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How to 'cite' a page from my website in a report

Most of the material on my site is a conglomeration of text book info and web pages that I have put into my own words. The pages change from time to time as I update the information or review the way in which pupils have interpreted my words. I therefore do not claim full authorship of all pages. Those that make up an article on a topic are headed as such and have my authorship stated on the page.

 

This means that when you 'cite' my site - LOL - you do not need to add my name - just the information below.

 

If you are at school, follow the instructions given by your teacher as to how she wants the citations to be added to your project. If you are at University your college will have posted instructions on the library website for the citation style your establishment prefers.

 

Citing a webpage (Reading University)

You should include the following information in your bibliography, the exact style will vary according to the citation system you are using:

Author(s), surname and initials – if known - in this case not known so just put the site name

Year of publication, in brackets (look for an updated date at the foot of the page - if not present, use the year you accessed the page instead) - I do not date my pages as I review them so often - really old ones might have a date...

Title of page, underlined or in italics

URL: http:// internet address/remote path

Date visited, in square brackets

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In the text you can put:

#101: "Title of page," Cyberphysics, URL, [date of access]

next to the quote or perhaps as a footnote with a superscript indicator #101

For example (in text): Vehicles can't just 'stop dead' - they are big and heavy, and if someone steps in front of them the driver may have no chance of stopping in time. ("Stopping Distance", Cyberphysics, http://www.cyberphysics.co.uk/topics/forces/stopping_distance.htm. [October 4, 2012])

For example (using subscript in the text): Vehicles can't just 'stop dead' - they are big and heavy, and if someone steps in front of them the driver may have no chance of stopping in time. #101

Then at the foot of the page:

#101: "Stopping Distance", Cyberphysics, http://www.cyberphysics.co.uk/topics/forces/stopping_distance.htm. [October 4, 2012])

 

In your bibliography have a separate section for websites, then list them in alphabetical order of website name.

Website name (2012). "Title of article." URL.[Date of access].

Cyberphysics (2012), "Stopping Distance", http://www.cyberphysics.co.uk/topics/forces/stopping_distance.htm. [October 4, 2012]