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Columbia Style
The Columbia style of citation, commonly known as The Columbia Guide to Online Style (CGOS), from Todd Taylor and Janice R. Walker (Columbia UP, 2006) is basically used to locate, evaluate, translate, and use of elements of citation for electronically accessed sources in both a humanities style (i.e., MLA and Chicago) and a scientific style (APA and CBE).

Presented in the following are some examples. For complete information, refer to the 2nd edition of the Columbia Guide to Online Style.

Documenting Sources in the Text

Parenthetical references to electronic sources may include only an author's last name or, if no author's name is available, the title or file name, and, for scientific styles, the date of publication or the date of access if no publication date is available.

Web Site

Humanities Style

A university may host various departmental, faculty, and student pages, not all of which are sponsored by the university (do not confuse sponsorship with Web hosting). Likewise, a corporate or organizational Web site may contain various articles or pages. Generally, cite an entire Web site as you would a book or journal, italicizing the title and including whatever other publication information is available. First, list the name of the author or moderator, or other person or organization responsible for the site, followed by the site title.

American Chemical Society. Chemistry.org. 2006.
http://www.chemistry.org/portal/a/c/s/1/home.html (28 Mar. 2006).

Scientific Style

Begin with the name of the author, moderator, or other responsible person or organization, if available, followed by the date of publication, the title of the site, the URL, and the date of access.

American Chemical Society. (2006). Chemistry.org.
http://www.chemistry.org/portal/a/c/s/1/home.html (24 Mar. 2006).

Please refer to the style guide for complete information.


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