Referencing Styles Guide @ UWC: Electronic sources

When citing an e-mail, include the medium designation--e-mail.

O'Malley, Martin. "Re: The future of the Chesapeake Bay." Message Letitia Lekay. 27 Nov. 2012. Email. 

Cite Web postings as you would a standard Web entry. Provide the author of the work, the title of the posting in quotation marks, the Web site name in italics, the publisher, and the posting date. Follow with the medium of publication and the date of access. Include screen names as author names when author name is not known. If both names are known, place the author’s name in brackets. Remember if the publisher of the site is unknown, use the abbreviation n.p.

Editor, screen name, author, or compiler name (if available). “Posting Title.” Name of Site. Version number (if available). Name of institution/organization affiliated with the site (sponsor or publisher). Medium of publication. Date of access.

Fullard, Allison. “UWC Open Access Week activities.” Allison Fullard Blog. 22 Sep. 2011. Web. 2012.   http://www.openaccessweek.org/profiles/blog/list?user=1ng02scc5yia4

Use the following format when citing an entire Web site.  If you cannot find some of this information, cite what is available.

Author, editor, or name of person creating site (if given and relevant). "Title of the Work" (if you are citing partof a larger site). Title of Site. Version or edition you're citing. Name of organization or institution sponsoring or associated with site (if not available, use N. p.), date of publication, posting date, or update (if not given, use n.d.). Medium of publication (Web). Date of access (day, month, and year). <URL, if you believe that it will make it easier for your reader to find the page or if your publisher asks for it>.

Pandor , Naledi. Literacy in South Africa. 2012. Web. 13 Dec. 2012. http://www.kharigude.co.za/index.php/literacy-in-south-africa

Indicate if you are citing an individual work included in a larger site:

Holmes, Mary J. "Millbank; or Roger Irving's Ward." Wright American Fiction:1851-1875. Committee on Institutional Cooperation (CIC) and Indiana University DIgital Library Program. 3 September 2005. Web. 31 July 2009.

The following site did not have a title and instead was given the brief description of "Home page":

Dipoko, W. Home Page. University of the Western Cape, 30 Nov. 2012. Web. 14 Dec. 2012.  http://uwc.ac.za/index.php?module=cms

Use the following format when citing a page within a site. If you cannot find some of this information, cite what is available.

Author, editor, or name of person creating site (if given and relevant). "Title of page." Title of the professional or personal site (if given and relevant). Date of publication, posting date, or latest update (if known).  Name of organization or institution sponsoring or associated with site (if relevant). Medium of publication (Web). Date of access(day, month, and year). <URL, if you believe that it will make it easier for your reader to find the page or if your publisher asks for it>.

Burt, Sharon. "Maya Angelou." Voices from the Gaps: Women Writers of Color. Department of English and Program of American Studies, University of Minnesota, 23 Aug. 2000. Web. 16 October 2008.

Sparling, Donald W., and Peter T. Lowe. "Chemicals Used to Control Mosquitoes on Refuges Differ in Toxicity to Tadpoles." Pautuxent Wildlife Research Center, United States Geological Survey, 21 Dec. 2000. Web. 16 October 2008. 

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Series

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Jacobs, Steve.dir. “Disgrace” Youtube. 8 Feb.  2010. Web. 6 Dec. 2012.