1. Library

Webpage or Website

Description: A collection of pages or individual HTML documents on the World Wide Web.

Webpage

Description: A single page that is part of a website

Notes

  • One webpage usually has a separate title and is taken from a larger website.
  • If you are having difficulty identifying authorship of a single webpage, try visiting the website's homepage.
  • A homepage is the main, opening page on a website. It usually provides information about the website, its owner, its purpose and some sort of table of contents with links to other parts. It may also contain an 'About us' or 'Contact' link where authors or authoring bodies are clearly identified.
  • Italicise the title of the specific webpage you are referencing and present the whole website name in plain font.

In-text citation

Format and layout:

Author's family name OR Authoring body (year)
(Author's family name OR Authoring body year)

Examples

...viable options (Department of Immigration and Citizenship 2012).

Reference List / Bibliography

Format and layout:

Author's family name, Initial(s) OR Authoring body year, Title of webpage, Title of website, Publisher where known, viewed date, <URL>.

Examples

Department of Immigration and Citizenship 2012, Permanent visa options for doctors, Department of Immigration and Citizenship, Australian Government, viewed 6 November 2012, <http://www.immi.gov.au/skilled/medical-practitioners/permanent-visas.htm>.

Whole website

Description: A set of webpages, usually related to one another by subject, purpose and/or author, and with the same domain name

Notes

  • If you are having difficulty identifying authorship of a website, try visiting its homepage.
  • A homepage is the main, opening page on a website. It usually provides information about the website, its owner, its purpose and some sort of table of contents with links to other parts. It may also contain an 'About us' or 'Contact' link where authors or authoring bodies are clearly identified.

In-text citation

Format and layout:

Author's family name OR Authoring body (year)
(Author's family name OR Authoring body year)

Examples

The Department of Immigration and Citizenship (2012) takes...

... main role (Department of Immigration and Citizenship 2012).

Reference List / Bibliography

Format and layout:

Author's family name, Initial(s) OR Authoring body year, Title of website, Publisher where known, viewed date, <URL>.

Examples

Department of Immigration and Citizenship 2012, Department of Immigration and Citizenship, Australian Government, viewed 6 November 2012, <http://www.immi.gov.au/>.