Science 5: Famous Scientists (Balzer): Using Websites

To create a citation for a website, you will need:

• The Author's Name
  Look at the top or bottom of the page (if no author is listed, consider whether this might be a bad sign)
• The Title of the Page
  Look at the top of the page
• The Name of the Website
  Look at the top of the page, especially the top left corner
• The Name of the Publisher
  Look at the top or bottom of the page (this can be the person, group, or company that created the website)
• The Publication or Copyright Date
  Look at the top or bottom of the page
• The URL
  Copy & paste from the browser bar
• The Date You Found It
  Look at a calendar :)

Your information should appear in this order:

Author’s Name (if you can find one). “Page Title.” Name of Website, Name of Publisher (person or group that created the website), Date of Publication or Copyright, URL. Your Date of Access.

Example:

“Marie Curie (1867-1934).” BBC.co.uk, BBC, 2014, www.bbc.co.uk/history/historic_figures/ curie_marie.shtml. Accessed September 1, 2017.