Web Page -- How to Cite in MLA Style

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Trouble finding important information on the site you want to cite? See Web Citation Hints.

Author

Page Title

Webmaster

Print Source

Collection Title

E-Pub Date

Database

Hosting Org.

Numbering

Access Date

URL

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For help filling out the form, click the link to the left of each blank. Push the button, and copy the text from the lower window to your word processor.

When you're finished creating your individual items, you'll still have to format your "works cited" list properly.

  1. Alphabetize all entries by author's last name.
  2. Double-space (don't skip extra lines between entries).
  3. Use the hanging indent paragraph format.

See: Using MS-Word to Format an MLA Style Document

Web Citation Hints

  • Any serious writer will identify his or her work with a name (or organization) and date. If the page you want to cite doesn't have this important information, it is not a credible source for data or interpretation (although it might be OK to use it as an example of somebody's personal opinion).
  • If you can't find important information on a page, and you can't find a link to a table of contents or other informative page, try hacking the URL.
  • Try e-mailing the webmaster for specific help.
    (But don't send a "high priority" e-mail at 11pm that screams "DESPERATE HELP NEEDED FOR PAPER DUE TOMORROW!!" -- I automatically delete all such messages, since by the time I read them the next morning, the deadline has probably passed.) 
  • Print out and save any web page that you use in an academic paper, in case you or your instructor can't find it again.

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