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How to Cite a Primary SourceFound on a Web Site
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Our primary source document is Warrant for the Arrest of Elizabeth Proctor and Sarah Cloyce
Famous American Trials: Salem Witchcraft Trials 1692
Find the Author(s) and the Date of your document
Here’s the URL you want to use in your citation, the exact address of the document
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Create Citation
First you provide information about the Web Site:URL
Name of the Web SitePublisher of the site
Date of e-publication, if givenYour Date of Access
Second you provide information about the specific Web Page:
the Author(s) of the document and the Title of the document
Put the date of the document in parentheses after the document title
Your Bibliography with the new citation for aPrimary Source found on a Web Site
Edit, Copy or Delete your citation
Click on Footnote Format for the pop-up windowshowing the format for your first footnote
and subsequent notes.
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