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MLA Format (9th Edition): Websites and Other Electronic Sources

Citing a Webpage

*Remember that all citations need to be formated with a hanging indent where the first line is to the margin and the following lines are indented.

 *When lising a URL, leave off the https:// 

*Including the date you accessed the website is optional but should be included if the work lacks a publication date or if you suspect that the work has ben altered or removed.

 Lastname, Firstname. "Webpage." Website. Publisher, Date of Publication, URL. Accessed Date.

Examples:

Pedersen, Pam. "Cleaning and Preserving Vintage Needlework and Cross Stitch" The Spruce Crafts, 4 Nov. 2019www.thesprucecrafts.com/caring-for-vintage-needlework-984399. Accessed August 2022.

 "Can We Cool The Planet?" Nova. PBS Online,  28 Oct. 2020.  www.pbs.org/wgbh/nova/video/can-we-cool-the-planet/wgbh/nova/military/digital-warfare.html. Accessed 5 August 2022.

 

This information was obtained from the Purdue Online Writing Lab. All examples were created for the purposes of this LibGuide. If you need citation information, please visit the Research Process LibGuide.

Citing a Website

*Remember that all citations need to be formated with a hanging indent where the first line is to the margin and the following lines are indented.

*When lising a URL, leave off the https://

*Including the date you accessed the website is optional but should be included if the work lacks a publication date or if you suspect that the work has ben altered or removed.

 

Lastname, firstname. Website Name. Publisher, Date of Publication. URL. Accessed Date.

 

Examples:

Wynalak, Stephanie. The End of the World as We Know It. America's Future Foundation, Aug. 2006. americasfuture.org/the-end-of-the-world-as-we-know-it/. Accessed 6 Jan. 2009.

 

Maya Angelou Papers. New York Public Library Archives and Manuscripts, 2016. archives.nypl.org/scm/22986. 

  

(This information was obtained from the Purdue Online Writing Lab website.)

Citing an Online Image

*Remember that all citations need to be formated with a hanging indent where the first line is to the margin and the following lines are indented.

 *When listing a URL, leave off the https://

 

Citation information for an image:

Artist's Lastname, Firstname. " Title of the Picture." Website. DateURL. Accessed Date of Access.

 

Example:

Albee, Grace Arnold. "Coal Yard". Crystal Bridges Museum of American Art. 1950, collection.crystalbridges.org/objects/3104/coal-yard?ctx=7353776e53dd43d272b4c101b7e190a020067768&idx=7. Accessed 5 Aug. 2022.

(This information was obtained from the OWL Purdue Online Writing Lab. If you more information about citing an image, please visit their website.)

 

A Tweet

Twitter username. "tweet in its entirety." TwitterDate  of posting, time of posting. URL.

Information from OWL Purdue website. For more help, visit their site.

 
Example

@Barack_Obama. "Household incomes are up, and the poverty rate is down across all demographics." Twitter, 27 September 2016, 12:42 p.m. twitter.com/BarackObama/status/780855089946726400.

 Example created for this LibGuide.

A Listserv, Discussion Group, or Blog Posting

Cite web postings as you would a standard web entry.

Include screen names as author names when author name is not known.

If both names are known, place the author’s name in brackets.

Editor, screen name, author, or compiler name. "Posting Title." Name of Site. Version number if available.  Name of institution/organization affiliated with the site (sponsor or publisher). URL. Date of access.

Information from OWL Purdue website. For more help, visit their site.

Example

Carmichael, Matt. "The Big Reason Historic Preservation Districts Are a Good Idea."  Best Places Blog, 29 February 2016Livibility, www.livability.com/blog.  Accessed 5 March 2016.

Example created for this LibGuide.

Citing Online Sources-9th Edition

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