Documenting Electronic Sources

The Internet has become a valuable communication and research tool for many people in many fields. While there is much information available free on the world wide web, it is still important to give the right people credit when you use information found on their web site. It is important to document these sources within your paper as well. You not only want to document information acquired at a particular web site, but what you received in an amyl or read on a list serve or Internet bulletin board or chat room must also be documented.

When researching on the Internet, on top of recording information you find, you must also be careful to either record what web addresses (or URLs) you use, or bookmark them so you can easily return to find this information. All three styles discussed above have developed ways for documenting various electronic sources within your paper.

Check out these links for specific information about documenting electronic sources:

Citation Styles Online
A comprehensive guide to citing online sources.

Citing Electronic Sources
A guide to citing a large array of electonically-accessed sources.

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