How to Do a Works Cited Page for Websites
Properly citing your sources is crucial for professional and academic integrity. Without cited sources, you're plagiarizing, even if you're paraphrasing. These days, the Internet provides a wealth of information, and much of your research may be gleaned from online sources. Fortunately, referencing websites in a formal Works Cited page is easy, and correct formatting will add polish and respectability to your work.
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Copy the URL of every website you use for research, even when you're just using the information instead of paraphrasing or quoting directly. Keep an ongoing Works Cited page---a separate page at the end of your paper or project that lists references. This will save you time and trouble when you're ready to finalize the format. Once you've finished writing, delete the websites you didn't use.
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List the citations under the title Works Cited, which should be centered at the top of the page. Format the websites you've referenced in the following order:
1) Author's surname, first name. 2) "Title of article." 3) Name of home website. 4) Publisher. 5) Date of the article's on-site publication. 6) Web. 7) Date article was accessed by you. 8) <URL in angled brackets>. -
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Skip the author's name if it is not listed, as is often the case with websites. Begin the citation with the title of the article. Italicize the name of the home website, just as you would a book or journal. If the publisher's name is not listed, write "n.p." for no publisher. If you can't find the date of publication, then simply write "n.d." for "no date" after the home website. The Modern Language Association, referred to as MLA, now requires that the medium of publication be included in the citations. Thus, you should write "Web." before the date you accessed the page.
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Double space all citations. Do not indent the first line of each citation. Instead, indent any lines that follow the first. Do not skip lines between citations. Break URLs only after slashes.
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Proofread your citations, making sure all available information is included. Alphabetize your citations by the authors' surnames. If no author is available, then alphabetize according to the title.
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Tips & Warnings
Some sites like BibMe allow you to input information that they will format into a Works Cited page for you.
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