General Tips
- Get as much as you can - Unlike a published book, not all web sites contain bibliographic information. "The web site that has my thesis has no author name!" The first thing to do is to collect as much information as you can about the web page: URL, modification date, owner of the site, date you accessed the page, title of the page, etc. See links below for more information on proper web page citation.

- No piece is too small - If you copy a sentence or are even enlightened by an idea from something you have read, then it needs to be credited to somone.

- Talk it out - Talk to your professor regarding the proper citation format. For example, the Humanities have a different way of citing a source than the Sciences do. It will never hurt to ask.

Links
Citation and Style Guide - Bates's own collection of links to various citation style guides. Nearly all formats and disciplines are found here as well as most possible sources of information.

Bates College Statement on Plagiarism - If you are unsure whether you need to cite a source or not, refer to this document. It will detail what Bates considers to be plagiarism and the consequences of plagiarism.