Citations for Electronic Sources
World Wide Web sources
The general format is:
Author (if known),”Title of Page or Document.”
Title of Site or Larger Work (if applicable). Date of document. Online, available http://address/filenamme. Date of access.Journal Material from a Computer Service or OnLine Database
The general format is:
Author. “Article Title.”
Periodical Title Date of print publication (if available). Edition (if any): pages. Database Name (if any). Online. Name of computer service. Date access.Many sources advise listing personal e-mail addresses in a citation. However, there is a danger of violating the privacy of the author or the recipient. However, for the purposes of chem. 263/4 reports, you should include the e-mail address and keep a copy of the e-mail message in case there is a question about your source (It would be prudent to keep a hard copy of the message until the end of the grading term.)
The general format is:
Author of the e-mail message. “Subject line of the message.” E-mail to recipient’s name. E-mail address. Date of message.
for an on-line journal article
The general format is:
the author(s) of the article, “title of the article,”
the journal name including the designation, Online [serial online] in brackets, the date of the article and the Internet address, date of accessExample:
Perrine, D.M., Sabanayagam, N. R.; Reynolds, K.J. “Synthesis of NMP, a Fluoxetine (Prozac) Precursor, in the Introductory Organic Laboratory
,” J. Chem. Educ. Online [serial online] 1998. Available from:http://jchemed.chem.wisc.edu/Journal/issues/1998/Oct/abs1266.html. Accessed 1999 July 28.World wide web source using a search routine
The general format is:
Author, “title of reference work,” searched under “ word used “. Online. Title of Database or Online service. Available
http://address/filename. Date of access.