Citing Online Images 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 2003, or the MLA website, www.mla.org.

NOTE: Double-space between each and every line.

1. MAP FROM A FULL TEXT DATABASE AVAILABLE THROUGH THE LIBRARY

"Title of Work." Map. Date or date of latest update {Day Month Year}. Name of Database. Name of service.

        Name of library and location. Access date {Day Month Year}.

Example:

"Presents a Map of United States." Map. 1999. Academic Search Premier. EBSCO. Clinton Community Coll.

        Lib., Plattsburgh. 3 August 2006.

2. MAP FROM A WEBSITE

"Title of Work." Map. Title of Internet Site. Date or date of latest update {Day Month Year}. Name of institution

        or organization associated with the site. Access date {Day Month Year}. < URL or web address >.

Example:

"NYS Map of SUNY Campuses." Map. SUNY: The State University of New York. 2006. State University of New

        York. 2 August 2006.

3. PHOTOGRAPH FROM A FULL TEXT DATABASE AVAILABLE THROUGH THE LIBRARY

Artist's last name, first name. Title of Work. Date {Day Month Year}. Owner of photograph. Name of Database.

        Name of service. Name of library and location. Access date {Day Month Year}.

Example:

Loppé, M.G. Lightning Striking the Eiffel Tower. 3 June 1902. National Oceanic and Atmospheric

        Administration. General Science Collection. EBSCO. Clinton Community Coll. Lib., Plattsburgh. 3

        August 2006.

4. PHOTOGRAPH FROM A WEBSITE

Artist's last name, first name. Title of Work. Date {Day Month Year}. Name of institution or organization

        associated with the site. Access date {Day Month Year}. < URL or web address >.

Example:

Galante, Nick. Pathfinder-Plus Flight in Hawaii. 24 June 2002. NASA Dryden Flight Research Center. 4

        August 2006. < http://www.dfrc.nasa.gov/Gallery/Photo/Pathfinder-Plus/Large/ED02-0161-2.jpg >.

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.

INCLUDING ILLUSTRATIONS IN A RESEARCH PROJECT
• Locate illustration as near as possible to the relevant area of the text.
• Label illustration Fig., and give it a number, along with a caption or title. Include name of artist if known, last
name first.

Example:

Fig. 1. Galante, Nick. Pathfinder-Plus Flight in Hawaii.

• Place label and caption or title underneath illustration. Use same margins as the rest of the paper.

• For parenthetical references, cite the work using the figure number. Example: (fig. 1).

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