placed at the end of your article informs readers about the depth and quality of your research. The detailed citations you include in the bibliography add credibility to your writing and allow readers to verify your facts and find more information about your topic as well as help you avoid any accusations of plagiarism. When you are not required to follow any particular style guide for your bibliography, the format specified in "The Chicago Manual of Style" is a good choice.
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Instructions
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Gather all the information about the article that you need to include in the bibliography. You need the author's name, title of the article, website name or publisher, publication date, website URL and the date you accessed the website.
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Enter the author's name. When entering a personal name, first type in the last name followed by a comma and then type in the first name. Put a period at the end of the name.
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Enter the title of the article and surround it with quotation marks. Put a period at the end of the title and remember to keep the period inside the quotation marks.
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Enter the name of the website and format it with italics. Put a period at the end of the title.
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Enter the publication date, followed by a period.
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Enter the URL for the website.
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Enter the date you accessed the website. Put the access date in parentheses and type the word "accessed" in front of the date. End the citation with a period.
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Review your completed citation. Check for proper formatting and typographical errors. Make sure your citation looks similar to this example: Murphy, Kate. "First Camera, Then Fork." The New York Times. April 6, 2010. http://www.nytimes.com/2010/04/07/dining/07camera.html?ref=dining (accessed April 7, 2010).
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Tips & Warnings
The date you accessed the website is optional unless it is required by your publisher or is a convention adopted by your discipline.
Use a hanging indent for the first line of each citation.
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