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 Primary Sources: Examples for Works Cited Lists
Online (Digitized) Collections

APA Publication
Manual 6th ed, 2010
"Websites themselves do not belong in references, only documents, publications, or images available from those websites.  So, for example, if you want to inform readers about the existence of  a website or about the collections available at a website, just give the url in the text (or possibly in a footnote).  If you want to cite a specific document or image available from this website, then follow the Publication Manual guidelines for the specific type of material being cited (see Sections 7.03, 7.09, and 7.10 in the 6th edition of the APA Publication Manual). 
Klein, Shelley M. Manuscript Editor, APA Journals Online. (2009, August 27). [Letter to Carol Lockhart] Copy in possession of
           Carol Lockhart. Email.

Whole Website Eample: "An invaluable collection of important documents can be found at the American Memory website sponsored by the Library of Congress (http://memory.loc/gov/ammem.index.html)." 
 

One Document from a Website: 

Havens, J., & Dering, S. (1791, November 1). [Letter to Thomas Jefferson]. The Thomas Jefferson Papers Series 1, General
    Correspondence 1651–1827 (Image 2 of 1309). Retrieved from American Memory, Library of Congress website:
    http://memory.loc.gov/cgi-bin/ampage? collId=mtj1&fileName=mtj1page015.db&recNum=
1&itemLink=/ammem/collections/jefferson
_papers/mtjser1.html&linkText=6

MLA 7th ed., 2009

Eaves, Morris, Robert Essick, and Joseph Viscomi, eds.
The William Blake Archive. Lib. of Cong. 28 Sept. 2007. Web. 20 Nov. 2007. <http://www.blakearchive.org/blake/>.
 

This page is adapted  from Lawton, Kelley A. and Laura Cousineau. "Assembling a List of Works Cited in your Paper." 3 Nov. 2003. Duke University. 22 April, 2004. <http://www.lib.duke.edu/libguide/citing.htm>. 

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