MLA Style: Web Sources
NOTE: If your faculty instructor requests that you cite differently from these
instructions, follow his/her guidelines.
**This guide is available on the Library’s website, under Help—Tutorials & Guides
Basic Format for a Website
Author last name, First name, First Last for subsequent authors, or Corporate Author. “Title of the
Section/Part of Website.” Overall Title of Website. Publisher or Sponsor of site (use N.p. for no
publisher or if publisher is the same as author), Date of creation/last update (n.d. for no date).
Format (Web). Day Month Year of access.
Example:
Vaughan, Jessica. “Options to Inhibit Sanctuary Policies in Maryland.” Center for Immigration Studies. N.p., 21
Mar. 2011. Web. 5 Nov. 2011.
Parenthetical/In-Text Citation: Author last name in parentheses
Ex.: (Vaughan)
Webpage with Corporate Author (organization, corporation, government dept., etc.)
United States Department of Agriculture. “Dietary Guidelines for Americans.” Center for Nutrition Policy and
Promotion. N.p., 15 August 2013. Web. 3 Dec. 2013.
Government Document
Author last name, first name or Name of Gov. Department/Agency. Title of Publication. Place of publication:
Publisher, Year. Format. Day Month Year of access.
Lauritsen, Janet L. and Karen Heimer. Gender and Violent Victimization, 1973-2005. Rockville, MD: National
Criminal Justice Reference Service, 2009. Web. 5 Nov. 2011.
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Article from Web-Only Magazine/News Source (NOT from a database)
Author Last Name, First Name and Subsequent Authors First Last. “Title of Article.” Publication/Website Title.
Publisher (use N.p. for no publisher), Day Month Year of Publication. Format. Day Month Year of
Access.
Grinberg, Emanuella. “Effects of Physical Discipline Linger for Adults.” CNN. Cable News Network, 7 Nov.
2011. Web. 7 Nov. 2011.
Online Video (e.g., YouTube)
Author/Creator/Performer Last Name, First Name or Corporate Author if known. “Title of Video.” Title of
Website. Publisher/Producer if applicable, Year of Publication. Format. Day Month Year of Access.
Michael G. Foster Business School Writing Center. “Plagiarism: Your Writing, Not Someone Else’s.” YouTube.
23 Jan. 2008. Web. 7 Nov. 2011.
Artwork, Photography, or other Visual Media
Artist’s Last Name, First Name. Title of Work. Year of Creation or N.d. for no date. Institution or Collection
Name, City. Title of Website. Format. Day Month Year of access.
Hine, Lewis. Garment Workers. 1908. U.S. National Archives and Records Admin., Washington. National
Archives. Web. 7 Nov. 2011.
Blackboard Document
Instructor’s Last, First. “Title or Description of Document.” Title of Course with no italics or quotation marks.
Division, Institution. Semester, Year. Format. Date of access.
Harris, Melissa. “Introduction to the Internet.” Internet Research. Business, Computing and Applied
Technology, Harford Community College. Spring, 2009. Web. 29 Apr. 2009.
For more help with citing sources from the Web, refer to pages 181-189 in the MLA Handbook for Writers of
Research Papers or contact the Reference Desk for help. http://www.harford.edu/academics/library/help
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