The following are examples for citing TCC's electronic resources (and a few harder to find web site examples) in a reference list. See Research and Documentation Online from Diana Hacker for many more examples and for advice on "citations in text." Please note: the proper "hanging" paragraph style cannot be shown here.
Click here for a printable two page document with more examples. - Web page from an organization
- Rule: Author (corporate). (Puplication year, month). Title of specific page. In Title of specfic web section. Retrieved date from URL.
- Example: American Psychiatric Association. (1998, October). Anxiety disorders: The role of psychotherapy in effective treatment. In How therapy helps: Get the facts. Retrieved November 1, 2002, from http://helping.apa.org/therapy/anxiety.html
- Web page(s) without author or "publication" date
- Rule: Title of web page. Retrieved date from URL
If an author and publication date (often shown as "last updated ......") had been available, they would have been listed first, as in the example above. - Example: Making the web safe for children. Retrieved March 20, 1999, from http://www.childwelfare.com/safeweb.htm
- Government document from a government web site
- Rule: authoring government agency in hierarchical order. (date of publication). Title. Retrieved date from URL
- Example: United States. Department of Education. National Center for Education Statistics. (2000). The nation's report card. Retrieved Dec. 12, 2000, from http://nces.ed.gov/nationsreportcard/site/home.asp
- Academic Search Premier (Ebsco) Web-based periodical database: magazine article
- Rule: Author family name, initials. (year, month dates of publication). Title of article. Title of magazine, page numbers. Retrieval date from name of database.
- Example: Howe, D. (2006, July). It's All in the Genes. American Fitness, 23-23. Retrieved September 19, 2007, from Academic Search Premier database.
- Academic Search Premier (Ebsco) Web-based periodical database: journal article
- Rule: Author family name, initials.[each separated by a comma and last in list separated by ampersand].(year) Title of article. Title of journal, volume number (issue number--if one is required), page numbers. Retrieval date from name of database.
- Example: Stender, S., & Dyerberg, J. (2004). Influence of Trans Fatty Acids on Health. Annals of Nutrition & Metabolism, 48(2), 61-66. Retrieved September 19, 2007, from Academic Search Premier database.
ProQuest (Web-based periodical database): magazine article - Rule: Author family name, initials. (year, month dates of publication). Title of article. Title of magazine, page numbers. Retrieval date from name of database*. Document i.d. if provided.
- Example: Alston, R. (1993, September 10). The battle of the books. Humanist, 18-19 . Retrieved November 9, 1997, from Platinum Full Text Periodicals database.
- Ethnic NewsWatch (Web-based periodical database): journal article
- Rule: Author family name, initials.(Year) Title of article. Title of journal, volume number (issue number--if one is required), page numbers. Retrieval date from name of database.
- Example: Sherwood, M. (2002). Engendering racism: History and history teachers in English schools. Research in African Literatures, 30 (1), 184. Retrieved Oct. 15, 2002, from Ethnic NewsWatch database.
- Magazine article from CQ Researcher (each issue is one article—use “cite now” button to get page numbers)
- Rule: Author family name, initials.(Year) Title of article. In Editor's Name (Ed.), Title of original print publication. Place of publication: Publisher. Retrieval date from name of database. Document i.d. if provided.
- Example: Glazer, S. (2006, January 13). Avian flu threat. CQ Researcher, 16, 25-48. Retrieved January 30, 2006, from http://library.cqpress.com/cqresearcher/cqresrre2006012700. Document ID: cqresrre2006012700.
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