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MLA (7th ed.)
Online Sources
MLA (Modern Language Association) Style - Citing Online Sources
Library Subscription Services (Online Databases)
Elements (with samples):
1. Author's name (last name, first name)
2. Title of article (in quotation marks)
3. Name of periodical ( italicized )
4. Volume. Issue
Kass, Leon R.
“Defending Human Dignity.”
Commentary (Note: no period)
124.5
Note: Journal citations always include the volume and issue number while magazine citations do not.
5. Date published
6. Page number(s)
7. Database title ( italicized )
8. Medium of publication
9. Date of access (day month year)
Dec. 2007
53-61.
Academic Search Premier.
Web.
12 Apr. 2014
Formula:
Author. “Title of Article.” Name of Periodical Volume. Issue. Date published: Page Number(s).
Database Title. Medium of publication consulted. Date of access.
Examples for a Works Cited List
Kass, Leon R. “Defending Human Dignity.” Commentary Dec. 2007: 53-61. Academic Search
Premier. Web. 12 Apr. 2014.
Lemley, Brad. "The Removal of Greenhouse Gases Will Require Practical Solutions." Greenhouse
Gases. Ed. Ronnie D. Lankford. Detroit: Greenhaven, 2009. At Issue Ser. Rpt. from "No Easy
Way Out of the Greenhouse." Discover (1 Oct. 2005): 6. Opposing Viewpoints in Context.
Web. 23 June 2014.
Martinez, Al. "A Healthy Clarity Amid Sobering Health News." Los Angeles Times 10 Nov. 2008:
B3. ProQuest. Web. 9 July 2014.
Nolte, Carl. “A City and Its Firemen Mourn Their Fallen Comrade.” The San Francisco Chronicle 31
Oct. 2003: A18+. LexisNexis Academic. Web. 29 Apr. 2014.
Price, Tom. “Future of Journalism.” CQ Researcher 27 Mar. 2009: 273-96. CQ Researcher Online.
Web. 3 May 2014.
Twiss, Sumner B. “History, Human Rights, and Globalization.” Journal of Religious Ethics 32.1
(2004): 39-70. JSTOR. Web. 29 Mar. 2014.
Online Books
Note: If citing an online book that also appeared in print, begin the citation with the relevant facts about
print publication (author(s), title, place of publication, publisher, year published, etc.), followed by:
1. Name of the database or Web site (italicized).
2. Medium of publication consulted (Web).
3. Date of access (day, month, and year).
Berk, Laura E. Awakening Children's Minds: How Parents and Teachers Can Make a Difference.
New York: Oxford UP, 2004. eBook Collection (EBSCOhost). Web. 16 Apr. 2014.
LaPensee, Kenneth. "Vaccines and Vaccine Development." Infectious Diseases. Ed. Brenda Wilmoth
Lerner and K. Lee Lerner. Vol. 2. Detroit: Gale, 2008. 870-74. In Context Ser. Opposing
Viewpoints in Context. Web. 16 Apr. 2014.
Web Pages
Note: A Web page is a single document on the World Wide Web, a part of a Web site. It can be
compared to an online version of an article or a section of a book.
Elements:
Name of the author, compiler, editor, or translator.
No author given – start with the title
Title of the Web page or article (in quotation marks)
“The Articles of Confederation.”
Title of the Web site or online periodical ( italicized )
A Chronology of US Historical Documents.
Name of the sponsoring institution or publisher
University of Oklahoma College of Law,
Date of publication or latest update
10 Mar. 2008
Medium of publication
Web.
Date of access (day month year)
3 May 2014.
URL
<http://www.law.ou.edu/ushistory/artconf.shtml>
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Note: You should include a URL as supplementary information only when the reader probably cannot locate
the source without it or when your instructor requires it.
Formula:
Author(s). “Title of the Page.” Title of the Web site. Name of Sponsoring Institution, Date of
publication. Medium of publication. Date of access. <URL optional, ask instructor>.
Examples for a Works Cited List
“The Articles of Confederation.” A Chronology of US Historical Documents. University of Oklahoma
College of Law, 1 Mar. 2010. Web. 3 May 2014.
<http://www.law.ou.edu/ushistory/artconf.shtml>.
Green, Joshua. “The Rove Presidency.” The Atlantic. Atlantic Monthly Group, Sept. 2007. Web. 29
Apr. 2014. <http://www.theatlantic.com/doc/200709/karl-rove>.
Tyre, Peg. “Standardized Tests in College?” Newsweek. IBT Media, 13 Mar. 2010. Web. 19 Apr.
2014. <http://www.newsweek.com/id/70750>.
Van Helden, Albert et al., eds. “Copernican System.” The Galileo Project. Rice University, 1995. Web.
2 May 2014. <http://galileo.rice.edu/sci/theories/copernican_system.html>.
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