WORLD WIDE WEB SITES

 

 

 

Information you need:

 

·         Name of author, editor, compiler, or translator, if available and relevant. If there is no author, use the title

·         Title of the document in italics

·         Title of the web site italicized. If there is no clear title, use Homepage without italicizing it

·         Name of institution or organization sponsoring or associated with the site. If there is none listed, use N.p. followed with a comma

·         Date of the publication or last date updated.  If there is none, use n.d.

·         The medium – in this case, use Web

·         Date when site was accessed

·         Web address (URL) (optional)

 

Examples:

 

Entire web site

 

U.S. Department of Education. Home Page.  U.S. Department of Education.  n.d. Web. 12 Dec. 2008.  < http://www.ed.gov/index.jhtml?src=a>.

A work from a web site

Branham, Benjamin. “On Scalp Dance by Spokane Indians.” Modern American Poetry. University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign. 2002. Web. 9 Sept. 2009. <http://www.english.illinois.edu/maps/poets/a_f/alexie/scalpdance.htm>.

 

Adapted from:

 

 Hacker, Diana. Research and Documentation Online. Bedford/St. Martins, 2009. Web. 21 Oct. 2009. <http://image.mail.bfwpub.com/lib/feed1c737d6c03/m/1/Hacker_MLA2009Update.pdf>.