While citing a website in your work, you will need the following information:
- Author
- Year of Publication
- Page title
- Website name
- URL
- Date of accessed
Example
Let suppose below are the information from a website article:
- Author: E Author
- Year of Publication:2017
- Page title: Fancy Nancy
- Website Name: Example 123
- Website URL: www.example123.com/fancy.nancy/
- Date of Accessed: 23rd Aug 2018
Each citation style put up the given information in their pattern as follows,
Harvard:
TEMPLATE: Last name, Author’s initial(s). (Year published). Page title. [online] Website name. Available at: URL [Accessed Day Mo. Year].
Author, E (2017). Fancy Nancy. [online] Example 123. Available at: www.example123/fancy.nancy/ [Accessed 23 Aug. 2018].
APA:
TEMPLATE: Author’s Last name, Author’s initial(s). (Year, Month Day published). Title of article or page. Retrieved from URL
Author, E. (2017). Fancy Nancy. Retrieved from: www.example123.com/fancy.nancy/
Oxford:
TEMPLATE: Author Last name, Author Initial(s)., ‘Page Title’, Website URL, Year of Publication, (accessed day month year).
Author, E., ‘Fancy Nancy’, www.example123.com/fancy.nancy/, 2017, (accessed 23 August 2018).
AMA:
TEMPLATE: Author Surname Author Initial. Title. Year Published. Available at: http://Website URL. Accessed Month Day, Year.
Author E. Fancy Nancy. 2017. Available at: www.example123.com/fancy.nancy/. Accessed August 23, 2018.
Chicago:
TEMPLATE: Author Surname, Author Forename. Year Published. ‘Title’. http://Website URL.
Author, E. 2017. ‘Fancy Nancy’. http://www.example123.com/fancy.nancy/.
MLA:
TEMPLATE: Author(s) (the first author uses last name-first name format, and subsequent authors use first name-last name format). ‘Page title’. Name of the internet site, Publisher information, date posted/of last update, URL/DOI. Date of access (optional).
Author E. ‘Fancy Nancy’. Example 123, 2017, www.example123.com/fancy.nancy/. Accessed 23 August 2018.
Vancouver:
TEMPLATE: Author Surname Author Initial. Title [Internet]. Year Published [cited Date Accessed]. Available from: http://Website URL
Author E. Fancy Nancy [Internet]. 2017[cited 23 August 2018]. Available from: http:// www.example123.com/fancy.nancy/
IEEE:
TEMPLATE: Author Initial. Author Surname, ‘Title’, Year Published. [Online]. Available: http://Website URL. [Accessed: day-Mon-year]
E. Author, ‘Fancy Nancy’, 2017. [Online]. Available: http://www.example123.com/fancy.nancy/. [Accessed: 23-Aug-2018]
Turabian:
TEMPLATE: Author Surname, Author Forename. ‘Title’. Year Published. Accessed Date. http://Website URL.
Author, E. ‘Fancy Nancy’. 2017. Accessed August 23, 2018. http://www.example123.com/fancy.nancy/