How to refer to documents on this website

If you use documents on this website as a source for your own papers, articles or other publications, you should make proper references to the sources. Referring to printed information allows you to refer to specific pages. However, webpages do not have page numbers. So how do you properly refer to information on the Internet? Here are some suggestions:

Book chapter published on this website:

Author (year). Chapter title. In: Book author, Book title, pages. Place, Publisher. Retrieved [date], from URL

Example:

Peele, Stanton (1985). The concept of addiction. In: Stanton Peele, The Meaning of Addiction. Compulsive Experience and Its Interpretation. Lexington, Lexington Books. pp. 1-26. Retrieved 22 October 2005, from http://www.peele.net/lib/moa1.html

Journal article published on this website:

Author (year). Title. Journal, volume:page numbers in original publication. Retrieved [date], from URL

Example:

Peele, Stanton (1990). Addiction as a Cultural Concept. Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences, 602:205-220. Retrieved 22 October 2005, from http://www.peele.net/lib/cultconc.html

Text on this website that did not originate elsewhere:

Author (year). Title. Publisher. Retrieved [date], from URL

Example:

Peele, Stanton (2003).Should people be allowed to be marijuana addicts? The Stanton Peele Addiction Website. Retrieved 22 October 2005, from http://www.peele.net/faq/allowed.html

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