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Physics Research Tutorial
Citing Online Resources
As resources become available in great numbers online, it becomes even more important to know how to cite online resources correctly. Below is an example of how to cite a variety of online resources. You can view explanatory detail on each citation by clicking the "view detail" link:
Sample Bibliography

Website
(view detail)
Bass, R. (1997). Technology & Learning: A Brief Guide to Interactive Multimedia and the Study of the
United States.
Retrieved May 2, 2002, from Georgetown University, American Crossroads Project
Website: http://www.georgetown.edu/crossroads/mltmedia.html

Article from a Scholarly Journal Online (view detail)
Diamond, L. (2002).Thinking About Hybrid Regimes [Electronic version] Journal of Democracy, 13, 21-
35.

Full-text Newspaper Article w/o an Author from Online Database (view detail)
Don't even think about turning here. (2002, October 3). The New York Times, p. A26. Retrieved October
15, 2002, from LexisNexis Academic database.

Full-text Article from an Online Database (view detail)
Dorman, S.M. (1997). Video and computer games: effect on children and implications for health education. Journal of School Health, 67, 133-138. Retrieved October 31, 2000 from Expanded Academic ASAP database.
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