Works Cited Guidelines for Online Sources (Revised 09)

 

  • Not all websites provide all the information required; include what you find in the correct order.
  • URLs are no longer required; some teachers may still want them—check if unsure.
  • 2009 MLA guidelines require using italics for print titles and names of websites rather than underlining.
  • You must put Publication Medium (Print or Web) at end of each entry (before access date).
  • Note that dates go in this order: day month year: 01 Jan. 2009; put n.d. if no date given.

 

INTERNET SOURCE: BASIC FORMAT

Author’s Last Name, First Name (if given). “Title of web page/article.” Name of Website. Date of publication

or latest update; put n.d. if no date given. Name of Sponsor or Publisher of site (put N.p. if none

         given). Publication Medium (Web). Your access date.

Sanderson, Nicole. “Runes through Time.” Vikings. November 2000. PBS.  Web. 15 Sept. 2005.

ONLINE ENCYCLOPEDIA

Author’s Last Name, First Name (if given). “Title of Article.” Title of Encyclopedia. Date of publication or

latest update. Name of Sponsor or Publisher of site.  Publication Medium. Your access date.

Signed  Encyclopedia Article

Davis, Richard L. "Silk Road." World Book Online Reference Center. 2009. World Book, Inc. Web. 6 Sept. 2005

Unsigned Encyclopedia Article

“Silk Road.”  Encyclopedia Britannica. 2009. Encyclopedia Britannica Online School Edition. Web. 6 Sept. 2005.

ONLINE PERIODICAL (magazine or newspaper)

Author’s Last Name, First Name (if given). “Title of Article.” Title of Periodical. Name of Sponsor or Publisher of site (put N. p. if none given), Date of Publication. Medium. Your access date.

Magazine

Owen, James. “Papyrus Reveals New Clues to Ancient World.” National Geographic News. National Geographic Society, 22 April 2005. Web. 26 Sept. 2007.

Newspaper

Winchester, Simon. “China’s Ancient Skyline.” New York Times.  New York Times, 15 July 2007.  Web. 11 Oct 2007.

Newswire (AP, Reuters, etc)

Author’s Last name, First name (if given). “Title of Article.” Name of Wire Service. Medium. Date: Day

Month Year.

“Al Gore, UN Panel Share Nobel for Peace.” Associated Press. Web. 12 Oct. 2007.

 

SUBSCRIPTION DATABASES (such as Gale Databases)

Biography Resource Center

Author’s Last Name, First Name (if given). “Title of Article.” Title of Print Source. Publisher, Date of

           Publication. Name of Database. Medium. Your access date.

 “Erik the Red.” Explorers and Discoverers of the World. Gale Research, 1993. Biography Resource

              Center. Web. 16 Sept. 2008.

Gale Databases – magazines, newspapers, journals: (General Reference Center Gold, etc.)

Author’s Last Name, First Name (if given). “Title of Article.” Name of Periodical volume and issue number (for

            a journal) Date of publication: page numbers (if given). Name of Database. Medium. Your access date.

Mills, Stephen and Melanie Menagh. “Who Discovered America?” Omni 13 Sep. 1991: 33. General Reference Center

              Gold. Web. 23 September 2005.

BOOK OR PERIODICAL REPRINTED IN A WEBSITE

Author’s Last Name, First Name. “Title of Article or Section used.”  Title of Original Source. Original Publisher, publication date. (if given)  Page #s (or N. pag.)   Name of Website. Date of electronic publication. Sponsor or Publisher of site. Medium. Your access date.

More, Thomas. “Of Their Military Discipline.” Utopia. 1516. N. Pag. Literature Project.  Web. 10 June 2009.

 IMAGE (photograph, illustration, map, graph, etc.)

Creator’s Last Name, First Name (if given). “Title or Description of Image.” Label type of image

          (i.e. photograph, map, cartoon, etc.). Date of image (if given). Name of Website. Sponsor of Site

          (or N. p.). Medium. Your access date.

Kirkebø, Jan Egil. “Viking Ship.” Photograph. travel-earth. N. p.  2007. Web. 10 June 2009.

►If the image has no title, you should create a descriptive title: “Floor plan of Chartres Cathedral.”

►Information about the image should come from the original website, NOT Google Images.

ARTWORK REPRODUCTION

Artists’s Name. Title of Artwork. Date (if known). Name of Institution which houses the work, City of

 Institition. Name of website. Medium. Your access date.

Raphael. Cowper Madonna. 1505. National Gallery of Art, Washington. WebMuseum. Web. 17 Feb 2006  

 

 

 

Created by the ABRHS library, version 5                                                                                                                           June 2009

Based on the MLA Handbook, 7th edition © 2008 and Documenting Sources rpt. on dianahacker.com.  2008.