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How to Put Information in an MLA Research Paper by Citing a Website

If you're a careful scholar, you'll sift cautiously through the flood of fact, fiction and hypothesis that characterize the Internet. This careful effort should bring you at least one website to source as support for your argument. Given the ephemeral nature of the Internet, however, you should remember that, as the Modern Language Association of America points out, "accessing a source on the Web is akin to commissioning a performance." With this in mind, follow MLA style in your research paper website citations.

Instructions

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      Write the name of the author or originator of the work, followed by a period. For example, Gibbon, Avery.

    • 2

      Write the title of the work in italics, followed by a period. Write the title of the work followed by a period and within quotation marks if the work is part of a larger work. For example, Gibbon, Avery. "Winning Big with the Desperadoes on Pluto."

    • 3

      Write the title of the website, followed by a period. For example, Gibbon, Avery. "Winning Big with the Desperadoes on Pluto." Planetsonthelam.com.

    • 4

      Write the publisher name, followed by a comma. If a publisher or sponsor isn't available, write "N.p." For example, Gibbon, Avery. "Winning Big with the Desperadoes on Pluto." Planetsonthelam.com. Moon Brothers Press.

    • 5

      Write the day, month and year of publication, followed by a period. If publication date is not available, write "n.d." For example, Gibbon, Avery. "Winning Big with the Desperadoes on Pluto." Planetsonthelam.com. Moon Brothers Press, 17 Oct. 2011.

    • 6

      Write the word "Web," followed by a period. For example, Gibbon, Avery. "Winning Big with the Desperadoes on Pluto." Planetsonthelam.com. Moon Brothers Press, 17 Oct. 2011. Web.

    • 7

      Write the date of access, followed by a period. For example, Gibbon, Avery. "Winning Big with the Desperadoes on Pluto." Planetsonthelam.com. Moon Brothers Press, 17 Oct. 2011. Web. 19 Oct. 2011.

    • 8

      Do not include a URL unless your instructor requires it or your reader will be unable to locate the source without it. Place the URL in angle brackets after the date of access. For example, Gibbon, Avery. "Winning Big with the Desperadoes on Pluto." Planetsonthelam.com. Moon Brothers Press, 17 Oct. 2011. Web. 19 Oct. 2011. <http://www.jumpingjacks.org/green/>.

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