Webpage
It is often sufficient to describe the content of websites (as opposed to books, journal articles and other source types described elsewhere in this guide) in the text (“On 15 November 2023 Google’s privacy statement stated that …”). If a more formal reference is required, it can be formatted as in the examples below. These follow, for the most part, the same rules as encyclopedia entries.
Tips
- If a source does not provide a publication date or a date of last modification (or the page is old), an access date should be included.
- Alternatively, if an publicly available archived version of the content is stored using the Internet Archive’s Wayback Machine or a similar service, the link to that version can be cited.
- If the webpage does not have a known author, you may use the name of the institution as the author.
Full note (first note)
1 Statistisk sentralbyrå, "Trus- og livssynssamfunn utanfor Den norske kyrkja, per 1. januar 2012: Ein halv million i trus- og livssynssamfunn," Published December 4, 2012, accessed June 23, 2026, https://www.ssb.no/kultur-og-fritid/statistikker/trosamf/aar/2012-12-04.
2 "Wikipedia: Manual of Style," Wikimedia Foundation, last modified December 19, 2023, 21:54 (UTC), https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Manual_of_Style.
3 Sverre Følstad og Sandra Lorentzen, "Jakten på Mathilde Dietrichson," Historieblogg, https://web.archive.org/web/20200721101401/https://www.historieblogg.no/?p=5485.
Shortened note
4 "Wikipedia: Manual of Style."
5 SSB, "Trus- og livssynssamfunn."
6 Følstad og Lorentzen, "Jakten på Mathilde Dietrichson."
Reference list entries (in alphabetical order)
- Følstad, Sverre og Sandra Lorentzen. "Jakten på Mathilde Dietrichson," Historieblogg. https://web.archive.org/web/20200721101401/https://www.historieblogg.no/?p=5485.
- Statistisk sentralbyrå. "Trus- og livssynssamfunn utanfor Den norske kyrkja, per 1. januar 2012: Ein halv million i trus- og livssynssamfunn." Published December 4, 2012; accessed June 23, 2026. https://www.ssb.no/kultur-og-fritid/statistikker/trosamf/aar/2012-12-04.
- Wikimedia Foundation. "Wikipedia: Manual of Style." Last modifies December 19, 2023, kl. 21:54 (UTC). https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Manual_of_Style.
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