Blog post
You may need to consult more than one section to accurately represent the source used (eg. number of authors and source descriptions)
The following information for citing weblog posts has been based on the 'About citing electronic material: bulletin boards, UseNet groups and email lists' in Snooks and Co. (rev.) 2002, Style manual for authors, editors and printers, 6th edn, John Wiley & Sons Australia, Ltd., Milton, Qld, pp. 231.
Format for in-text citation
In-text citation example
Melissa (2008) states that…
OR
…was found (Melissa 2008).
Format for reference list
Elements, punctuation & capitalisation
Author of post <Author details> Date of posting, 'Title of posting', Description of posting, Name of list owner, Date of viewing. URL
Reference list example
Melissa <melissa@unimail.com> 2008, 'Students' use of weblogs for research', weblog post, 24 January, University of Melbourne Library, viewed 2 February. http://www.libraryblogs.unimelb.edu.au/eresource/
Style notes for this reference type
- Use angle brackets to contain the web address to eliminate confusion with other punctuation.
- Post titles are contained within single quotation marks and are not italicised. Use minimal capitalisation - capitalise only the first word of the post title and any proper nouns.
- There is no comma or full stop between the author and date of posting. Commas are used to separate all other elements. The reference entry finishes with a full-stop.
- A web address can be given directly in the text, enclosed in angle brackets. An entry in the reference list is not required in this case, for example: Details are available from the Modern Language Association's web site <http://www.mla.org/scholarly_pub>.
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