When citing a web page in MLA format, include the following information:
- Author's or editor's last name, first name (if known)
- "Title of Page." in quotes
- Title of Complete Website. in italics
- Publishing/sponsoring organization. If not available, use: N.p.
- Document date or date of last revision: d Mo.
yyyy.
If not available, use: n.d.
- The word "Web." (without quotation marks)
- Date site was accessed: d Mo. yyyy.
- Optional: < URL > in angle brackets.
Only include the URL if the source is not readily located via a search engine or if your instructor requires it.
Use the URL for the database's home page, not the URL for the exact article.
If complete information is available:
Last_name,
First_name. "Title of Page." Name of Website. Name of Site Publisher.
d Mo. yyyy. Web. d Mo. yyyy. <http://address .of.site.com>.
If little information is available:
Title
of Site. d Mo. yyyy. <http://address .of.site.com>.
Citing Online articles available from databases (e.g., Lexis-Nexis, Academic Search Premier, JSTOR)
using MLA style:
Full-text databases reproduce articles that originally appeared
in print elsewhere. To cite such articles, include the following:
- Author's last name, first name and any initials
- "Title of the Article" in quotation marks, capitalize
each important word
- Title of Journal/Publication in which the article
originally appeared, in italics or underlined, capitalize
each important word
- Volume number and issue number for a journal, but not for a magazine
or newspaper
- Page number(s) of original article, or, if not given, use: n. pag.
- Date of article, abbreviate any month (if magazine)
over 4 letters long.
Use parentheses for journals but not
for magazines.
- Name of database (i.e. Academic Universe), in italics
- Date accessed, abbreviate any month over 4 letters long
- Optional: URL, in angle brackets
(only if required by instructor)
An article from a journal, volume 3, issue 12:
Author's_last_name,
First_name. "Title of Article." Title of Journal.
3.12 (yyyy). Name of Database. d Mo. yyyy. <http://optional.address.of.service.com>.
In-text (parenthetical) citations:
Citing online articles from databases at other libraries:
Although MLA style no longer includes the name of the library
and its location when citing articles from electronic subscription
services, such as EBSCO or LexisNexis, if you obtain the article from a database to which the College does not subscribe, you may want to include that information for future reference.
Example of an article from a database accessed while visiting
the New York Public Library:
Davis, Angela J. "Race, Cops, and Traffic Stops" Crime Control and Social Justice: The Delicate Balance. Ed. Darnell F. Hawkins, Samuel L. Myers Jr., and Randolph N. Stone. 2003. The African American Experience database. New York Public Library. New York, NY. 16 Jul 2009.
MLA style guides in the Library:
Gibaldi, Joseph. MLA Handbook for Writers
of Research Papers. 7th ed. New York:
Modern Language Association, 2009.
Available at the Library Reference Desk (Call number: Rdy.Ref. LB 2369.G53
2009)
Hacker, Diana. A
Pocket Style Manual. 5th ed. Boston: Bedford, 2009.
Available at the Library Reference Desk (Call number: Rdy.Ref. PE 1408.H26
2009)
