Citing Websites - MLA

Citing Websites

Find as many of the following components as you can. If there are components you can't find (no author, version or date created) then skip it and move on to the next. There should always be a publisher or sponsor so dig deep to find one. The Date of access is the last day you went to the website. Notice punctuation and font (italics): these are important! The Medium of Publication for websites is "Web".

Components:

1. Author, Editor, Compiler, Narrator, Translator Last Name, First.

2. "Title of Page or Document."

3. Title of Web Site.

4. Version or edition used.

5. Publisher/sponsor of site (N.p.= no publisher found),

6. Date of publication (n.d.= no date found).

7. Medium of publication.

8. Date of access.

9. <URL>. (If required by your teacher).

Depending on the source you used arrange the components to look like one of the following examples (don't forget to use hanging indentation and double spacing):

"de Kooning, Willem." Encyclopaedia Britannica Online. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 2008. Web. 15 May 2008. 

Eaves, Morris, Robert Essick, and Joseph Viscomi, eds. The William Blake Archive.Lib. of Cong. 8 May 2008. Web. 15 May 2009. <http://url.com>. 

Garcia, Landa, Jose Angel, comp. A Bibliography of Literary Theory, Criticism and Philology. 13th ed.U de Zaragoza, 2008. Web. 15 May 2008.

Green, Joshua. "The Rove Presidency." The Atlantic.com. Atlantic Monthly Group, Sept. 2007. Web. 15 May 2008. "Hourly News Summary." 

National Public Radio. Natl. Public Radio, 20 July 2007. Web. 20 July 2007. 

Lessig, Lawrence. "Free Debates: More Republicans Call on RNC." Lessing 2.0. N.p., 4 May 2007. Web. 15 May 2008. 

Liu, Alan, ed. Home page. Voice of the Shuttle. Dept. of English, U of California, Santa Barbara, n.d. Web. 15 May 2009. 

Nelson, Sonia. "McShain Library". St. Joseph's Prep. St. Joseph's Prep, 24 Sept. 2009. Web. 24 Sept. 2009. <http://url.com>. 

Quade, Alex. "Elite Team Rescues Troops behind Enemy Lines." CNN.com. Cable News Network, 19 Mar. 2007. Web. 15 May 2008. 

Salda, Michael N., ed. The Cinderella Project. Vers. 1.2. U of Southern Mississippi, Oct. 2005. Web. 15 May 2008. 

"The Scientist Speak." Editorial. New York Times. New York Times, 20 Nov. 2007. Web. 15 May 2008. <http://url.com>. 

"Six Charged in Alleged N.J. Terror Plot." WNBC.com. WNBC, 8 May 2007. Web. 9 May 2007. 

Smith, Jane. "Who Really Invented the Internet?" Web Weekly. N.p., 26 Feb 2001. Web. 4 May 2001. 

Tyre, Peg. "Standardized Test in College?" Newsweek. Newsweek, 16 Nov. 2007. Web. 15 May 2008.