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How to Cite an Article Within a Website

Correctly cite electronic publications and articles following the MLA (Modern Language Association) standard text citation guidelines. The latest edition of the MLA guidelines is the seventh edition, and the following in-text citations follow those guidelines. Citing a website article can be tricky when parts of the website are missing, such as the organization name or the date the article was published. Contact the Modern Language Association for any confusion regarding the electronic citations.

Instructions

    • 1

      Type the last name of the article writer followed by a comma and the first name followed by a period:

      Smith, Bob.

      If there is no author listed, begin with the article title.

    • 2

      Type the article title in quotation marks with a period inside the quotation marks as follows:

      "Article Title."

    • 3

      Type the website name in italics with a period after the name, shown here without italics:

      Websitename.com.

    • 4

      Type the name of the organization, the edition number or the version number followed by a period:

      Company Name.

      If no organization name is specified, omit this step

    • 5

      Type the article date of publication with the day followed by the month and then the year: followed by a period.

      10 April 2011.

      If there is no publication date, type "n.d." for no date.

    • 6

      Type the word "Web" followed by a period to indicate this is a website citation:

      Web.

    • 7

      Type the date of access, meaning when you looked at the website, followed by a period:

      7 June 2011.

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