Reference Format
Yes, it’s tedious, but it's important to reference the information provided. In general we suggest that you use the MLA (Modern Language Association) format style for your references. You can use other formats if you want (e.g., APA). But the MLA format is probably the easiest to use for information you get from the internet – which we expect will often be source used for this website:
Author last name, first name, Co-author first name last name. "Title in quotation marks.” Source in italics.
Year published. Retrieve on the most recent date of internet access from URL address.
For example:
Twain, Mark, “Adventures of Huckleberry Finn.” A Glassbook Classic. 1884. Retrieved
on March 17, 2014 from http://contentserver.adobe.com/store/books/HuckFinn.pdf
No matter what format you use, the point of a reference is to be sure that a reader can find the source of your edits or additions to a Document. As long as the reader can do that, you have a good reference. A good website for a detailed understanding of the MLA format is Perdue University’s Online Writing Lab at https://owl.english.purdue.edu/owl/resource/747/01/
Now for the reference to the pages of this PRO Research website:
References
HOME PAGE:
John Mill
1. Capaldi, Nicholas, “John Stuart Mill – Biography.” 2003. Loyola University, New Orleans, Cambridge University Press. Retrieved March 17, 2014 from http://assets.cambridge.org/97805216/20246/sample/9780521620246ws.pdf
Wikipedia
2. Fletcher, Dan. “A Brief History of Wikipedia.” Time: Business & Money. August 18. Retrieved March 17, 2014 from http://content.time.com/time/business/article/0,8599,1917002,00.html
Einstein picture
3. Pescovitz, David. Einstein at Oxford in 1931 [photograph] in Imaginary Foundation's Chalkboard Equation Belt. Boing Boing. 2010. Retrieved March 17, 2014 from http://boingboing.net/2010/05/04/imaginary-foundation-7.html
Watercolor
4. Broner, Paul. Man Wearing Cap [watercolor on paper]. c 1965. From private collection.
Boston Marathon
5. Wadhwa, Tarun, “Lessons From Crowdsourcing The Boston Bombing Investigation.” Forbes. April 22, 2013. Retrieved March 17, 2014 from http://www.forbes.com/sites/tarunwadhwa/2013/04/22/lessons-from-crowdsourcing-the-boston-marathon-bombings-investigation/
BitCoin
6. Yellin, Tal, Dominic Aratari, Jose Pagliery, “What is Bitcoin?” CNN Money. 2013. Retrieved March 17, 2014 from http://money.cnn.com/infographic/technology/what-is-bitcoin/
7. bitcoin. “Bitcoin is an innovative payment network and a new kind of money.” The Bitcoin Foundation. 2013. Retrieved March 17, 2014 https://bitcoin.org/en/
Music
8. Higgs, Peter, (2012). "The Higgs Boson." The Universe.
9. Vicinanza,Domenico, Mariapaola Sorrentino and Giuseppe La Rocca, (2012)."The Higgs Boson musical score," (notes 24, 25 and 26). The Higgs Boson put to music by Domenico Vicinanza, Mariapaola Sorrentino and Giuseppe La Rocca using the frequency data in which it was discovered by Peter Higgs. The particle itself is heard in just three high notes (24, 25 & 26) at about 3.5 seconds into the recording.
STATS FOR HUMANS PAGE:
Einstein picture
1. Pescovitz, David. Einstein at Oxford in 1931 [photograph] in Imaginary Foundation's Chalkboard Equation Belt. Boing Boing. 2010. Retrieved March 17, 2014 from http://boingboing.net/2010/05/04/imaginary-foundation-7.html
ART PAGE:
Watercolor
1. Broner, Paul. Man Wearing Cap [watercolor on paper]. c 1965. From private collection. (Broner was a Detroit artist and attorney who left Vienna for the US as a child just after WW I. He was the older brother of American modern artists Robert Broner and Matthew Broner.)
van Gogh
2. Naifeh Steven, Gregory White Smith. Van Gogh: The Life. Random House: New York. 2012.
William Blake
3. Gilchrist, Alexander. Life of William Blake. Hesperides Press, London. 2006.Alessandro Botticelli4. Jones, Jonathan. “The sword in the sky.” The Guardian. 22 December 2003. Retrieved March 17, 2014 from http://www.theguardian.com/culture/2003/dec/23/1
AFRICA ASCENDING PAGE:
Africa
1. Humphreys, Macartan & Jeremy Weinstein, Policing Politicians: Citizen Empowerment and Political Accountability in Africa. Columbia and Stanford Universities. 2007. Retrieved March 17, 2014 from http://www.sscnet.ucla.edu/polisci/wgape/papers/14_Weinstein.pdf
2. Miguel, Edward. Africa's Turn? MIT Pres. Boston MA. 2008.
CROWDSOURCING PAGE:
Crowdsourcing
1. Howe, Jeff. The Rise of Crowdsourcing.” Wired. June 2006. Retrieved March 17, 2014 from http://www.wired.com/wired/archive/14.06/crowds.html
Copyright
2. Field, Thomas G. Jr. IP Basics: Copyright on the Internet » UNH School of Law. University of New Hampshire School of Law. 2014. Retrieved March 17, 2014 from http://law.unh.edu/franklin-pierce-ip-center/studying-ip-at-unh-law/ip-basics/copyright-internet
Wikipedia
3. Fletcher, Dan. “A Brief History of Wikipedia.” Time: Business & Money. August 18. Retrieved March 17, 2014 from http://content.time.com/time/business/article/0,8599,1917002,00.html
4. Wadhwa, Tarun, “Lessons From Crowdsourcing The Boston Bombing Investigation.” Forbes. April 22, 2013. Retrieved March 17, 2014 from http://www.forbes.com/sites/tarunwadhwa/2013/04/22/lessons-from-crowdsourcing-the-boston-marathon-bombings-investigation/
Boston Marathon
5. Wadhwa, Tarun, “Lessons From Crowdsourcing The Boston Bombing Investigation.” Forbes. April 22, 2013. Retrieved March 17, 2014 from http://www.forbes.com/sites/tarunwadhwa/2013/04/22/lessons-from-crowdsourcing-the-boston-marathon-bombings-investigation/
FUTURE MONEY PAGE:
BitCoin
1. Yellin, Tal, Dominic Aratari, Jose Pagliery, “What is Bitcoin?” CNN Money. 2013. Retrieved March 17, 2014 from http://money.cnn.com/infographic/technology/what-is-bitcoin/
2. bitcoin. “Bitcoin is an innovative payment network and a new kind of money.” The Bitcoin Foundation. 2013. Retrieved March 17, 2014 https://bitcoin.org/en/
REFERENCES PAGE:
MLA Reference Format
1. “MLA Formatting and Style Guide.” Online Writing Lab. Perdue University. Retrieved March 17, 2014 from https://owl.english.purdue.edu/owl/resource/747/01/
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