A BRIEF CITATION GUIDE FOR INTERNET SOURCES
The following suggestions for citations of Internet sources are derived from the essential principles of academic citation in Kate L. Turabian, A Manual for Writers of Term Papers, Theses, and Dissertations, 5th ed. (Chicago, University of Chicago Press, 1987). I have also draw upon suggestions from some of the works listed below.
Bibliographic CitationsBasic citation components and punctuation
Author's Last Name, First Name. [author's internet address, if available]. "Title of Work" or "title line of message." In "Title of Complete Work" or title of list/site as appropriate. [internet address]. Date, if available. The samples below indicate how citations of particular electronic sources might be made.Listserv Messages
Walsh, Gretchen. [gwalsh@acs.bu.edu]. "REPLY: Using African newspapers in teaching." In H-AFRICA. [h-africa@msu.edu]. 18 October 1995.World Wide Web
Limb, Peter. "Relationships between Labour & African Nationalist/ Liberation Movements in Southern Africa." [http://neal.ctstateu. edu/history/world_history/archives/limb-l.html]. May 1992.FTP Site
Heinrich, Gregor. [100303.100@compuserve.com]. "Where There Is Beauty, There is Hope: Sau Tomee Principe." [ftp.cs.ubc.ca/ pub/local/FAQ/african/gen/saoep.txt]. July 1994.Gopher Site
"Democratic Party Platform, 1860." [wiretap.spies.com Wiretap Online Library/civic & Historical/Political Platforms of the U.S.] 18 June 1860. Kirshenblatt-Gimblett, Barbara. "Making Difference." [gopher.uic.edu The Researcher/History/H-Net/H- Amstdy (American Studies)/Essays & Discussions About American Studies]. 20 July 1995.Usenet Group Messages
Dell, Thomas. [dell@wiretap.spies.com]. "[EDTECH] EMG: Sacred Texts (Networked Electronic Versions)." In [alt.etext]. 4 February 1993. Legg, Sonya. [legg@harquebus.cgd.ucar.edu]. "African history book list." In [soc.culture.african]. 5 September 1994.E-mail Messages
Page, Mel. [pagem@etsuarts.east-tenn-st.edu]. "African dance...and Malawi." Private e-mail message to Masankho Banda, [mbanda@igc. apc.org]. 28 November 1994.The examples below indicate how citations of particular electronic sources might be made.Listserv Messages
Gretchen Walsh, [gwalsh@acs.bu.edu], "REPLY: Using African newspapers in teaching," in H-AFRICA, [h-africa@msu.edu], 18 October 1995.World Wide Web
Peter Limb, "Relationships between Labour & African Nationalist/Liberation Movements in Southern Africa," [http://neal. ctstateu.edu/history/world_history/archives/limb-l.html], May 1992.FTP Site
Gregor Heinrich, [100303.100@compuserve.com], "Where There Is Beauty, There is Hope: Sao Tomee Principe," [ftp.cs.ubc.ca/pub/ local/FAQ/african/gen/saoep.txt], July 1994. Sonya Legg, [legg@harquebus.cgd.ucar.edu], "African history book list," in [soc.culture.african], 5 September 1994.Gopher Site
"Democratic Party Platform, 1860," [wiretap.spies.com Wiretap Online Library/civic & Historical/Political Platforms of the U.S.], 18 June 1860. Barbara Kirshenblatt-Gimblett, "Making Difference," [gopher.uic.edu The Researcher/History/H-Net/H- Amstdy (American Studies)/Essays & Discussions About American Studies], 20 July 1995.Usenet Group Messages
Thomas Dell, [dell@wiretap.spies.com] "[EDTECH] EMG: Sacred Texts (Networked Electronic Versions)," in [alt.etext], 4 February 1993.E-Mail Messages
Mel Page, [pagem@etsuarts.east-tenn-st.edu], "African dance...and Malawi," private e-mail message to Masankho Banda, [mbanda@igc.apc.org], 28 November 1994.Additional Source Material on Internet Citations
Dodd, Sue A. "Bibliographic References for Computer Files in the Social Sciences: A Discussion Paper."
[gopher://info.monash. edu.au:70/00/handy/cites]. Revised May 1990. {Published in *IASSIST Quarterly*, 14, 2(1990): 14-17.}
Li, Xia and Nancy Crane. *Electronic Style: A Guide to Citing Electronic Information*. Westport: Meckler, 1993.
University of Chicago Press *Chicago Guide to Preparing Electronic Manuscripts: for Authors and Publishers*. Chicago: University of Chicago Press, 1987.
Walker, Janice R. "MLA-Style Citations of Internet Sources." [http://www.cas.usf.edu/english/walker/ janice.html]. April 1995.