As much information is available on the internet, you may want to use a website as a source for a research paper.At the end of your paper, you have to include an entry in your list of references.The information in that entry will be the same no matter what citation style you use.The format varies depending on whether you're writing a Works Cited entry in Modern Language Association (MLA) style, a Reference List entry or a Bibliography entry.
Step 1: If you know the author's name, begin your Works Cited entry with that.
If the author of the website is an individual, they should list their last name first and then their first name.List the full name of the organization for institutional authors.Lovegood, Luna is an individual author example.Wizarding World Publications is an example of an institutional author.
Step 2: The title of the website should be provided.
You can type the title of the website in title case.The website should be placed after a comma.If there is an affiliated organization that is not the same as the author of the website, you should type that in regular text.The organization's name should be placed in the left-hand column.Lovegood, Luna, The Daily Cauldron, Wizarding World Publications.
Step 3: The site was last updated.
The website was last updated at the top of the page.You can use the copyright year for the website if you scroll down to the bottom.To shorten the names of months that are longer than 4 letters, type the date in a day-month-year format.Don't worry about the rest if you only have the year.It's a good idea to put a colon after the year.The Daily Cauldron is from Wizarding World Publications.
Step 4: You have to close with the URL.
The URL for the home page of the website is what you should use for your entry.The " http://" part of the URL should not be included.There is a period at the end of the URL.The Daily Cauldron, Wizarding World Publications, 18 May 2019, www.thedailycauldron.org, is an example.
Step 5: If you're citing the whole website, include the URL in your paper.
If you're citing an entire website, the APA doesn't require a reference list entry.If you mention the URL in your text, put it in parentheses."The Daily Cauldron provides muggles with insight into happenings in the wizarding world."
Step 6: You can start a reference list entry with the author's name.
You need a reference list entry to cite a specific webpage instead of a website as a whole.The author's last name should be followed by a colon.The author's first initial should be typed.The title of the webpage should be listed first if there is no author's name.Lovegood is an example.L.
Step 7: The year of publication can be provided in parentheses.
The year of publication is not the copyright date for the website as a whole.If there is no specific date for the page, use the abbreviation "n.d."Lovegood is an example.L.
Step 8: The title should be added to the webpage.
The full title of the website should be typed in sentence case and capitalized with the first word and any proper nouns.At the end of the title, place a period.Lovegood is an example.L.There is an influence on teachers and students at Hogwarts.
Step 9: You have to close with a URL.
The URL should be followed by the words "Retrieved from".The direct URL can be used for the specific webpage.There is a period at the end of the URL.Lovegood is an example.L.There is an influence on teachers and students at Hogwarts.Thedailycauldron.org/V_influence_Hogwarts
Step 10: The author of the website should be your first point of contact.
For individual authors, type their last name first.They should type their first name.The full name of the institution that claims authorship should be typed.There is a period at the end of the name.Lovegood, Luna.
Step 11: The title should be included in quotation marks.
If you're referencing a specific page on the website, you should include it in your entry.The title should be capitalized in the title case.There is a period at the end of the title.Lovegood, Luna.escent into darkness
Step 12: The website's name should be provided.
The title case is used to type the name of the website.The author's name would be followed by this element if you're referencing the website as a whole.At the end of the website's name, place a period.Lovegood, Luna.escent into darknessThere is a daily cauliflowerdron.
Step 13: The publication date and access date are listed.
If the website has a publication date, enter it in a month-day-year format.The months are longer than 4 letters.You can typeAccessed followed by the date you last accessed the website using the same format.After the date of access, place a period.Lovegood, Luna.escent into darknessThere is a daily cauliflowerdron.June 23, 2018).
Step 14: You can close your entry with the URL.
The URL is the best way to reference a specific page.The home page of the website should be used.There is a period at the end of the URL.Lovegood, Luna.escent into darknessThere is a daily cauliflowerdron.http://www.thedailycauldron.org/descent