I want to include some information from a webpage, so is it always correct just to reference that webpage?
Answer
Reference as a webpage
Reference as a specific source possibly linked to from a webpage.
You would do this if you are paraphrasing information which is directly located on a webpage and doesn’t refer to any other sources.
Note that information written directly on a webpage may not have a specific author, so you can use the organisation hosting the website as the author.
If you are directly quoting from a webpage use quote marks. It can be helpful to also include a paragraph number, as there are not usually page numbers. Always check this though with the information for your particular referencing style.
You might be paraphrasing information from the webpage which actually comes from another source mentioned in the text (e.g. a report or a journal article). In this case you need to find and read that primary source and use that as your reference.
In the above case you can reference the primary source as you would normally.
If there is a link from the webpage to the primary source and it goes to a journal article, then it may have a DOI, so you can add the DOI link to your reference instead of the host website. If it is a report or some other source which has no direct url, then you can include the url for the website in your reference.
