• Cite documents published on the internet according to the specific guidelines for the type of document. More specific information is available for E-books and E-journals.
• Government reports and company annual reports are examples of documents that may be published on the internet.
Please note: If no author or editor is given and the document is not a part, article or chapter, then citation is by title.
Electronic document
1. Australian Insitute of Health and Welfare. Chronic diseases and associated risk factors [document on the Internet]. Canberra: The Institute; 2004 [updated 2005 June 23; cited 2005 Jun 30]. Available from: http://www.aihw.gov.au/cdarf/index.cfm.
Electronic document: no author
2. How to cite references [document on the Internet]. Murdoch (WA): Murdoch University Library; 1996 [cited 2010 Sept 2]. Available from: http://wwwlib.murdoch.edu.au/find/citation/.
Government publication: Australian Bureau of Statistics document
3. Australian Bureau of Statistics. Mental health and wellbeing: profile of adults, Western Australia (cat. no. 4326.5) [document on the Internet]. Canberra: ABS; 1997 [cited 2010 Sept 2]. Available from AusStats: http://www.abs.gov.au/ausstats.
Government publication: Government department
4. Australia. Department of Health and Aged Care. National youth suicide prevention strategy [document on the Internet]. Canberra: The Department; 2000 [cited 2005 Jul 1]. Available from: http://www.health.gov.au/hsdd/mentalhe/sp/nysps/about.htm.
Personal Internet site
5. Stanley F. Information page: Professor Fiona Stanley. Telethon Institute for Child Health Research [homepage on the Internet]. Perth: The Institute; 2005 [cited 2005 Jun 30]. Available from: http://www.ichr.uwa.edu.au/about/schools/.
General Internet site
6. Lavelle P. Mental state of the nation. Health matters [document on the Internet]. ABC online; 2005 May 19 [cited 2005 Jul 1]. Available from: http://abc.net.au/health/features/mentalstate/.