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Referencing: Print, Online & Media Resources: Websites

APA Style

To cite an entire website, just include the web address in the text.

In-Text-Citation:

(URL)

Example:

The Pharmaceutical Society of Ireland website provides support services for psychology and psychologists in the Republic of Ireland (https://www.psychologicalsociety.ie/)

 

Source: UCD Library

Reference: Author(s) Last name, Initials. (Year, month day; n.d. to indicate no date). Title of article. Title of web site. Retrieved from URL

Example: Gambill, G. (2011, April 6). Assad's survival strategy. Foreign Policy. Retrieved from http://www.foreignpolicy.com/articles/2011/04/06/assads_survival_strategy

In-Text-Citation:

  • Author(s) Last name (year)
  • (Author(s) Last name, year)

Example:

  • Gambill (2011) argues….
  • Another approach (Gambill, 2011) suggests….

Source: UCD Library.

Reference: Title of webpage. (Year, month day). Retrieved from url.

Example: UCD Library – Online Tutorials. (2014, February 5). Retrieved from http://www.ucd.ie/library/supporting_you/tutorials/

In-Text-Citation:

  • “Title of webpage” (Year)
  • (“Title of webpage”, Year)

Example:

  • The webpage “UCD Library – Online Tutorials” (2014) provides help….
  • There is help completing research from the UCD Library (“UCD Library – Online Tutorials,” 2014).

Source: UCD Library 

Harvard Style

Reference: Website author (Year published/Last updated) Title of internet site. Available at: URL (Accessed Day Month Year).

Example: International tourism partnership (2004). International tourism partnership. Available at: http://www.internationaltourismpartnership.org/ (Accessed 8 February 2009).

In-Text-Citation: (Website author, Year)

Example: Information available from their website (International Tourism Partnership, 2004) ….

Note: No Author? If the website author is not available, simply use the website name, e.g. (Website name, Year).

Source: UCD Library

Reference: Webpage Author(s) Last name, Initials. (Year) Page title.  Available at: URL (Accessed Day Month Year).

Example: Kelly, M. (2004) Environmental attitudes and behaviours: Ireland in comparative European perspective. Available at: http://www.ucd.ie/environ/home.htm (Accessed 8 February 2009).

In-Text-Citation:

  • Author(s) Last name (Year)
  • (Author(s) Last name, Year)

Example:

  • Kelly (2004) responded….
  • In the response (Kelly, 2004)….

Source: UCD Library

MHRA Style

There are two styles of MHRA referencing - footnotes/bibliography style and author/date style. This guide covers notes/bibliography style. For more information on both types of styles please see information here from the Univeristy of St. Andrews, and here from the MHRA style guide online. 

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Source: Swansea University

MLA Style

Reference: Author's Last name, First name (if available). Name of Site, Day Month Year of resource creation (if available), Link/Location.

Example: Willett, Perry. Victorian Women’s Writers Project, 16 May 2000, 

http://webapp1.dlib.indiana.edu/vwwp/welcome.do

In-Text-Citation: 

  • (Author Last name /Name of Site)

Example: 

  • According to another source (Willett)....

Source: UCD Library

Reference: Author's Last name, First name (if available). "Article Title." Website Title. Publisher of WebsiteDay Month Year of Publication. Location/Link.

Example: MacBride, Elizabeth."The super secret weapons of CEOs." BBCBBC, 14 Sept. 2011, www.bbc.com/capital/story/20150714-the-secret-weapon-of-ceos.

In-Text-Citation: 

  • Use first few words of the page title.

Example:

  •  The introspective nature of poetry may also... (The super secret weapons).

Source: UCD Library

Chicago Style - NOTE

Please note that there are two style of Chicago referencing: author/date style and notes/bibliography style. This guide covers notes/bibliography style. 

Chicago Style

In-Text Citation: Use a superscript number (like this: ¹) in the text at the place where you are indicating that you are citing from a source.

Footnote:  #. “Title of webpage," Website name, Last modified: Month day, year, URL.

Bibliography:  “Title of webpage." Website name. Last modified date, year. URL.

Examples: 

In-Text Citation: Google announced in their privacy policy that no personally identifying information was required to use their services.³

Footnote: “Google Privacy Policy,” Google, Last modified March 11, 2009, http://www.google.com/intl/en/privacy/

NOTE: When a source is referenced more than once on the same page a shortened form of footnote is used after the first reference, as seen below.

Second footnote: "Google Privacy Policy". 

Bibliography: “Google Privacy Policy.” Google. Last modified March 11, 2009. http://www.google.com/intl/en/privacy/

Source: UCD Library

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