Access Date
For all content found on the Web, you must list the date you first viewed the resource. This comes last in a citation. The exception to this rule is that you do not list access dates for content found in library databases.
Dates
The format of dates is: Day Month (shortened) Year. E.g. 5 Sept. 2012.
Whether to give the year alone or include a month and day depends on your source: write the full date as you find it there.
If no date is listed, omit it unless you can find that information available in a reliable source.
Titles
Capitalize the first letter of every important word in the title. You do not need to capitalize words such as: in, of, or an.
If there is a colon (:) in the title, include what comes after the colon (also known as the subtitle).
Note: For your Works Cited list, all citations should be double spaced and have a hanging indent.
A "hanging indent" means that each subsequent line after the first line of your citation should be indented by 0.5 inches.
Title of Document: Subtitle if Given. Edition if given and is not first edition, Name of Government Department, Agency or Committee, Publication Date, URL. Accessed Access Date.
| Works Cited List Example |
Veterans in Rural America. United States Census Bureau, 25 Jan. 2017, www.census.gov/content/dam/Census/library/publications/2017/acs/acs-36.pdf. Accessed 6 Feb. 2017. |
| In-Text Citation Example |
(Title of Document) Note: You can use a shortened form of the title by listing the first word or words of the full title. |
Title of Document: Subtitle if Given. Edition if given and is not first edition, Name of Government Department, Agency or Committee, Publication Date.
| Works Cited List Example |
Congressional District Atlas. 100th ed., Bureau of the Census, 2008. |
| In-Text Citation Example |
(Title) Example: (Congressional District Atlas 4) Note: You can use a shortened form of the title by listing the first word or words of the full title. |