Citing Online Sources in MLA Style

For additional information on MLA (Modern Language Association) style, see the MLA Handbook for Writers of Research Papers in the Reference collection, REF LB2369.G53 2009, or the MLA website, www.mla.org.

1. INTERNET SITE: Webpage on an Internet Site

Author's last name, first name. “Title of Webpage.” Title of Internet Site. Publisher or sponsor of the

    site; if not available, use N. p., Date of publication; if nothing is available, use n.d. Day Month Year.

    Web. Date of access (day, month, and year).

Example: (Start with title if no author stated.)

Sharpe, Mia. “Bird Feeding Tips.” Project Feeder Watch. Cornell Lab of Ornithology, 19 Nov. 2000.

    Web. 2 Dec. 2009.

2. MAGAZINE article from a full text database available through the library

Author's last name, first name. “Title of Article.” Name of Magazine Date of publication: pages. Name

    of Database. Web. Date of access (day, month, and year).

Example: (Start with title of article if no author stated.)

"Desktop Computers: Fast, Faster, Fastest." Consumer Reports Sept. 2000: 28-32. Academic Search

    Premier. Web. 8 Aug. 2009.

3. MAGAZINE article from the magazine's website

Author's last name, first name. “Title of Article.” Name of Magazine. Name of Publisher. Date Day Month

    Year. Web. Date of access (day, month, and year).

Example: (Start with title if no author stated.)

Mulrine, Anne. "Turbulence at Command Central." US News Online. U.S. News and World Report.

    14 Aug. 2000. Web. 15 Aug. 2009.

4. JOURNAL article from a full text database available through the library

Author's last name, first name. “Title of Article.” Name of Journal Volume number.Issue number (Year):

    pages. Name of Database. Web. Date of access (day, month, and year).

Example:

McNamara, Sharon. “Synergy, Energy, and Teamwork.” AORN Journal 82.3 (2005): 353-357. ProQuest

    Research Library. Web. 5 May 2009.

5. JOURNAL article from the journal's website

Author's last name, first name. “Title of Article.” Name of Journal Volume number.Issue number (Year):

    pages or number of paragraphs if numbered, n. pag. if not. Web. Date of access (day, month, and year).

Example:

Ibia, Ekopimo O., and Bernhard L. Wiedermann. "Antibiotic Rashes in Children.” Archives of Dermatology

    137.7 (2000): n. pag. Web. 14 July 2009.

6. BOOK: Part of a book from a full text database available through the library

Author's last name, first name. “Title of Part.” Title of Complete Work. Edition if available. Editor if available.

    Place of publication: Publisher if available, Year. Name of Database. Web. Date of access (day, month,

    and year).

Example:

Buxton, Jackie. "Margaret Atwood: Overview." Contemporary Novelists. 6th ed. Ed. Susan Windisch

    Brown. St. James Press, 1996. Literature Resource Center. Web. 16 Aug. 2009.

7. BOOK: Entire book from a full text database available through the library

Author's last name, first name. Title of Book. Edition if available. Editor if available. Place of publication:

    Publisher, Year if available. Name of Database. Web. Date of access (day, month, and year).

Example:

Coppin, Ben. Artificial Intelligence Illuminated. Sudbury, MA: Jones and Bartlett. Books 24x7. Web. 16 Aug.

    2009.

8. BOOK: Part of a book from a website

Author's last name, first name. “Title of Part.” Title of Complete Work. Edition if available. Editor if available.

    Place of publication: Publisher, Year of publication. Web. Date of access (day, month, and year).

Example: (Start with title of part if no author stated.)

"Expressionism." Columbia Encyclopedia. 6th ed. New York: Columbia University Press, 2001. Web. 17

    Jan. 2009.

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REMEMBER: If you cannot find the author, publisher, etc., for the online source, cite what is available. For further assistance, please ask a reference librarian.

A NOTE ON CITING ONLINE SOURCES IN THE TEXT OF A PAPER

For parenthetical references, cite the work using the author's name (or the title if there is no author) that begins the corresponding entry in the Works Cited list and use the fixed page number, if available. For example, ("Desktop Computers" 12).
Do not use the page numbers of a printout because the pagination varies depending on the printout.
If there are no fixed page numbers, use the designated paragraph number, if available, preceded by the abbreviation "par." (or the plural "pars."). For example, (Baker, par. 2).
When a source has no page numbers or designated paragraph numbers, cite the work without these.

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