How To Reference A Website
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To cite a website
In text
Cite the name of the author/ organisation responsible for the site and the date created or last revised):
(International Narcotics Control Board 1999)
List of references
International Narcotics Control Board 1999, United Nations, accessed 1 October 1999, <http://www.incb.org>
Include the following information:
- author (the person or organisation responsible for the site)
- year (date created or last updated)
- name of sponsor of site (if available)
- accessed day month year (the date you viewed the site)
- URL or Internet address (between pointed brackets). If possible, ensure that the URL is included without a line-break.
To cite a specific page or document within a website
In text
Information should include author/authoring body name(s) and the date created or last revised:
(Li 2004) or: (World Health Organisation 2013)
List of references
One author:
Li, L 2014, Chinese scroll painting H533, Australian Museum, accessed 20 February 2016, <https://australianmuseum.net.au/chinese-scroll-painting-h533>.
Organisation as author:
World Health Organisation 2013, Financial crisis and global health, The United Nations, accessed 1 August 2013, <http://www.who.int/topics/financial_crisis/en/>.
Include the following:
- author (the person or organisation responsible for the site)
- year (date created or last updated)
- page title (in italics)
- name of sponsor of site (if available)
- accessed day month year (the day you viewed the site)
- URL or Internet address (pointed brackets).
No author
In text
If the author’s name is unknown, cite the website/page title and date:
(Land for sale on moon 2007)
List of references
Land for sale on moon 2007, accessed 19 June 2007, <http://www.moonlandregistry.com>.
No date
In the text
If there is not date on the page, use the abbreviation n.d. (no date):
(ArtsNSW n.d.)
(Kim n.d)
List of references
ArtsNSW n.d., New South Wales Premier’s Literary Awards, NSW Department of the Arts, Sport and Recreation, accessed 19 June 2007, <http://www.arts.nsw.gov.au/awards/
LiteraryAwards/litawards.htm>.
Kim, M n.d., Chinese New Year pictures and propaganda posters, Museum of Applied Arts and Sciences, accessed 12 April 2016, <https://collection.maas.museum/set/6274>.
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