Website

In-text citations

(Author, year)

Example 1: (Melteig, 2016)

When a website has no personal author, include the name of the responsible organization/institution. If there is no responsible organization/institution, use the title of the page as the substitute for the author/organization.

Example 2: (The Economist Intelligence Unit, 2016)

Note: If you are referring to a website in general, include only the website name in your text, and the URL in parenthesis. For example: Nysgjerrigper (https://www.nysgjerrigper.no/) is the content for children by Forskningsrådet.
If no individual author is identified, cite the institution or organisation as the author.

In the reference list

Author. (Year, date). Title. Site name. URL

Example 1:

Melteig, E. (2016, September 23). Cod’s immune system is not special any more. Titan UiO. https://titan.uio.no/node/1916

Organization/institution. (Year, date). Title. Site name. URL

Do you need help?

Note: For webpages that are continually updated and with no last updated date, include Retrieved from <date> in front of URL.
If the website’s title is identical with the author’s name, you omit the title.

EndNote

Add as Web page

Fill in the fields Author, Year, Title, Publisher, last update date, URL.

You may add access date in the field Access date.

Zotero

Add as Web page

Fill in the fields Title, Author, Website Title, Date, URL

You may add access date in the field Accessed

Checklist:


Make sure that the website you want to cite isn’t actually another source type e.g.  a newspaper article, blog post, curriculum document, or piece of legislation.

Do you simply want to refer to a website in general? If so, please see the note further up on this page for guidance on how to do this.

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