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Educators Committee Results, from Classroom Connect

"It's perhaps more important to cite Internet sources [in a bibliography], since the nature of the technology makes it easier to copy, cut, and paste between documents."

Editor's Note: The style descriptions and examples are written using the appropriate capitalization, punctuation, type style (italics, etc.), underlines, and date style called for in that style.

E-mail
Sender's Last and First Names Subject Line. Day, Month, Year of Message. Recipient's Last and First Names .

Example:
Starr, Linda Education World Redesign. 20 June 1999. Hopkins, Gary .

Gopher
Author's Last and First Names. Title. [Online] Day, Month, Year of Document or Download. Gopher .

Example:
Ward, Lynn. Exploring the Power of the Internet Gopher. [Online] 20 June 1999. Gopher .

FTP Author's Last and First Names. Title. [Online] Day, Month, Year of Document or Download. ftp .

Example:
Rovers, Perry. Anonymous FTP: Frequently Asked Questions. [Online] 13 November 1997. ftp .

Telnet
Author's Last and First Names. Title. [Online] Day, Month, Year of Document or Download. telnet .

Example:
Peoples, Lisa. NOAA Environmental Services Data Directory. [Online] 3 May 1999. telnet .

Listservs
Author's Last and First Names. Title. [Online] Day, Month, Year of Post. URL .

Example:
Jameson, Mary. MLA Outline Form for Citing Resources. [Online] 28 January 1999. URL .

Newsgroups
Author's Last and First Names. Title. [Online] Day, Month, Year of Post. URL .

Example:
Gunn, Michael P. Education Quote of the Day. [Online] 6 June 1999. URL .

WWW Text
Author's Last and First Names. Title. [Online] Day, Month, Year of Document or Download. URL .

Example:
Halse, John, and Walkowiak, Karen. SchoolWorld Projects. [Online] 26 September 1998. URL .

WWW Image
Author or Originator. "Description or Title of Image." [Online image] Day, Month, Year of Document or Download. URL .

Example:
NASA. "Satellite Image of Arizona." [Online image] 3 January 1999. URL .

WWW Sound
Author or Originator. "Description or Title of Sound." [Online sound] Day, Month, Year of Document or Download. URL .

Example:
Hillsdale-Lenawee-Monroe Mathematics, Science & Technology Center. "Night Sounds." [Online sound] 3 January 2000. URL .

Online Chats
Online Speaker's Last and First Names. [Online] Day, Month, Year of Session. .

Example:
Uittenbroek, Robert. [Online] 3 April 1999. .

From:
http://www.connectedteacher.com/newsletter/citeintres.asp Citing Internet Sources

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