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3. Citation Guide For Online Sources

Web Sites

There are several types of web site citations.

General Web Site with a Published Author:

Footnote/Endnote:

1. John B. Padgett, "William Faulkner Chronology," http://www.mcsr.olemiss.edu/~egjjbp/faulkner/
chronology.html, 8 August 1998.

Bibliographic Citation:

Padgett, John B. "William Faulkner Chronology." http://www.mcsr.olemiss.edu/~egjjbp/fauklner/
     chronology.html. 8 August 1998.

General Web Site with No Published Author:

Many informative sites will not list the author of a particular page. It is important to find the organization that sponsors the site.

Footnote/Endnote:

1. The Smithsonian Institution, "History of the Smithsonian," http://www.si.edu/resource/tours/
history.htm, 9 August 1998.

Bibliographic Citation:

Smithsonian Institution. "History of the Smithsonian." http://www.si.edu/resource/tours/history.html.
     9 August 1998.

Web sites with Reviews:

Footnote/Endnote:

1.Paul Harvey, review of Appalachian Mountain Religion: A history by Deborah Vansau Mc Cauley for H-Amrel http://www.h-net.msu.edu/~amrel, June 1995. Archived at  http://www.h-net.msu/reviews/ showrev.cgi?path=24661898633612, 8 August 1998.

Bibliographic Citation:

Harvey, Paul. Review of Appalachian Mountain Religion: A history. by Deborah Vansau Mc Cauley for
     H-Amrel http://www.h-net.msu.edu/~amrel. June 1995. Archived at http:www.h-net.msu/reviews/
     showrev.cgi?path=24661898633612. 8 August 1998.

Web sites that Contain Scanned, or Otherwise Translated Primary Documents:

If you are including an image of a text, please refer to photographs on the web. If you are quoting passages from the text, then using the following formula:

Footnote/Endnote:

1.Eliza Frances Andrews, "The War -Time Journal of a Georgia Girl, 1864-1865," Electronic Edition. Natalia Smith, Teresa Church, Claire La Force, eds., Documenting the American South, or, The Southern Experience in 19th-century America, <sunsite.unc.edu/docsouth/andrews/andrews.html>, 8 August 1998.

Bibliographic Citation:

Andrews, Eliza Frances. "The War -Time Journal of a Georgia Girl, 1864-1865." Electronic Edition.
     Natalia Smith, Teresa Church, Claire La Force, eds. Documenting the American South, or, The
     Southern Experience in 19th-century America. sunsite.unc.edu/docsouth/andrews/andrews.html.
     8 August 1998.

E-mail and Listserv Messages Private E-mail Messages:

Footnote/Endnote:

1.Kari Rigg, equus@colostate.edu, "Horses in Celtic symbolism," private e-mail message to Sue Marasco, 8 August 1998.

Bibliographic Citation:


Rigg, Kari. equus@colostate.edu. "Horses in Celtic symbolism." Private e-mail message to Sue
     Marasco. 8 August 1998.

Listserv Messages:

Listserv citations generally come in two forms: messages taken directly from e-mail and messages researched in the archives of a particular list serve.

From Listserv:

Footnote/Endnote:

1. Sidney Shapiro,<shapiros@cpcug.org>, "QUERY: Thomas Western," in H-OIEAHC. H-OIEAHC@H-NET.MSU.EDU,  7 August 1998.

Bibliographic Citation:

Shapiro, Sidney. shapiros@cpcug.org. "QUERY: Thomas Western." In H-OIEAHC. H-OIEAHC@H-NET.MSU.EDU.   7 August 1998.

Archived Listserv Messages:

Footnote/Endnote:

1. Steven L. Ware sware@drew.edu  "REPLY: Films on Christian Missionaries," in H-Amrel H-Amrel@H-net.msu.edu ,  24 March 1998, archived at http://h-net.msu.edu/logs/showlog.cgi?ent
=0&file=h-amrel.log9803d/12&list=h-amrel,  8 August 1998.

Bibliographic Citation:

Ware, Steven L. sware@drew.edu. "REPLY: Films on Christian Missionaries," in H-Amrel
      H-Amrel@H-net.msu.edu   24Mar1998. Archived at http://h-net.msu.edu/logs/showlog.cgi?ent
      0&file=h-amrel.log9803d/12&list=h-amrel. 8 August 1998.

On-line Images

Photographs:

Footnote/Endnote:

1. E. A Hegg, 1897, "The Main Business Street, Skagway, Alaska," University of Washington Libraries, Special Collections Division, http://www.wolfnet.com/~dhills/klondik2.htm, 9 August 1998.

Bibliographic Citation:

Hegg, A. E. 1897. "The Main Business Street, Skagway, Alaska." University of Washington Libraries,
     Special Collections Division. http://www.wolfnet.com/~dhills/klondik2.htm.   9 August 1998.

Films/Copyrighted Animation On-line:

Footnote/Endnote:

1. G.W. "Billy" Bitzer, 18 April 1899, "Panorama from the tower of the Brooklyn Bridge," published by American Mutoscope and Biograph Company, 1903. Archived by American Memory, Library of Congress http://memory.loc.gov/cgi-bin/query/D?paper:2:/tem/~ammem_JqE6::, 9 August 1998.

Bibliographic Citation:

Bitzer, G.W. "Billy." 18 April 1899. "Panorama from the tower of the Brooklyn Bridge." Published by
     American Mutoscope and Biograph Company, 1903. Archived by American Memory, Library
     of Congress http://memory.loc.gov/cgi-bin/query/D?paper:2:/tem/~ammem_JqE6::. 9 August
     1998.

On-line Recordings

Recorded Sound:

Sound comes in three forms. The sound that you take from a compact disk and put on the web, sound that you find on the web, or a personal interview that you put on the web. Sound on the web includes both music and media broadcasts.

Sound from a Compact disk:

Footnote/Endnote:

1. Harry James and Frank Sinatra, "Ciribiribin," Living Era: 21 Swing Band All -Time Greats, Academy Sound and Vision, LTD, 1994.

Bibliographic Citation:

James, Harry and Frank Sinatra. "Ciribiribin." Living Era: 21 Swing Band All -Time Greats. Academy
     Sound and Vision, LTD. 1994.

Sound taken from an On-line Source:

Footnote/Endnote:

1. Ben Scott and Myrtle B. Wilkensen, "Haste to the Wedding," California Gold: Northern California Folk Music from the Thirties. http:memory.loc.gov.ammem/afcchtml/cowhome.html, 8 August 1998.

Bibliographic Citation:

Scott, Ben and Myrtle B. Wilkensen. "Haste to the Wedding," California Gold: Northern California
     Folk Music from the Thirties. http:memory.loc.gov.ammem/afcchtml/cowhome.html. 8 August
     1998.

Broadcasts On-line:
Interviews:

Footnote/Endnote:

1. Wayne Wang by Terry Gross, 15 April 1998, Fresh Air, http://whyy.org/rameta/FA/FA19980415_20.ram,   9 August 1998.

Bibliographic Citation:

Wang, Wayne by Terry Gross, 15 April 1998, Fresh Air,
     http://whyy.org/rameta/FA/FA19980415_20.ram,   9 August 1998.

Report:

Footnote/Endnote:

1. Scott Simon, "Thomas Jefferson DNA analysis" Weekend Edition Saturday from National Public Radio, 4 July 1998, www.npr.org/programs/wesat/archives/1998/980704.wesat.html,   9 August 1998.

Bibliographic Citation:

Scott Simon, "Thomas Jefferson DNA analysis" Weekend Edition Saturday from National Public
     Radio, 4 July 1998, www.npr.org/programs/wesat/archives/1998/980704.wesat.html, 9 August 1998.

Personal Interviews:

Footnote/Endnote:

1.John Smith, interviewed by author, 31 July 1998, compact disk recording, Colorado Springs, CO.

Bibliographic Citation:

Smith, John. Interviewed by author, 31 July 1998. Compact disk recording. Colorado Springs, CO, 8
     August 1998.

Remember!!!
  1. Understand the forms of academic dishonesty observed by UCCS and the Department of History.
  2. Individual professors have the right to choose a citation format, always ask the professor if you have a question on citation style.
  3. When in doubt, cite information when you are writing a paper or making a  multimedia presentation.