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How to cite an Internet document?

References

Citation Style Guides for Internet and Electronic Sources
(http://www.library.ualberta.ca/guides/citation/index.cfm)
(from: University of Alberta Libraries)

Guide for Citing Electronic Information
(http://www.wpunj.edu/wpcpages/library/citing.htm)
(from: W.P. University of New-Jersey)

Library and Information Science: Citation Guides for Electronic Documents
(http://www.ifla.org/I/training/citation/citing.htm)
(from: International Federation of library Associations and Institutions)

The Columbia Guide to Online Style
(http://www.columbia.edu/cu/cup/cgos/idx_basic.html)
(from: Columbia University Press)

Comment citer un document électronique ?
(http://www.bibl.ulaval.ca/doelec/citedoce.html)
(from: Bibliothèque de l'Université Laval)
 
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OSL Examples

Ex. 1 — Citation of a Web (for ex. this one)
  • St. Lawrence Observatory-Dep. of Fisheries and Oceans-Canada.
    "How to cite an internet document ?"
    [On line: 1st December 2000]
    <http://www.osl.gc.ca/en/info/doc-internet.html>
    (Web page accessed 16 December 2002).
     
Ex. 2 — Citation of an electronic publication
  • 2a. Primary document
    Savenkoff, C., R. Siron and J. Noël.
    Le cycle du carbone dans le golfe du Saint-Laurent-modèles de flux de carbone.
    [On line: 15 September 2000]
    <http://www.osl.gc.ca//fr/ecosystemes/flux-carbone/accueil.html>
    (Web pages accessed 30 November 2000).
     
    Gilbert D.
    Temperature and salinity data from the 2000 summer shrimp and groundfish survey in the Gulf of St. Lawrence.
    [On line: 12 December 2000]
    <http://www.osl.gc.ca/en/donnees/annexes/std-needler/needler2000ctd_en.html>
    (Web pages accessed 12 December 2000).
     
  • 2b. Internet version of a printed document previously published
    Blasco, D., M. Levasseur, R. Gélinas, R. Larocque, A.D. Cembella, B. Huppertz et E. Bonneau.
    Monitorage du phytoplancton toxique et des toxines de type IPM dans les mollusques du Saint-Laurent.
    [En ligne : 1er janvier 2000]
    <http://www.osl.gc.ca/fr/info/rapports/phyto-toxique/rapport-89-94/page1.html>
    (Pages web consultées le 30 novembre 2000)
     
Ex 3. — Citation of a numerical database
  • Department of Fisheries and Oceans Canada-Quebec Region. Thermograph Network.
    Seawater temperature recordings in the Gulf of St. Lawrence-Time series from 1978.
    Location: Maurice Lamontagne Institute, Mont-Joli (Quebec) Canada. <http://eole.osl.gc.ca/thermo/index.html>
    (Accessed 5 December 2000)
     
Ex 4. — Citation of a Web site in a text
  • "The St. Lawrence Observatory is a Web site (http://www.osl.gc.ca) giving access to oceanographic data and disseminating scientific information on the St. Lawrence marine ecosystem."
     
Ex 5. — An electronic Newsletter
  • The Observatory—The electronic newsletter of the St. Lawrence Observatory, Fisheries and Oceans Canada.
    Fall 2000, pp. 5.
    <http://www.osl.gc.ca/en/pdf/Observatory/observatory-fall-2000.pdf>
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