Documenting Electronic Sources in MLA Style
MLA
Style Guide Online
Examples From MLA Style Guide
Online Periodical Database
Basic Format:
Author's Last Name, First Name. "Article Title."
Name of Periodical. Volume number.Issue number. (Date
of publication): Page range or number of pages. Date of access <URL>.
Example:
Calabrese, Michael. "Between Despair and Ecstasy."
Exemplaria 9.1 (1997): 8 pp. 29 Oct. 1998 <http://proquest.umi.com>.
World Wide Web Site
Basic Format:
Last name, first name. Title. Date of access.
<Internet address>.
Example:
Dawe, James. Jane Austen Page. 15 Sept. 1998
<http:// nyquist.ee.ualberta.ca/~dawe/austen.html>.
CD-ROM
Basic Format:
Author's name. "Title of work cited." Title
of the publication. Publication information. CD-ROM. Name of vendor.
Electronic publication date.
Examples:
Kubal, David L. "A Tale of Two Cities (Masterplots
Classic)." Masterplots Complete. Ver. 2.0. CD-ROM. Masterplots.
1999.
E-Mail
Basic Format:
Name of writer. "Subject." E-mail to the
author. Date of message.
Example:
Day, Martha. "Review of Film-Bad Lieutenant."
E-mail to the author. 30 July 1995.
Online Posting
Basic Format:
Author. "Title or subject." Online posting.
Date posted. Name of forum. Date of access. URL or e-mail address of
moderator.
Example:
Holland, Norman. "Overcoming Depression."
Online posting. 19 Mar. 1997. Psyart. 21 Mar. 1997. <http:// web.clas.ufl.edu/ipsa/psyart.htm>.
Online Journal Site
Basic Format:
Author. "Title of article." Journal Title.
Volume issue (year): paging or indicator of length. Internet address
(Access date).
Example:
Inada, Kenneth. "A Buddhist Response to the Nature
of Human Rights." Journal of Buddhist Ethics 2 (1995): 9
para. http://ww.cac.psu.edu/jbel/twocont.html (21 June 1995).
Sources:
Gibaldi, Joseph. MLA Handbook for Writers of Research
Papers. 5th ed. New York: MLA, 1999. Mabee Library, Washburn University.
"Sample Internet Citations - MLA Style." http://www.wuacc.edu/mabee/inet_mla.aspl
(10 Feb 1998)
Orradre Library, Santa Clara University. "CD-ROM
Citation Guide." http://www.scu.edu/SCU/Library/Orradre/services/reference/
ra/citing/cdrom.html (17 Nov 1999) |