How to cite a website is very important question for the people writing their official documents, report or any other paper work. The citation brings out the quality of your work by providing it authentication.
How to cite a website?
Article citing is done at the end of the topic in the reference list and requires five easy steps to follow:
- Name of the Author if it is available.
- The date on which the article is published or updated.
- Document’s title.
- If relevant complete work is present then title of it in italics or maybe underlined.
- URL (Uniform Resource Later).
About Citation
In simple words ‘citation’ is your article’s or your document’s reference from a source. It is kind of a way of telling the readers about the location from where you get the ideas and materials for your work. It refers to the source that you used for your assistance. For example, in-text citation of APA style uses the last name of author and the year in which it was published i.e. Aniston, 2004
Whereas MLA citation style follows page number too i.e. it includes author’s name along with the page number from where the text has been taken. You can also cite the citation for example by adding the last name of other author and the year of publication like Field, 2006, as cited in Aniston, 2004. Citation allows you to be a liable scholar by giving acknowledgement to other’s ideas and work.
What are types of citation?
There are basically two types of citation:
- First and the most read citation is the in-text citation because it is included in between our work and the reference of which is given in the reference list.
- Second is the citation in the reference list where all the sources of our work is cited and helps reader to find them.
Reasons to use citation
Citation is a very powerful tool which makes your article attractive and strong in reader’s opinion. It is helpful in allowing your reader to know about the source of articles and to learn extra information from them. Last but not the least citation also gives credit to the Authors whose words are used.
Best citation styles
There are two to three best citation styles which are used worldwide:
- The most popular one is American Psychological Association (APA) which is used mostly in education
- Another one is Modern Language Association (MLA) used in humanities.
- Third one is used in business and fine arts which is Chicago style sometimes called as Turabian style.
Summary: Citation is what makes your document to look like a professional and educated document. It gives your document a verification point.
What is a website?
It is a collection of connected group of pages of web and other contents related to it. These similar yet somewhat different things are identified by a common name which is then regarded as a website.
Types of Websites
Common types of website includes the following:
- Blogs
- Online marketing
- Online Business
- Personal websites
- Gaming websites
and many more.
How Website Works?
The basics of website or a web page is collection of codes that exhibit the contents, the layouts, the display of the specific website. Website also requires a domain name and a server too.
Server: It is an internet connected device that will either accept or reject the request for our website send by our browser.
Browser: It is a bridge between your computer and the server and links them both by the help of an IP address.
Summary: In this modern world of business and technology having a website is very beneficial as it helps to market your business online which is a major plus in the growth of business.
Frequently Asked Questions
How cite a website with no author?
There are some websites where authors name are not available, in replacement of which you can use the title of that page in italics or the year of the document. After which comes the name of publisher if allowed and then the date.
How do you reference a document?
Refering a document is only one step procedure. Write the name of the author, the year in which that information was published and also the page number if available. In case the author’s name is not accessible, then use initial two to three words of title and if date is not given then write ‘n.d’ for it.
How do you cite a government website?
Consider that website as a document or a report. If there is a name of a person titled on it then use it for the author’s name but if name is not titled then use the government department, or group author or the agency as the author’s name. But be careful while writing it.
Conclusion
There are several ways on how to cite a website, which are easy and quick to follow. The only thing that is mandatory is that you must cite all the facts and figures used in your paper no matter where and when you are using it.