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Difference between a Web Site and a Web Page

A Web Site

  • Is like a book. It is written by one author ( or corporation).

  • It has 'pages'. Each page is connected by a link on the 'Home Page" and is most likey written by the same author.

  • www.schs.ca is a Web Site. The author is 'SCHS" and there are 'pages' on "Academics"

  • There are often external links on a Web Site. These links are not written by the author.

A Web Page

  • is like a chapter in a book or an article in a magazine.

  • It may be written by the author of the web page or may have been written by someone else.  

  • They will have a title.

  • The information on a Web Page may be confined to one 'page' or you may access more inforation on a 'NEXT PAGE" link.

 

The URL

The URL is the Universal Remote Locator. It is the address of the web site/page. It is important to record the URL accurately.

As you are researching, copy and paste the URL into a word document. Then you can copy and paste this URL into your Works Cited page.

HOW TO CITE WEB SITES

Pay attention to these items.

  1. Web Sites usually do not have page numbers. If you are reading a document that requires you to click to a next page to continue then you can give them page numbers. Otherwise you need to cite each page differerntly

  2. Many web sites do not have a specific author, for example a single person who takes credit for writing the material. In that case, use the organization responsible for setting up the web site.

  3. Get the date that the material was last updated. Anyone can publish information on the Web. There are no standard to ensure accuracy. Unlike print resources, web resource are rarely peer-reviewed or edited. Also information can be changes, updated, or deleted daily. Determining the DATE that you accessed the information is critical, because tomorrow it could be gone. A good idea is to print off the pages that you use. This makes it easy to refer to while writing the paper and will eliminate any confusion later on.

When you want to use a web source ask yourself these questions:

1.Who wrote the page?

Look for the author's name near the top or the bottom of the page. If you can't find a name, look for a copyright credit (©) or link to an organization.

2.What are the author's credentials?

 

Look for biographical information or the author's affiliations (university department, organization, corporate title, etc.).

Is this someone you know is an authority on the subject? Ex James Dobson writing about family life or a comment from Steven Curtis Chapman about music.

If you are not sure of their credibility, check if they left contact information.

Look for an email link, address, or phone number for the author. A responsible author should give you the means to contact him/her.

 

3. Whose web site is this?

What organization is sponsoring the web page? Is this a page paid for by an Atheist organization with articles titled “Who is Jesus?”. You may want to be careful reading that article.

4. What is the purpose of the page?

Why did the author create it? Why was it posted?

The purpose could be advertising, advocacy, news, entertainment, opinion, satire, etc.

5. Is there a date at the top or bottom of the page?

But note: a recent date doesn't necessarily mean the information is current. The content might be years out of date even if the given date is recent. (The last update of the page might have consisted of someone changing an email address or fixing a typo.)

6. Is the information up-to-date?

This takes a little more time to determine. Compare the information on the web page to information available through other sources. Broken links are one measure of an out-of-date page.

 

In general, information for science, technology, and business ages quickly.

Information in the humanities and social sciences ages less quickly. However, old information can still be perfectly valid.

In-text citation of a web page.

If you are citing information from a Web page, your citation for an in-text reference follows the same format as any regular citation for author, editor, title, etc. with one exception. Where no page reference is available on a Web page, indicate the author's last name, or the short title if no author is stated, without any page reference, e.g. (Meyer) or (Patron Saints Index). A corresponding entry must be made in your Works Cited pagepage

As you are collecting information and taking notes from the Internet follow this simple outline. If you can fill in all of the blanks then you know you have enough information to reference your work.

  • Creator, author of information (example a news article in a newspaper site)

  • Creator of Home Page: (Author, Organization, Government) serves as the author if no person’s name is found

  • Title, Headline or identifiable Page: serves as the author if no person’s name is found, underlined

  • Date Created/ Date Updated:

  • Date you accessed the source

  • URL: in angle brackets

Entire Web Sites

1. With author

Peterson, Susan Lynn. The Life of Martin Luther. 1999. 9 Mar., 2001. <http://pweb.netcom.com/~supeters/luther.htm>

2. With corporate (group) author

United States. Environmental Protection Agency. Values and Functions
of Wetlands. 25 May 1999. 24 Mar. 2001 <http://www.epa.gov-owow/
wetlands/facts/fact2.html>.

3. Author unknown

Margaret Sanger Papers Project. 18 Oct. 2000. History Dept., New York
U. 3 Apr. 2001
<http://www.nyu.edu/projects/sanger/>.

4. With editor

Exploring Ancient World Cultures. Ed. Anthony F. Beavers. 1997. U of
Evansville. 12 Mar. 2001
<http://eawc.evansville.edu/ index.htm>.



5. No title

If the site has no title, substitute a description, such as "Home page," for the title. Do not underline the words or put them in quotation marks.
Block, Marylaine. Home page. 5 Mar. 2001. 12 Apr. 2001
<http://www.marylaine.com>.
PAGE IN A WEB SITE

6. With author

Shiva, Vandana. “Bioethics: A Third World Issue.” NativeWeb. 15 Sept. 2001 <http://www.nativeweb.org/pages/legal/shiva.html>

7. Author unknown

"Media Giants." Frontline: The Merchants of Cool. 2001. PBS Online.
7 Mar. 2001 <http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/pages/frontline/shows/
cool/giants>.



NOTE: When the URL for a short work from a Web site is very long, you may give the URL for the home page and indicate the path by which readers can access the source.

"Obesity Trends among U.S. Adults between 1985 and 2001." Centers
for Disease Control and Prevention. 3 Jan. 2003. 17 Feb.
2003 <http://www.cdc.gov>. Path: Health Topics A-Z: Obesity
Trends; U.S. Obesity Trends 1985 to 2001.


8. Work from a service such as EBSCOhost


Libraries pay for access to databases through subscription services such as EBSCOhost. When you retrieve a work from a subscription service, you need to identify that you did not read the print verson but an electronic one.

Darnovsky, Marcy. "Embryo Cloning and Beyond." Tikkun July-Aug.
2002: 29-32. Academic Search Premier. EBSCOhost. Portland
Community Coll. Lib., Portland, OR. 1 Nov. 2002 <http://search.epnet.com>.

9. Email

To cite an e-mail, begin with the writer's name and the subject line. Then write "E-mail to" followed by the name of the recipient. End with the date of the message.

O'Donnell, Patricia. "Re: Interview questions." E-mail to the author.
15 Mar. 2001.


10. Newspaper article

Wren, Christopher. "A Body on Mt. Everest, a Mystery Half-Solved." New York Times on the Web 5 May 1999. 13 May 1999 <http://search.nytimes.com/search/daily/bin/fastweb?getdoc+site+ site+87604+0+wAAA+%22a%7Ebody%7Eon%7Emt.%7Eeverest%22>.

11. Government publication

United States. Senate Committee on the Judiciary. Children, Violence, and the Media: A Report for Parents and Policy Makers. By Orrin G. Hatch. 14 Sept. 1999. 18 Feb. 2003, <http://judiciary.senate.gov/oldsite/mediavio.htm>.