Skip to Main Content

Internet materials

Footnotes

Author or editor name, ‘Title of article or section used’, Title of Website [type of medium], date created, published, or posted in the format (day month year), URL, pagination or online equivalent, date accessed.

City of Melbourne Libraries, 'Local History', City of Melbourne [website], (2024), https://www.melbourne.vic.gov.au/local-history, para. 3, accessed 27 Aug. 2024

Bibliography

Author or Editor Name, ‘Title of article or section used’, Title of Website [type of medium], date created, published, or posted in the format (day month year), URL, date accessed.

City of Melbourne Libraries, 'Local History', City of Melbourne [website], (2024), https://www.melbourne.vic.gov.au/local-history, accessed 27 Aug. 2024.

Notes
  • Use this citation example for general information from a website
Footnotes

Author, ‘Title of Article’, Name of Website, (date of publication), URL, para. number, access date.

‘Australian War Memorial: Year in Review 2022-23’, Australian War Memorial [website], https://www.awm.gov.au/about/organisation/corporate, page 62, accessed 27 Aug. 2024.

Robert French, ‘Could this Tinderbox Really Have Belonged to Explorers Burke and Wills’, Museums Victoria [website] (n.d.), https://museumsvictoria.com.au/article/burke-and-wills-tinderbox/, para. 24, accessed 29 Aug. 2024.

 

Bibliography

Author, ‘Title of Article’, Name of Website, (date of publication), URL, access date.

‘Australian War Memorial: Year in Review 2022-23’, Australian War Memorial [website], https://www.awm.gov.au/about/organisation/corporate, page 62, accessed 27 Aug. 2024.

French, Robert, ‘Could this Tinderbox Really Have Belonged to Explorers Burke and Wills’, Museums Victoria [website] (n.d.), https://museumsvictoria.com.au/article/burke-and-wills-tinderbox/, para. 24, accessed 29 Aug. 2024

 

Notes
  • For a web document, try to refer to the paragraph number of your reference when footnoting. Don’t worry if it isn’t exact, just give the reader a reasonable reference point on the webpage to find your citation.
  • If referencing an online PDF which does have page numbers, use the page number in place of the paragraph reference.
  • If there is no author use the title of the article/document in the 'author' position.
Footnotes

Name/Handle, ‘Title or the first few words of tweet or comment…’, Name of site, date posted, URL, access date.

@julianburnside, ‘90% of boat people…’, X, 6 Nov. 2012, https://x.com/JulianBurnside, viewed 27 Nov. 2012.

Bibliography

Name/Handle, ‘Title or the first few words of tweet or comment…’, Name of site, date posted, URL, access date.

@julianburnside, ‘90% of boat people…’, X, 6 Nov. 2012, https://x.com/JulianBurnside, viewed 27 Nov. 2012.

Notes
  • Cite as though you are citing a webpage; include: Name/Handle, ‘Title or the first few words of tweet or comment…’, Name of site, date posted, URL, access date.
  • Do not italicise the title of the tweet or comment as it is not officially considered to be published
  • Consider carefully before including social media messages and comments in your essay. They might not be considered appropriate for scholarly work
Footnotes

Author/s, Title of video [format], (Publisher, Date created), URL, access date.

Allende and Pinochet in Chile [video], (Khan Academy, 9 May 2011), http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Um92GZLCQ_Q&feature=edu&list=PLAC6B9F15C835224C, accessed 26 August 2024.

Colin Firth Helps the People Speak [video], (BBC World News and Radio, 30 Nov. 2012), http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-radio-and-tv-20296573, accessed 26 August 2024.

Bibliography

Author/s, Title of video [format], (Publisher, Date created), URL, access date.

Allende and Pinochet in Chile [video], (Khan Academy, 9 May 2011), http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Um92GZLCQ_Q&feature=edu&list=PLAC6B9F15C835224C, accessed 26 August 2024.

Colin Firth Helps the People Speak [video], (BBC World News and Radio, 30 Nov. 2012), http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-radio-and-tv-20296573, accessed 26 August 2024.

Notes
  • When there is no author, list the videos alphabetically by title in the bibliography
  • Use the full date of creation if available, otherwise just the year.
  • For YouTube videos, the up-loader of the content is the publisher (for citation purposes)
Footnotes

Author or editor name, ‘Title of article or section used’, Title of Website [type of medium], date created, published, or posted in the format (day month year), URL, pagination or online equivalent, date accessed.

Steve Benen, ‘Reality Gets in the Way of Trump's Line on Crime, Law Enforcement', The Maddow Blog, (22 Aug. 2024),
https://www.msnbc.com/rachel-maddow-show/maddowblog/reality-gets-way-trumps-line-crime-law-enforcement-rcna167545, accessed 26 August 2024.

Bibliography

Author or Editor Name, ‘Title of article or section used’, Title of Website [type of medium], date created, published, or posted in the format (day month year), URL, date accessed.

Benen, Steve, ‘Reality Gets in the Way of Trump's Line on Crime, Law Enforcement', The Maddow Blog, (22 Aug. 2024),
https://www.msnbc.com/rachel-maddow-show/maddowblog/reality-gets-way-trumps-line-crime-law-enforcement-rcna167545, accessed 26 August 2024.

Notes
  • If there is no author name, begin the citation with the ‘title of the post’
  • If the author only provides a screen name or avatar name on their post, use this as the author’s name
  • Blogs are generally considered published material, therefore the date (belongs in parentheses)
  • If there is no date, include n.d.
  • Only need [blog] after the title if its not clear what platform/format the title is on.
Footnotes

Name of person making comment, ‘Title of article or section used’, Title of Website [type of medium], date created, published, or posted in the format (day month year), URL, paragraph number, date accessed.

Fred Magyar, ‘Re: The Physics of Global Warming’, Science Blogs [blog comment], (11 Nov. 2010), http://scienceblogs.com/startswithabang/2010/11/10/the-physics-of-global-warming/, 2, accessed 26 August 2024.

Bibliography

Name of person making comment, ‘Title of article or section used’, Title of Website [type of medium], date created, published, or posted in the format (day month year), URL, date accessed.

Magyar, Fred, ‘Re: The Physics of Global Warming’, Science Blogs [blog comment], (11 Nov. 2010), http://scienceblogs.com/startswithabang/2010/11/10/the-physics-of-global-warming/, accessed 26 August 2024.

Notes
  • If there is no author name, begin the citation with the ‘title of article or section used’
  • If the author only provides a screen name or avatar name on their post, use this as the author’s name
  • If there is no date, include n.d.
Footnotes

Author/s, ‘Title of podcast episode’, Title of Series of podcasts [podcast], (Publisher, Date), URL, access date.

Marcia Langton, ‘Lecture 1 – Changing the Paradigm: Mining Companies, Native Title and Aboriginal Australians’, 2012 Boyer Lectures [podcast], (ABC Radio National, 2012), http://www.abc.net.au/radionational/programs/boyerlectures/boyers-ep1/4305610, accessed 26 August 2024.

Bibliography

Author/s, ‘Title of podcast episode’, Title of Series of podcasts [podcast], (Publisher, date), URL, access date.

Langton, Marcia ‘Lecture 1 – Changing the Paradigm: Mining Companies, Native Title and Aboriginal Australians’, 2012 Boyer Lectures [podcast], (ABC Radio National, 2012), http://www.abc.net.au/radionational/programs/boyerlectures/boyers-ep1/4305610, accessed 24 August 2024.

Notes
  •  If you listened to/viewed online, include the URL of the episode
  • If there isn’t a Series Title, italicise the name of the podcast, e.g. Fierce Clashes in Cairo is the name of the podcast and it doesn’t belong to a series so it is italicised.
  • When there is no author, list the podcasts alphabetically by title in the bibliography
  • Use the full date for a podcast if available, otherwise just the year.
Footnotes

Name of creator (if known), Title of image [image], (Date of publication/Year of Creation), URL, access date.

Barack Obama, Four More Years [image], (7 Nov. 2012), https://x.com/BarackObama/status/266031293945503744/photo/1, accessed 27 Nov. 2012.

Stewart & Co., AMS, taken 1877 [Adelaide Margaret Singleton] [image], (1877), http://handle.slv.vic.gov.au/10381/124516, accessed 3 Dec. 2012.

Bibliography

Name of creator (if known), Title of image [image], (Date of publication/Year of Creation), URL, access date.

Obama, Barack, Four More Years [image], (7 Nov. 2012), https://x.com/BarackObama/status/266031293945503744/photo/1, accessed 5 Sept. 2024.

Stewart & Co., AMS, taken 1877 [Adelaide Margaret Singleton] [image], (1877), http://handle.slv.vic.gov.au/10381/124516, accessed 28 Aug. 2024..

Notes
  • Even if the title includes the year, still include (year of creation)
  • You do not need to write that it was an online image because the URL makes it obvious