AGLC4 Rule 7.11.2: Electronic Newspapers
An online article follows the print form, but the bracket reads online and the date in place of the place of publication, and a URL is always given. A pinpoint is included only if the online version has page or paragraph numbers.
AGLC4 page 124
Format
Quoted from the Guide, page 124A boxed element is filled in with the source's details; everything outside a box is written exactly as shown.
Formatting
- The author, curly quoted title and italic newspaper name are as for print.
- The bracket reads online, a comma and the full date; no place of publication is given.
- Any pinpoint follows the bracket after a space, but only where the online version is paginated or numbered.
- The URL follows after a space in angle brackets, with no spaces inside them.
- An archived copy may be added after the URL as a comma, the words archived at and the permanent link in angle brackets.
- The citation ends with a full stop.
Examples
Quoted from the Guide, page 124- 86Farrah Tomazin, ‘Kinder Wages Breakthrough’, The Age (online, 19 May 2009) <http://www.theage.com.au/national/education/kinder-wages-breakthrough-20090519-bcwh.html>.
- 87Owen Bowcott, ‘Trolling Legislation Needs To Be Simplified, Says Law Commission’, The Guardian (online, 13 July 2016) <https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2016/jul/13/trolling-legislation-needs-to-be-simplified-says-law-commission>, archived at <https://perma.cc/SQ5P-BDRW>.
See also
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