High School Handbook - River Dell Regional School District

The library, ambitiously expanding, has built a strong foreign language dictionary collection. It also has many books and
cassettes dealing with learning a foreign language. Special programs are scheduled throughout the year. Contact the
library for information.
CITING ONLINE RESOURCES
A how-to guide for referencing online sources in student
bibliographies
Just as you need to cite the books and periodicals you use to support your research, so too must you cite the online
sources of information. The following has been adapted from Classroom Connect and Purdue’s Online Writing Lab
(OWL).
As follows is a revised method for citing Internet and online resources as accessed though your Internet browser. Also
included is new information specifying how to cite the graphics, sounds, and video clips you retrieve from the Internet for
use in your multimedia presentations.
Email
Structure
Author. “Title or subject of message”. Email to person’s name. Date of message.
Example
Kunka, Andrew. “Re: Modernist Literature.” Email to Jane Doe. 15 Nov. 2006.
World Wide Web/Internet
Article on a Web Site
Structure
Author(s). Title of page. Name of web site. Date of posting/revision. Name of institution/organization affiliated
with the site. Date of access .
Example
Schoenherr, Steve. “The Cold War Begins.” Cold War Policies 1945-1991. 15 Jan. 2006. University of San Diego – History
Department. 1 May 2006 .
Web site
Structure
Author(s). Name of page. Date of posting/revision.
Name of institution/organization affiliated with the site. Date of access .
If no author start with Name of page.
Example
Felluga, Dino. Undergraduate Guide to Literary Theory. 17 Dec. 1999. Purdue University. 15 Nov. 2000
.
An Article or Publication from an Electronic Subscription Database
If you are citing an article or publication from a database to which River Dell subscribes, you should provide enough
information so that the reader can locate the article.
Structure
Author(s). “Title of Article.” Publication Name
Volume number (if necessary) Publication Date:
Page number – page number. Database name.
Service name. Library name, city, state.
Date of access .
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