A straightforward guide to finding the publisher or sponsor of a website or online article
Are you having trouble finding who published a website, blog post, or article in an online magazine? Finding the publisher of a website is important when creating a works cited or bibliography page in the MLA and Chicago writing styles, as well as when citing certain documents in the APA format. Whether you need the publisher or sponsor for research paper citations or are just curious about the institution behind a website, we can help! This wikiHow article will teach you the most reliable ways to find who published a website or article on the web.
Things You Should Know
- Most websites list the publisher and publication date in small text at the bottom of the page. It'll usually be a company or organization name.
- If there's no publisher in the footer, check the About, Contact, or Legal pages.
- Try doing a whois lookup on the domain, searching the web for the website and "publisher," or locating the site's page on a social media site.
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- Sources for which you cannot determine a publisher may be unreliable. If you can't find a publisher, try to find a more official source . [2] X Research sourceThanks
- In APA citation format, you'll use the site name in your references instead of searching for the name of a publisher. [3] X Research sourceThanks
- In the MLA format , if you're citing a website that has the same name as the publisher or sponsor, you can omit the publisher from the source on your works cited page. [4] X Research sourceThanks
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References
- ↑ https://www.easybib.com/guides/citation-guides/mla-format/how-to-cite-a-publisher/
- ↑ https://style.mla.org/citing-a-book-with-no-organization-as-publisher/
- ↑ https://apastyle.apa.org/style-grammar-guidelines/references/examples/webpage-website-references
- ↑ https://style.mla.org/author-publisher-web-site-names/
- ↑ https://owl.purdue.edu/owl/research_and_citation/chicago_manual_17th_edition/cmos_formatting_and_style_guide/web_sources.html
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