Websites
To refer to an entire website
For a passing reference to a website in text, the URL is sufficient; no reference list entry is needed:
These United Nations policies are outlined on The International Narcotics Control board website (http://www.incb.org)
To cite a particular document or piece of information from a website
In text
Cite the name of the author/authoring body and the date created or last revised:
(International Narcotics Control Board, 1999)
Reference list
International Narcotics Control Board (1999). Psychotropic Substances. Retrieved from http://www.incb.org/incb/en/psychotropic-substances/index.html
Include the following information:
- author (the person or organisation responsible for the site)
- year (date created or last updated), between parentheses
- Title of document
- Retrieved from
- webpage URL (If possible, ensure that the URL is included without a line-break).