Based on M.L.A Handbook for Writers of Research Papers (7 t h edition)
When citing from a WEBSITE, include as much of the following
information as you can findideally you should include 7 pieces
of information:
Name of author or editor(if available)
If author is not provided, use the section of the website you used
Name of the website
Name of publisher
Last updated date
Web
Date you accessed the material
URL
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(n.p. if not available)
(n.d. if not available)
(medium of publication)
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WEBSITE (NO AUTHOR PROVIDED) Please note that the example below is
enlarged to show you exactly what information is required and the correct order of the information. Remember to follow
all Works Cited rules: punctuation, spacing, etc. See bottom and flip side of this sheet for more examples.
“Section of
website”
Name of website
“Early History of Phone Technologies.” Rolo.
Memebridge, 2012. Web.
Name of
publisher
Web =
medium of
publication
15 Nov. 2012. <http://www.rolo.org/whoinvented -the -cell-phone.html/>.
Date you accessed information
Date on website
URL
“Section of website.” Name of website. Name of publisher, Date on website. Web. Date
accessed. <URL>.
U.H.S. Library: updated Nov. 2012
Interview: (E-mail)
Suzuki, David. E-mail interview. Web. 1 Sept. 2013.
Last name of person interviewed, first name. Interview type. Web. Date of Interview.
Online Video:
“Balloon Bowl.” Online video file. You Tube. You Tube. 8 June 2007. Web. 1 May 2012.
< http://www.youtube.com/watch?V=QN_r9joWNXQ>.
“Title of video.” Video type. Title of Website. Publisher. Date of Video. Web. Access date. <URL>.
Picture:
Van Gogh, Vincent. Starry Night Over the Rhone. 1888. Oil on Canvas. Musee d’Orsay, Paris.
Musee d’Orsay. Web. 2 May 2012. <http://www.musee-orsay.fr/en/collections/works-infocus/painting.html>.
Artist’s last name, first name. Title of Work. Date work was created. Medium of Composition.
Name, and place, of institution that houses the work. Name of Website. Web. Access date. <URL>.
Newspaper Article: (from Website)
Babbage, Maria. “Ontario Students Set to Back Quebec Counterparts.” thestar.com. Toronto Star, 25 May 2012.
Web. 28 May 2012. <http://www.thestar.com/news/canada/politis/article/1192932--ontario-students-set-toback-quebec-counterparts>.
Author’s last name, first name. “Article title.” Title of Website. Publisher, Publication date. Web. Access date.
<URL>.
Article: (from Government Website)
Canada’s Action on Climate Change. “The Greenhouse Effect.” Gov’t of Canada, 30 April 2012.Web.
4 May 2012. <http://www.climatechange.gc.ca/default.asp?lang=En&n=1A0305D5-1>.
Name of department. “Article title.” Publisher, Modified Date. Web. Access date. <URL>.
Article: (from Professional Website)
“The World is Our Lab.” IBM Research. IBM., n.d. Web. 20 May 2012.
<http://www.research.ibm.com/index.shtml>.
“Article Title.” Title of Website. Publisher, no date. Web. Access date. <URL>.