Guide to Citing Electronic Sources
With more scholarly information available via the Internet, the question of how to cite electronic sources frequently arises. Words or ideas of others that are incorporated into your papers must be credited to the original author. Mississippi College Policy 2.19 (MC local access only) regarding Academic Honesty defines plagiarism as using the ideas or words of another and offering them as one’s own. Whether intentional or accidental, the failure to document sources constitutes plagiarism. When a document or article is downloaded from the Internet, you must have complete information regarding the source. For a web document, you will need the author (or institutional author) and the date the document was created or revised, if available. If you retrieved the article from a commercial database, you will need the database provider (e.g., EBSCOhost), the database title (e.g., Academic Search Elite), and the URL with which to access the database. If you have questions regarding a database name or a URL, ask the Reference Librarians. Two of the main citation styles used at Mississippi College are APA (American Psychological
Association) Style and MLA (Modern Language Association) Style. Be sure that you have
verified with your professor which style to use. Other style manuals such as The Chicago Manual of
Style, The Associated Press Stylebook and Libel Manual, and Scientific Style and
Format are available in the library. Citing Print SourcesIf you need information on how to cite print sources, you should consult the appropriate manual. The following links are provided to give assistance in citing print sources. If you link to these sites, be sure to use your browser's "Back" button to return to the MC site for guidelines on how to cite electronic sources. From the On-Line Writing Lab (OWL) at Purdue University:
Citing Internet and Electronic SourcesThe following links are guidelines to assist in citing electronic sources, according to the latest information posted on the web at the APA and MLA sites. The authoritative sources for citation guidelines are the APA/MLA style manuals or web sites. Any questions not clearly answered in these guidelines should be addressed to your professor.
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