An Introduction to Research Processes

Back to Developing a Working Bibliography

Include the following for electronic sources, such as entries in the databases in your library, sites on the World Wide Web or on Gopher, or messages posted to a newsgroup or mailing list, so that you can find the source later as well as to write the final list of sources to be placed at the end of your paper:

1. The author's full name, if one is available (many Web pages do not list authors).
2. The editor's full name, if indicated.
3. The title of the database entry, Web page, Gopher page, or message.
4. The name of the database, Web site, newsgroup or mailing list, or Gopher site in which you found the source.
5. The Internet address — or URL — of sources you found on the Internet. URL stands for Uniform Resource Locator. (See the unit, "Using the World Wide Web," for details.)
6. The date the source was created or last updated.
7. The date you accessed the source.

For each source note, you may also want to include a brief annotation to yourself on your impression of the usefulness of the work — "Use in the introduction" or "Best I've seen yet" or "Use only if other sources don't work out."