Sites like NoodleBib "Quick Cite" make it easy to create a bibliography list; however, you sometimes need help in knowing what information you need, and where on a web page that information can be located.

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How to Locate Information Details on a Web Page

Title of Page and Web Address

Sometimes the title of a web page doesn't make logical sense and the title of the article or topic title is clearer.  Under these circumstance it would be more practical to go with the title written on the web page if it is clearer.

Publisher

Publication Date

There is not always a publication date on a page.  The date of publication can be important if the material is time sensitive.  For example research on cloning would be time sensitive.    In this example I have an illustration of the date of an article on cloning

Author

This site, SparkNotes, made it easy to find the author.  Notice that it also will show you how to cite the SparkNote site.

Here is another example of date and author

Web Pages:

Individual Work

Part of a Work

Magazine, Journal, Newspaper Article

Messages:

E-Mail Discussion List Posting

USENET Newsgroup Posting

Web Forum Posting

Personal E-Mail Message

Access Date

The access date is the date that you visited the web page that you have cited.  This date is important because many web pages are changed or updated.