Dacus Library Research Guides: Citing Electronic Sources MLA Style

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Citing Electronic Information
MLA Documentation Style

Susan Silverman
Winthrop University
June, 2007

Notes:

For additional and more detailed explanations, consult the following sources located at the reference desk:
MLA Handbook for Writers of Research Papers (2003)
MLA Style Manual and Guide to Scholarly Publishing (1998)
All entries in the Works Cited page are double-spaced. Begin each entry flush with the left margin and indent any subsequent lines.
In printed material submitted for grading, words that would be italicized in a publication are usually underlined to avoid ambiguity.
In parenthetical references in the text, works on the World Wide Web are cited just like printed works.
- If your source does not have fixed page or section numbers, omit numbers from your parenthetical references.

Citing an Entire World Wide Web Professional Site:

Example:

Welco	me to Dacus Library Online. 2003. Dacus Library home page, Winthrop

	University. 16 July 2001 <http://www.winthrop.edu/dacus/>.

Citing an Article in an Electronic Journal:

Example:

Facion	e, Peter A., Carol Giancarle, Noreen C. Facione, and Joanne Gainen.

	" The Disposition Toward Critical Thinking." Journal of General Education

	44.1 (1995). 16 July 2001 <http://www.calpress.com/dispospaper.html>.

Citing an Article in an Electronic Magazine:

Example:

Isikoff	, Michael. "The Battle Over Chandra." Newsweek 16 July 2001.

	20 July 2001<http://ww.msnbc.com/news/600582.asp?cpl=1>.

Citing an Online Report:

Example:

"State	of the South: Fifty Years after Brown v. Board of Education." MDC Online.

	2004. MDC, Inc. 23 June 2004. <http://www.mdcinc.org>.

Citing an Encyclopedia Article, Online:

Example:

"Stude	nts for a Democratic Society." Encyclopedia Americana Online. 2004.

	Encyclopedia Americana. 22 June 2004.

	<http://0-go.grolier.com.library.winthrop.edu>.

Citing from EBSCOhost:

Bodin	e, Ann. "School Uniforms, Academic Achievement, and Uses of Research." Journal of

	Educational Research 97.2 (2003):67-71. Academic Search Premier. EBSCOhost. Dacus

	Library, Winthrop University, Rock Hill, SC. 25 Aug. 2005 <http://search.ebscohost.com>.

Citing from InfoTrac:

Example:

Comar	o, Avery. "The College PC: A Machine Revved Up for Serious Fun."

	U.S. News and World Report 14 Aug. 2000:48. General OneFile. Gale.

	Dacus Library, Winthrop University, Rock Hill, SC. 25 July 2005

	<http://www.galegroup.com/>.

Citing from LexisNexis Academic:

Example:

Bruce	, Allison. "Winthrop Ceremony offers Taste of Student Life." The Herald

	23 Aug. 2000:1A. LexisNexis Academic. Lexis-Nexis. Dacus Library, Winthrop

	University, Rock Hill, SC. 25 July 2005 <http://www.lexisnexis.com/>.

Schoo	l District of Abington township, Pennsylvania v> Schempp. 374 U.S. 203. 203-320.

	No. 142.. US Supreme Court. 17 June 1963. LexisNexis Academic. LexisNexis. Dacus

	Library, Winthrop University, Rock Hill, SC. 25 August 2005 <http://web. lexisnexis.com/>.

For additional information, consult the following web sites:

Modern Language Association http://www.mla.org/

MLA Citation Style Guide, Troy University Library http://fwrlibrary.troy.edu/5/writing/mla.htm

Research and Documentation Online http://www.dianahacker.com/resdoc

Citing Government Information Sources Using MLA (Modern Language Association) Style, University of Nevada, Reno Libraries http://www.library.unr.edu/depts/bgic/guides/government/cite.html