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Referencing in an essay

Hello, everybody :smile: I am stuck at writing a 2000 words essay because I don't know how to reference a website in the right way.

For example, I want to start my paragraph like this:
According to an article on the website called History.com, the first ever experimental music video was made in 1985.

Apparently, this is not the right way. Can anyone please help me with that so I can move on? I just need one example... I'd appreciate that!
It really depends upon the context. However, generally, I'd start the paragraph something like this:

"When the first music video was made in 1985... [1]"

[1] www.history.com/whateverthepageis

With the [1] being a footnote to the specific page where you sourced the information.

Hope that helps!

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