THE ALMY LIBRARY

models for citing primary source on a website

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Footnote

     1  Firstname Lastname, "Name of item," Name of Website/Publisher, date of item,  accessed Date and Year, URL.  

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Bibliography

Lastname, Firstname. "Name of item." Name of Website/Publisher, date of item. Accessed Date and Year. URL.

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Note

If you access a source from an online repository, such as the National Archives or BlackPast, you would cite the source according to its type (letter, diary entry, article) but also add information about the website from which you accessed the source. 

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examples for a primary source on a website

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Footnote

    1 Benjamin Banneker, “Benjamin Banneker’s Letter to Thomas Jefferson 1791,” BlackPast, accessed September 17, 2019, https://www.blackpast.org/african-american-history/benjamin-banneker-s-letter-thomas-jefferson-1791/.

     2 Banneker, "Letter to Thomas Jefferson."

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Bibliography

Banneker, Benjamin. “Benjamin Banneker’s Letter to Thomas Jefferson 1791.” BlackPast, 1791.
     Accessed September 17, 2019. https://www.blackpast.org/african-american-history/benjamin-banneker-s-letter-thomas-jefferson-1791/.

 

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