Citation+of+on-line+resources

 Citation of Online Sources - //Modern Language Association// (//MLA//) Format

Hacker, Diana. "Humanities: Documenting Sources", __Research and Documentation Online__. Bedford/St. Martin's. 23 Mar. 2010   This section shows how to prepare works cited entries for a variety of online sources, including Web sites, online books, articles in online periodicals and databases, blogs, wikis, podcasts, and e-mail.  MLA guidelines assume that readers can locate most online sources by entering the author, title, or other identifying information in a search engine or a database. Consequently, MLA does not require a Web address (URL) in citations for online sources. Some instructors may require a URL; for an example, see the note at the end of item 27.  MLA style calls for a sponsor or publisher for most online sources. If a source has no sponsor or publisher, use the abbreviation "N.p." (for "No publisher”) in the sponsor position. If there is no date of publication or update, use "n.d." (for "no date”) after the sponsor. For an article in an online scholarly journal or an article from a database, give page numbers if they are available; if they are not, use the abbreviation "n. pag." (See item 32.)

** 27. ENTIRE WEB SITE **Begin with the name of the author, editor, or corporate author (if known) and the title of the site, italicized. Then give the sponsor and the date of publication or last update. End with the medium and your date of access.  With author or editor  Peterson, Susan Lynn. //The Life of Martin Luther//. Susan Lynn Peterson, 2005. Web. 24 Jan. 2009.  Halsall, Paul, ed. //Internet Modern History Sourcebook//. Fordham U, 22 Sept. 2001. Web. 19 Jan. 2009.  With corporate (group) author  United States. Environmental Protection Agency. //Drinking Water// //Standards//. EPA, 8 July 2004. Web. 24 Jan. 2005.  Author unknown  //Margaret Sanger Papers Project//. History Dept., New York U, 18 Oct. 2000. Web. 6 Jan. 2009.  If a site has no title, substitute a description, such as "Home page," for the title. Do not italicize the words or put them in quotation marks.  Yoon, Mina. Home page. Oak Ridge Natl. Laboratory, 28 Dec. 2006. Web. 12 Jan. 2009.  NOTE: If your instructor requires a URL for Web sources, include the URL, enclosed in angle brackets, at the end of the entry. If you must divide a URL at the end of a line in a works cited entry, break it after a slash. Do not insert a hyphen.  Peterson, Susan Lynn. //The Life of Martin Luther//. Susan Lynn Peterson, 2005. Web. 24 Jan. 2009. . [|up to directory menu]

**28. SHORT WORK FROM A WEB SITE** Short works are articles, poems, and other documents that are not book length or that appear as internal pages on a Web site. Include the following elements: author's name; title of the short work, in quotation marks; title of the site, italicized; sponsor of the site; date of publication or last update; medium; and your date of access.  With author  Shiva, Vandana. "Bioethics: A Third World Issue." //NativeWeb//. NativeWeb, n.d. Web. 15 Sept. 2004.  Author unknown  "Media Giants." //Frontline: The Merchants of Cool//. PBS Online, 2001. Web. 7 Feb. 2005.  Citation at a glance: Short work from a Web site [|up to directory menu]

**29. ONLINE BOOK** Cite a book or a book-length work, such as a play or a long poem, as you would a short work from a Web site (see item 28), but italicize the title of the work.  Milton, John. //Paradise Lost: Book I. Poetryfoundation.org//. Poetry Foundation, 2008. Web. 14 Dec. 2008.  Give the print publication information for the work, if available (see items 6–19), followed by the title of the Web site, the medium, and your date of access.  Jacobs, Harriet A. //Incidents in the Life of a Slave Girl: Written by// //Herself//. Ed. L. Maria Child. Boston, 1861. //Documenting the// //American South//. Web. 3 Feb. 2009. [|up to directory menu]

**30. PART OF AN ONLINE BOOK** Place the part title before the book's title. If the part is a chapter or a short work such as a poem or an essay, put its title in quotation marks. If the part is an introduction or another division of the book, do not use quotation marks. (See also item 15.) Following the publication information, give the page numbers for the part (or use "N. pag." if the work is not paginated). End with the Web site on which you found the work, the medium, and your date of access.  Adams, Henry. "Diplomacy." //The Education of Henry Adams//. By Adams. Boston: Houghton, 1918. N. pag. //Bartleby.com: Great Books// //Online//. Web. 8 Jan. 2009. .