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 2003, 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. 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: (Start with title if no author stated.)

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

    Ornithology. 2 Dec. 2004.

    < http://www.birds.cornell.edu/pfw/AboutBirdsandFeeding/BirdFoods.htm >.

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 Day Month

    Year: pages or number of paragraphs if given. Name of Database. Name of library,

    location. Access Date Day Month Year.

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

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

    Academic Search Premier. Clinton Community Coll. Lib., Plattsburgh. 16 Aug. 2006.

3. MAGAZINE article from the magazine's website

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

    Year: pages or number of paragraphs if given. Access Date Day Month Year. < URL or

    Internet address >.

Example:

Mulrine, Anne. "Turbulence at Command Central." US News Online 14 Aug. 2000. 15 Aug.

    2000. < http://www.usnews.com/usnews/issue/00814/air.b2/htm >.

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 or paragraphs if numbered. Name of Database. Name of library,

    location. Access date Day Month Year.

Example:

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

    357. ProQuest Research Library. Clinton Community Coll. Library, Plattsburgh. 5 May

    2006.

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. Access date Day Month

    Year. < URL or Internet address >.

Example:

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

    Dermatology 137.7 (2000). 14 July 2000. < http://archderm.ama-assn.org/issues/v13n7/

    full/dst9060.html >.

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. Name of library and

    location. Access Date Day Month Year.

Example:

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

    Windisch Brown. St. James Press, 1996. Literature Resource Center. Clinton Community

    Coll. Lib., Plattsburgh. 16 Aug. 2000.

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. Name of library and location. Access Date

    Day Month Year.

Example:

Coppin, Ben. Artificial Intelligence Illuminated. Sudbury, MA: Jones and Bartlett, 2004. Books

    24x7. Clinton Community Coll. Lib. Plattsburgh. 16 Aug. 2006.

8. 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. Access date Day

    Month Year. < URL or Internet address >.

Example:

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

    2001. 17 Jan. 2002. < http://www.bartleby.com/65/ >.

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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 in its entirety.

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