Citing Electronic Publications
Updated 3/28/07
1. Citing an entire Web site (pages 216-218 in MLA Handbook 6th ed.)
Title of the site. Name of editor (if given). Date of last update. Name of any sponsoring
institution or organization. Date of access <URL>.
Example with Editor:
Postmodern Culture. Ed. Lisa Brawley and James F. English. 2002. 29 March 2004
http://www.iath.virginia.edu/pmc>.
Example without Editor:
CNN.com. 2002. Cable News Network. 15 May 2002 <http://www.cnn.com/>.
Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome. 12 Feb 2004. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. 9
March 2004 < http://www.cdc.gov/ncidod/sars/>.
2. Citing a document from a Web site (pages 207-216 in MLA Handbook 6th ed.)
Author’s last name, first name. “Title of document.” Location where originally
published in print (may not be available, but usually includes name of journal, date
published and pages) Date of latest Web update. Name of sponsoring organization
or institution. Date of access <URL>.
Examples:
Delisle, Jim. “To Jon, on His First Year of Teaching.” Education Week. 4 February 2004: 31,33.
2004. Editorial Projects in Education. 22 March 2004 <http://www.edweek.org>.
“This Day in Technology History.” History Channel.com. 2002. History Channel. 14 May 2002
<http://historychannel.com/>.
3. Citing a source from a Library Subscription Service (i.e. eLibrary Curriculm
Edition, ProQuest Platinum, etc.) (pages 229-230 in MLA Handbook 6th ed.)
Article Example
Author’s last name, first name. “Title of Work.” Title of Source. Date of Publication: page(s).
Database Name. Library Name, Library Location. Date of Access <URL>.
Tanne, Janice Hopkins. “American Medical Association Approves Stem Cell Research.” British Medical
Journal. 28 June 2003: 1417. ProQuest Platinum. Cary Academy Library, Cary, NC. 22 March
2004 <http://proquest.umi.com>.
Reference Book Example
Author’s last name, first name. “Title of Work.” Title of Source. Date of Publication: page(s).
Database Name. Library Name, Library Location. Date of Access <URL>.
Cone, Robert J. “Genetic Engineering.” How The New Technology Works: A Guide To High-Tech
Concepts. Phoenix, Arizona: Oryx Press. 1991. eLibrary Curriculum Edition . Cary Academy
Library, Cary, NC. 22 March 2004 <http://elibrary.bigchalk.com>.
Graphic Example
Author’s last name, first name. “Title of graphic.” Title of Source. Date of Publication: page(s).
Database Name. Library Name, Library Location. Date of Access <URL>.
“Cloning History.” KRT News Graphics. 27 November 2002. eLibrary Curriculum Edition. Cary
Academy Library, Cary, NC. 22 March 2004 <http://elibrary.bigchalk.com>.
Questia Example
Example of Questia.com
Frantz, John B., and William Pencak, eds. Beyond Philadelphia? The American Revolution in the
Pennsylvania Hinterland. University Park, PA: Pennsylvania State University Press, 1998. Questia.
Cary Academy Library, Cary, NC. 27 March 2007 <http://www.questia.com/>.
This handout uses some examples and occasionally wording from the MLA Handbook for Writers of Research Papers, sixth
edition.
th
Gibaldi, Joseph. MLA Handbook for Writers of Research Papers. 6 edition. New York: The Modern Language Association of
America, 2003.