Below are examples of citations for web pages, blogs, and other items found on the internet. Please read carefully and follow the example best suited for where you found the resource.
Note the placement of italics, quotation marks, periods and commas.
Remember, all Works Cited list entries are double spaced and in hanging indent format. These examples are neither double spaced nor in hanging indent format.
The works cited list begins on a new page after the text.
The page is labeled "Works Cited" at the top of the page. The label is centered.
An Entire Web Site
Format:
Lastname, Firstname. Title of Website. Publisher (if different from website), Day Month Year, URL.
Example:
MLA Style Center. Modern Language Association of America, www.nypl.org/blog/2016/03/02/biographies-women-history.
Note: When the same corporation or organization is both author and publisher, omit the author and begin your citation with the title (MLA 119).
Webpage with Author and Date
Format:
Lastname, Firstname. "Title of Webpage." Title of Website, Publisher (if different from website), Day Month Year, URL.
Example:
Burns, Shauntee. “Finding Wonder Women at the Library: Online Biographies and Encyclopedias.” New York Public Library, 2 Mar. 2016, www.nypl.org/blog/2016/03/02/biographies-women-history.
Note: Because the title of website and publisher names are the same in this example, the publisher is omitted (MLA 165).
Webpage with No Author
Format:
"Title of Webpage." Title of Website, Publisher (if different from website), Day Month Year, URL.
Example:
"Education." New York Public Library, 2018, www.nypl.org/education.
Note: "When a nongovernment organization is both author and publisher, you may skip the Author element and begin the entry with the work's title. List the organization only as publisher" (MLA 119). Because the title of website and publisher names are the same in this example, the publisher is omitted (MLA 165).
Webpage with Corporate Author
Format:
Name of Entity. "Title of Webpage." Title of Website, Publisher (if different from website), Day Month Year, URL.
Example:
"Audit and Assurance." Chartered Professional Accountants Canada, 2016, www.cpacanada.ca/en/business-and-accounting-resources/audit-and-assurance.
Note: When same corporation or organization is both author and publisher, omit the author and begin your citation with the title (MLA 119). Because the title of website and publisher names are the same in this example, the publisher is omitted (MLA 165).
Webpage with No Author and No Date
Format:
"Title of Webpage." Title of Website, Publisher (if different from website), URL. Accessed Day Month Year.
Example:
“F. Scott Fitzgerald.” Famous Authors, www.famousauthors.org/f-scott-fitzgerald. Accessed 16 July 2019.
Note: "An access date for an online work should generally be provided if the work lacks a publication date" (MLA 211).
Resource Found on the Vatican Website
Format:
Lastname, Firstname. "Title of Vatican Resource." Title of Website. Publisher, Date Resource was Written. Web Publication Date, URL.
Example:
Benedict XVI. Encyclical Letter Caritas in Veritate. The Vatican. The Holy See, 2009. 3 Mar. 2013, www.vatican.va/edocs/ENG0141/_INDEX.HTM.
Note: The date the encyclical was written and the web publication date are listed. The Vatican is the title of the website. The Holy See is the publisher.
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Bible Hosted on a Website
Format:
Title of Book. Publisher, Year published. Title of Website, URL.
Examples:
New American Bible, Revised Edition. 2011. United States Conference of Catholic Bishops, bible.usccb.org/bible.
Note: Publisher has been omitted as no publisher could be found (MLA 165).
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