Archiving Websites and Data

Tools that can help preserve access to websites and datasets that are needed for research and publication. This guide was created from the work of Shauna-Kay Harrison and Abby Sypniewski

Chicago Style

See the Chicago Manual of Style 14.104 Citing Web Pages and Websites (U-M only) for more information.

Example for Wayback Machine
“Academics,” Howard University, archived October 19, 2023, at https://web.archive.org/web/20231019175606/https://howard.edu/academics

Example for Perma.cc
“Academics,” Howard University, https://howard.edu/academics, archived October 19, 2023, at https://perma.cc/W39H-X2SP.

MLA Style

MLA - How do I cite a work accessed through Wayback Machine?
Example:
Collazo, Julie Schwietert. “Cuban Quimbombo (Afro-Cuban Okra).” The Latin Kitchen, 25 Feb. 2014. Internet Archive, web.archive.org/web/20180324130552/http:// thelatinkitchen.com:80/blogs/kitchen/cuban-quimbombo-afro-cuban-okra.
MLA - Is it permissible to include in a works-cited-list entry a permalink I created for a source?
Example:
Gibson, Angela. “URLs: Some Practical Advice.” The MLA Style Center, Modern Language Association of America, 2018, style.mla.org/urls-some-practical-advice/, perma.cc/Q4MS-27XG.

APA Style

APA - How to cite a work with a nonrecoverable source
"If the content you cited is no longer available online, search for an archived version of the page on Internet Archive and use the archived URL—if available."
For more information see the APA Style Manual 9.37 No Source

Last Updated: Oct 8, 2025 7:38 AM

Subjects: Government, Politics & Law, How-to