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A citation is reliable way to lead your reader back to the materials you used in your research.
A citation gives credit to an author for their research, writings and ideas.
Most citations include information such as
When you use citations you are
A URL or web address is not enough information for a citation in any paper or project.
Often a URL will lead to a dead link so more details about your source are needed.
But a website is different from a book.
What do I include in a citation for an internet source?
MLA requires as much of the following information as possible:
Author's name
Title of the work
Title of the website
Name of the website sponsor
Date of the most recent update
Web (to show this is not a print source)
Date of access (or the date you looked at the website)
APA requires as much of the following information as possible:
Author's name
Date of publication or update
Title of the source
URL ("Retrieved from" followed by the url) or
DOI - Digital Object Identifier - for online newspaper, magazine or journal articles.
CMS or Chicago Manual of Style requires as much of the following information as possible:
Author's name
Title of the work
Title of the source
Date of publication or update
URL
deLaplante, K. (2010, Mar 16). Avoiding Plagiarism: What Do I Need to Cite? [Video]. YouTube. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=atTRlg6iaGo (APA style YouTube citation)