MLA Citation Examples     Electronic Sources

Source: Gibaldi, Joseph.  MLA Handbook for Writers of Research Papers.  New York: MLA.  6th edition.

Sources on the Web that students and scholars use in their research include scholarly projects, information databases, the texts of books, articles in periodicals, and

personal sites. Entries in a works-cited list for such sources contain as many items from the list below as are relevant and available. Highlighted entries must appear

in your citation.

1.                   Name of the author, editor, compiler, or translator of the source (if given), last name first and, if appropriate, followed by an abbreviation, such as ed.

2.                   Title of the article, poem, short story, or similar short work in the Internet site (enclosed in quotation marks). Or title of a posting to a discussion list or forum                     (taken from the subject line and put in quotation marks), followed by the description Online posting

3.                   Title of a book (underlined)

4.                   Name of the editor, compiler, or translator of the text (if relevant and if not cited earlier), preceded by the appropriate abbreviation, such as Ed.

5.                   Publication information for any print version of the source

6.                   Title of the scholarly project, database, periodical, or professional or personal site underlined; or, for a professional or personal site with no title, a description such as                            Home page

7.                   Name of the editor of the site (if given)

8.                   Version number of the source (if not part of the title) or, for a journal, the volume number, issue number, or other identifying number

9.                    Date of electronic publication, of the latest update, or of posting

10.               For a posting to a discussion list or forum, the name of the list or forum

11.               The number range or total number of pages, paragraphs, or other sections, if they are numbered

12.               Name of any institution or organization sponsoring the site (if not cited earlier)

13.               Date when you accessed the source

14.               The URL (address) of the source in angle brackets <>.

EXAMPLES:   Citing Internet Resources

 

Web Site

Brewer, Judy “Web Accessibility Initiative (WAI).” W3C World Wide Web Consortium 22 Jan. 2004. 27 Jan. 2004 <http://www.w3.org/WAI/>.

 

Nineteenth-Century German Stories. Ed. Robert Godwin-Jones. 1999. Foreign Language Dept., Virginia Commonwealth U. 26 January 2004 <http://www.fln.vcu.edu/menu.html>.

 
Article from an Online Magazine (From a Free Online Magazine, no subscription required)
Kuntzman, Gersh. “The Misunderstanding of Judy Dean.” Newsweek 26 January 2004. 27 January 2004 <http://www.msnbc.com/id/3032542/>.

 

Article from an Online Newspaper (From a Free Online Newspaper, no subscription required)

Pickler, Nedra. “Dean Shakes Up Staff, Taps Longtime Gore Associate Neel Named Campaign CEO, Joe Trippi Resigns.” Washington Post 28 Jan.

       2004. 28 Jan. 2004 <http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A576192004Jan28.html?nav=hptop_tb>.

 

Citing Sources from Subscription-Based Databases

SJRCC Libraries provide Subscription-Based Database internet resources found in LINCCWeb. These resources include periodical articles (scholarly journals,

weekly newsmagazines, newspaper articles, etc.) and Reference book entries, such as the Literature Resource Center example below. Remember to

include as much information as is available for each source (See guidelines on reverse side for all online resources).

 

Academic Search Premier (EBSCO)

Brave, Ralph. “Governing the Genome.” Nation 10 December 2001: 18. Academic Search Premier. EBSCO. SJRCC Library. 27 Jan. 2004

       <http://www.linccweb.org>.

 

Business Source Elite (EBSCO)

Raeburn, Paul. “A Biotech Boom with a Difference.” Business Week 31 December 2001: 52. Business Source Elite. EBSCO. SJRCC Library. 27 Jan.

       2004 <http://www.linccweb.org>.

 

Criminal Justice Periodical Index (ProQuest)

Hoffman, Joseph L. “Justices Weave Intricate Web of Habeas Corpus Decisions.” Trial December 2001. Criminal Justice Periodical Index. ProQuest.  

       SJRCC Library. Jan. 27 2004 <http://www.linccweb.org>.

 

Custom Newspapers (InfoTrac/GaleNet)

Greenhouse, Steven. “Worker Finds Gains At Airport Are Mixed.” New York Times 22 October 2001: A16. Custom Newspapers. InfoTrac/GaleNet.

       SJRCC Library. 27 Jan. 2004 <http://www.linccweb.org>.

 

eBooks (netLibrary)

Twain, Mark. The Tragedy of Pudd’nhead Wilson. Champaign, Ill. Project Gutenberg. eBooks. netLibrary. SJRCC Library. 27 Jan. 2004 <http://www.linccweb.org>.

 

Health & Wellness Resource Center (Gale)

Robinson, Richard. “Stroke.” Gale Encyclopedia of Medicine. 1999. Health & Wellness Resource Center. Gale. SJRCC Library. 27 Jan. 2004 <http://www.linccweb.org>.

 

Literature Resource Center (Gale)

Beeler, Karen E. “Amy Tan: Overview.” Contemporary Popular Writers. 1997. Literature Resource Center. Gale. SJRCC Library. 27 Jan. 2004 <http://www.linccweb.org>.

 

OmniFile Full Text Mega Edition (Wilson)

Andrews, Stuart. “Classicism and the American Revolution.” History Today January 1987: 37-42. OmniFile Full Text Mega Edition. Wilson. SJRCC

       Library. 15 Jan. 2004 <http://www.linccweb.org>.

    

Note:  For more examples of different types of sources, access the MLA website at: http://www.mla.org/style_faq

          Or consult the most recent edition of:

          Hacker, Diana. The Bedford Handbook. 6th ed. New York: Bedford/St. Martin’s, 2002.