- For our purposes, articles located in ProQuest Direct or other full-text
article search engines are NOT considered as Web sites.
- Names of Web browsers (Netscape, Internet Explorer, or AOL) are not
included in MLA documentation for Web sites.
- Since a Web site is comprised of several smaller pages and therefore
considered a "long work," a Web site title appears in italics. Individual
pages that comprise a Web site are considered "short works," so their titles
appear in quotation marks. For instance, ENGLISH 101: Approaches
to Writing is the title of a Web site, but "Assignment 3A - List of
Potential Thesis Statements" is the title of an individual page within the
Web site.
- You may cite either an entire Web site or an individual Web page for your
two entries on the Works Cited page (Assignment 3C).
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The author of a Web site is often hard to find. Often, a host institution or
organization associated with the Web site (the entity that hosts the site by
paying for it) can sometimes be considered the author of a Web site. If so,
list the host institution or organization where the author's name appears.
If the author is different from the host institution or organization, list
the host institution or organization after the Web site title.
- Two dates are required in a Web site citation--the date a Web site was
posted on the Internet (if known), and the date you accessed the Web site.
Look for a date of posting at the top or bottom of a Web page. If you
cannot find a date of posting, omit this information.
- Web site addresses, or URL's, appear in angle brackets and are followed
by a period: <http://www.kjpierson.com>.
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