Guide for Citing Electronic Information
Based on Electronic Style: A Guide for Citing Electronic Information,
by Li, X. & Crane, N. (1993). Westport: Meckler
Updated version of this guide can be found here.
Some general rules:
- The date provided in electronic information is not necessarily the original date of
publication for the resource. The date may be when it was added to the database.
- The goal of the citation is to allow the information to be retrieved again. Keep this in
mind. Check to make sure that the information you provide will allow a repeat of your
work.
- Punctuation and capitalization, especially in the "electronic address" of the resource,
should appear just as it is used in the database.
Basic Form (book):
[indent first line]Author. (date). Title (edition), [Type of medium]. Available: give information sufficient for retrieval
of book from supplier.
| TYPE OF ENTRY |
SOURCE |
BIBLIOGRAPHY FORM |
| Individual Work |
Online/CD Network |
Birth defects encyclopedia online
[Electronic]. (1992, August).
Available: BRS/AFTERDARK File: Birth Defects Encyclopedia Online (BDEO). |
|
E-mail |
Chew, J. J. (1991). Inter-network
mail guide [Online].Available e-mail:
COMSERVE@RPIECS Message: Get NETWORK GUIDE |
|
FTP |
Carroll, L. (1991). Alice's adventures
in wonderland (The Millennium Fulcrum edition
FTP: quake.think.com Directory: pub/etext/1991 File:
|
|
Gopher |
Sweet potato & cranberry quiche. (1994,
October 17). In USENET
cookbook [Online]. Available Gopher: Nysernet.org Directory: Reference
Desk/700-Arts and Recreation/Recreational Arts/Fun & Games/Recipes/
Veggies File: Cranbquiche |
|
Telnet |
Maastricht Treaty: Treaty on European
Union [Online]. (1992, February). Available
Telnet: fatty.law.cornell.edu Directory: Hong Kong, Basic Law of File:
Full Text of Maastricht Treaty |
|
WWW |
National Congress of American Indians.
(1983, June 29). Tribal Populations And
International BankingPractices: A Fundamental Conflict Over
Development Goals [Online]. Available HTTP: http://www.
halcyon.com/FWDP/indig.html File: BANKPOLY.TXT |
|
|
|
| TYPE OF ENTRY |
SOURCE |
BIBLIOGRAPHY FORM |
| Journal |
Online/CD network |
Cornsilk, D. (1994). My family history.
The Cherokee Observer [Electronic],
2(7), 2.Available: Expanded Academic Index |
|
E-mail |
Even-Zohar, I., & Harshav, B. (1988).
Poetics today. Poetics Today:
International Journal for Theory and Analysis of Literature and
Communication [Online], 2(1). Available e-mail:
HUMANIST@BROWNVM |
|
FTP |
Barlow, P. (1992). The Joshua tree
quakes. CORE [Online], 1(8).
Available FTP: ftp.eff.org Directory: pub/journals
File: core1.08 |
|
Gopher |
Weintraub, I. (1994). Fighting environmental
racism: A selected annotated
bibliography. ElectronicGreen Journal [Online], 1(1). Available Gopher:
Marvel.loc.gov Directory: Global Electronic Library (by subject)/Natural
Science/Environmental Sciences/Environmental Science Journals/Electronic
Green Journal/ File: Article: by Irwin Weintraub FIGHTING
ENVIRONMENTAL RACISM |
|
Telnet |
Hennequin, W. (1992). Sonnet to the
Bichanese. DargonZine [Online], 5(1).
Available Telnet: gopher2.tc.umn.edu Directory: Libraries/newpapers,
Magazines, and Newsletters/Literary Journals/DargonZine/Vol. 5 File: N.01
03-20-92 |
|
WWW |
Carranza, L. E. (1994). Le Corbusier and the
problems of representation. Journal
of Architectural Education [Online], 48(2). Available HTTP:http//www-mitpress.
mit.edu/jrnls-catalog/arch-ed-abstracts/ File:jae48-2.html |
| Magazine |
Online/CD Network |
Fujie, S., & Mikami, Y. (1991, April). Construction
aspects of
intelligent buildings. EEECommunications Magazine [Electronic], pp.50-57.
Available: UMI File: IPO (IEEE/IEE Publications Ondisc) Item:
3939837 |
|
E-mail |
Rubenstein, B. (1989, April 17). 1988
directory of computer assisted
research in musicology. Music Research Digest [Online]. Available
e-mail: HUMANIST@BROWNVM Message: get MUSIC DIGEST |
|
FTP |
Quin, L. R. E. (1990). Summary of meta fonts
available. TeXMag
[Online]. Available FTP: sun.soe.clarkson.edu Directory:
pub/tex/texmag File: texmag.4.06 |
|
Gopher |
Curkendall, E. (1993), April 26). Ode to a dead tree.
We Magazine
[Online]. Available Gopher: gopher.cic.net Directory: e-serials/
alphabetic/w/we-magazine File: we.v9n17.Z |
|
Telnet |
Truck, F. (1992, June). [Abstract of Archaeopteryx].
ArtCom
[Online]. Available Telnet: gopher.tc.umn.edu Directory: Libraries/Newspapers,
Magazines, and Newsletters/Art/ArtCom File V.1 N.3 June 92 |
|
WWW |
Leob, P.R. (1994, September-October). Greeks and
granolas and
steeps and slackers. Mother Jones Magazine [Online]. Available
HTTP: http://www.mojones.com/SO94/toc.html File: GREEKS AND
GRANOLAS AND STEEPS AND SLACKERS |
| Electronic Mail |
Personal |
Corliss, B. (1992, September 16). News from Seattle
[e-mail to X. Li], [Online]. Available e-mail: XLI@UVMVM.UVM.EDU |