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Citation formats for documenting electronic sources are relatively new. The formats recommended here have been modified from those published by the American Psychological Association (APA).

ELECTRONIC RESOURCES

6.3.26 WWW (World Wide Web) Site

Bibliography Entry

Montagne, R. 2004. The science behind the “five seconds rule.” July 5. http://www.npr.org/features/feature.php?wfId=3137043.

Internal Citation

(Montagne 2004)

6.3.27 WWW Journal

Bibliography Entry

Freeman, K. S., and J. H. Spyridakis. 2004. An examination of factors that affect the credibility of online health information. Technical Communication Online 51, no. 2. http://www.techcomm-online.org/ issues/v51n2/full/0650.html.

Internal Citation

(Freeman and Spyridakis 2004)

6.3.28 Online Technical Report

Bibliography Entry

National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB). 2002. Evaluation of the rollover propensity of 15-passenger vans. NTSB. http://purl.access.gpo.gov/GPO/LPS24918.

Internal Citation

(National Transportation Safety Board 2002)

6.3.29 Online Version of Article in a Print Journal

Bibliography Entry

Van der Poel, H. G. 2004. Smart drugs in prostate cancer. European Urology 45, no. 1 (Jan.): 1–17. http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov:80/entrez/
query.fcgi?cmd=Retrieve&db=pubmed&dopt=Abstract&list_uids=14667509.

Internal Citation

(Van der Poel 2004)

6.3.30 E-mail
Note: The Chicago Manual of Style, 15th edition, now recommends that this type of information be handled within the text or in a note, not as a bibliography entry

Bibliography Entry

Hawk, M. 2004. Bridge project instructions. E-mail message to author. March 4.

Internal Citation

(Hawk 2004)

6.3.31 Posting from Mailing List
Note: The Chicago Manual of Style, 15th edition, now recommends that this type of information be handled within the text or in a note, not as a bibliography entry

Bibliography Entry

Francis, D. 2004. E-mail message to the animal bioethics mailing list. July 7. wcc204.lists.oregonstate.edu.

Internal Citation

(Francis 2004)

6.3.32 Mailing List from Archive
Note: The Chicago Manual of Style, 15th edition, now recommends that this type of information be handled within the text or in a note, not as a bibliography entry

Bibliography Entry

Weaver, M. 2004. E-mail message to Security Focus BugTraq mailing list. July 13. http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1.

Internal Citation

(Weaver 2004)

6.3.33 Global Newsgroup
Note: The Chicago Manual of Style, 15th edition, now recommends that this type of information be handled within the text or in a note, not as a bibliography entry

Bibliography Entry

Patrick, J. 2004. A quick poll on hydrology. Message posted to the newsgroup sci.engr.civil. July 7. http://groups.google.com/groups?hl-en&lr=&ie=UTF-8&group=sci.engr.civil.

Internal Citation

(Patrick 2004)

6.3.34 Database
Note: The Chicago Manual of Style, 15th edition, now recommends that this type of information be handled within a note, not as a bibliography entry

Bibliography Entry

Micromedex. Micromedex healthcare series integrated index. 2004. Thyroid hormones (systemic). http://healthcare.micromedex.com/mdxcgi/htmldisp.exe?CTL=/u01/mdx/mdxcgi/megat.sys&SET=
80F0170C40EB26414F4EE0&SYS=28&T=1145&D=1&Q=0.

Internal Citation

(Micromedex 2004)

6.3.35 Blog
Note: The Chicago Manual of Style, 15th edition, now recommends that this type of information be handled within the text or in a note, not as a bibliography entry

Bibliography Entry

Science Blog. 2004. New technology could transform every train into a high speed cracked rail detector. www.scienceblog.com/community/article3180.html.

Internal Citation

(Science Blog 2004)

6.3.36 Chat Group
Note: The Chicago Manual of Style, 15th edition, now recommends that this type of information be handled within the text or in a note, not as a bibliography entry

Bibliography Entry

Kraemer, C. 2004. Posting to the Insect Chat Room of the entomology department at Iowa State University. June 9. http://cgi.ent.iastate.edu/chat/.

Internal Citation

(Kraemer 2004)


The citation models in this section were prepared by Mary Duerson, freelance editor and graduate student in the master’s program for rhetoric, composition, and professional communication, Iowa State University.

 

 

 

 

 

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