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Bibliographic details for "Main Page"
- Page name: Main Page
- Author: Wikipedia contributors
- Publisher: Wikipedia, The Free Encyclopedia.
- Date of last revision: 28 April 2013 10:30 UTC
- Date retrieved: 4 May 2013 17:56 UTC
- Permanent link: http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Main_Page&oldid=418009832
- Primary contributors: Revision history statistics
- Page Version ID: 418009832
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Citation styles for "Main Page"
APA style
Main Page. (2013, April 28). In Wikipedia, The Free Encyclopedia. Retrieved 17:56, May 4, 2013, from http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Main_Page&oldid=418009832
MLA style
Wikipedia contributors. "Main Page." Wikipedia, The Free Encyclopedia. Wikipedia, The Free Encyclopedia, 28 Apr. 2013. Web. 4 May. 2013.
MHRA style
Wikipedia contributors, 'Main Page', Wikipedia, The Free Encyclopedia, 28 April 2013, 10:30 UTC, <http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Main_Page&oldid=418009832> [accessed 4 May 2013]
Chicago style
Wikipedia contributors, "Main Page," Wikipedia, The Free Encyclopedia, http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Main_Page&oldid=418009832 (accessed May 4, 2013).
CBE/CSE style
Wikipedia contributors. Main Page [Internet]. Wikipedia, The Free Encyclopedia; 2013 Apr 28, 10:30 UTC [cited 2013 May 4]. Available from: http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Main_Page&oldid=418009832.
Bluebook style
Main Page, http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Main_Page&oldid=418009832 (last visited May 4, 2013).
Bluebook: Harvard JOLT style
Wikipedia, Main Page, http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Main_Page (optional description here) (as of May 4, 2013, 17:56 GMT).
AMA style
Wikipedia contributors. Main Page. Wikipedia, The Free Encyclopedia. April 28, 2013, 10:30 UTC. Available at: http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Main_Page&oldid=418009832. Accessed May 4, 2013.
BibTeX entry
@misc{ wiki:xxx, author = "Wikipedia", title = "Main Page --- Wikipedia{,} The Free Encyclopedia", year = "2013", url = "http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Main_Page&oldid=418009832", note = "[Online; accessed 4-May-2013]" }
When using the LaTeX package url (\usepackage{url}
somewhere in the preamble), which tends to give much more nicely formatted web addresses, the following may be preferred:
@misc{ wiki:xxx, author = "Wikipedia", title = "Main Page --- Wikipedia{,} The Free Encyclopedia", year = "2013", url = "\url{http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Main_Page&oldid=418009832}", note = "[Online; accessed 4-May-2013]" }
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