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Question: How do I cite sources for information found on the internet?

Answer: Exact APA (etc.) protocols are not yet finalized for citing internet resources. The examples below are examples of what is "currently acceptable."

"Currently acceptable?" Yeah, I know it sounds kind of fishy. If this is for a class your teacher will hopefully tell you exactly how they expect the information. But for those of you that are left hanging without an example - hopefully this will help.

E-mail	author's name (if known) author's e-mail address, in angle brackets date of publication, in parentheses subject line from posting type of communication (personal e-mail, distribution list, office communication), in square brackets date of access, in parentheses
	Doe, J. <jdoe@imadethisup.org> (1999, January 14). Joke of the day. [Personal e-mail]. (1999, January 18).
WWW	author's name (if known) date of publication or last revision (if known), in parentheses title of document title of complete work (if applicable), underlined URL, in angle brackets date of access, in parentheses
	Doe, J. (1998, November 17). Fun Experiments. Experiments that you can do at home. <http://www.imadethisup.org> (1999, March 16).
listserv	author's name (if known) author's e-mail address, in angle brackets date of publication, in parentheses subject line from posting address of listserv, in angle brackets date of access, in parentheses if information is available for access via web also include address or URL for list's archive, preceded by via and enclosed in angle brackets
	Doe, J. (1999, January 12). NN 960126: Followup to Bob's comments on UNIX. via <http://www.imadethisup.org/lists/unix-l> (1999, February 17).
newsgroup	author's name (if known) author's e-mail address, in angle brackets date of publication, in parentheses subject line from posting name of newsgroup, in angle brackets date of access, in parentheses if author's name is unavailable - use e-mail as 1st entry
	Doe, J. (1999, March 13). UNIX made easy. <Alt.fictionalbooks.reviews> (1999, March 16).
FTP	author's name (if known) date of publication (if known), in parentheses title of document any print publication information, underlined where appropriate abbreviation FTP address of FTP site, with no closing punctuation full path to follow to find document, with no closing punctuation date of access, in parentheses
	Doe,J. (1996, January 14). 12 easy steps to understanding UNIX. ftp://ftp.imadethisup.org public/learn/unix/12steps.txt (1999, February 28).
gopher	author's name (if known) date of online publication (if known), in parentheses title of document any print publication information, underlined where appropriate URL, in angle brackets date of access, in parentheses
	Doe, J. (1996). Learning Unix the easy way. <gopher://imadethisup.org:4242/11/UNIX/easy/learn_unix.txt> (1999, January 28).
telnet	author's name (if known) date of publication (if known), in parentheses title of document (if known) title of full work (if applicable), underlined word telnet complete telnet address, with no closing punctuation directions for accessing document date of access, in parentheses
	I Made This Up Network. (no date). Learn Unix while online with us. telnet freenet.imadethisup.net login as guest, go unix, press 3 (1999, February 13).

The following is a list of style guides you can locate on the Internet

Question: Where is http://www.imadethisup.org?

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