MLA Citing

 
 
 

Following are examples of common MLA citations. There are many more types of citations, each depends on the type of resource you are citing

  For more complete information on citing sources go to:
    MLA Handbook for Writer of Research Papers, 6th Edition. This book is available in the ECA Library (REF 808 GIB) or go to Purdue University's site http://owl.english.purdue.edu/owl/resource/557/01/



   Print Sources      Online Databases      Other Internet Sources      Other Sources      

 

OTHER INTERNET SOURCES

 


Website with known author

 

Author's Last Name, First Name. "Title of article."Name of Website. Date of

      Posting/Revision. Name of organization associated with the site. Date of access < URL>.

 

Mitchell, Joy. "Growing Basil Plants for Profit." Gardening Today.12 Nov. 2006. American Botanical 

      Society. 8 Oct. 2006 <http://www.crafton.edu/index/citing.html>.

 


Website with unknown author (also article name and website name are the same)

 

Name of Website. Date of Posting/Revision. Name of organization associated with the site.

      Date of access < URL>.

 

A Multimedia History of World War I. 3 May 2005. The History Channel.     

      9 Sep. 2004 <http://www.historychannel.com/index/>.

 

 

Article on a web site

 

Author's Last Name, First Name. "Article Title." Name of Website. Date of

       Posting/Revision. Name of institution/organization affiliated with site.

       Date of access <URL>.

 

Poland, Dave. "The Hot Button." Roughcut. 26 Oct. 1998. Turner Network Television.

        28 Oct. 2006 <http://www.roughcut.com>.

 

"Using Modern Language Association Format." Purdue Online Writing Lab. 2003.

        Purdue University. 6 Feb. 2006 <http://owl.english.purdue.eduhandouts/research/r_mla.html>.

 

 

Images from internet  Click here for more info on citing images

 

"Name of image." Date of image. Type of image.  Name of website.

      Date accessed. <URL>.

 

"Mars Landing." 2001. Photo. NASA Photo Archive.

      6 Feb. 2006.<http://www.nasa.org>.


Works used to create this guide:
  Gibaldi, Joseph. MLA Handbook for Writers of Research Papers. 6th Ed. New York:

         Modern Language Association, 2004.

  MLA Citation Examples. Honolulu Community College Library. 20 Sep. 04. Honolulu Community
         College. 26 Feb. 2006 <http://honolulu.hawaii.edu>
 

 
 

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