To see more ways to cite, go to: http://owl.english.purdue.edu/owl/resource/747/1/

Use the MLA Checklist located here (and attached as a PDF) to double check your paper!: http://www.excelsior.edu/media/oels/owl/MLAChecklist.pdf

Where do I find?

• An author of a webpage?

Usually at the top of the webpage. You are looking for a person’s name or a byline (ex. “by John Smith”).

• The copyright date of a website and the publisher of a webpage?

Usually at the bottom of the webpage. You are looking for the date next to the copyright symbol (©). The company name next to it is the publisher. Sometimes this is the name as the name of the website - if so, it should not be listed twice.

• Name of a website?

At the top of the webpage – usually it does not change when you click on another page. Often you can see this in the URL (web address) - for example, www.time.com/worldnews - the website name would be Time and not World News.

• Copyright information of a book?

Inside the cover on the copyright page. Use the most recent date.

Book

Author’s name (last, first). Title of book. Publisher, Year of publication.

Applegate, Katherine. The One and Only Ivan. HarperCollins, 2012.

Book with Multiple Authors

Author’s name (last, first), and full name of second author. Title of book. Publisher, Year

of publication.

Gillespie, Paula, and Neal Lerner. The Allyn and Bacon Guide to Peer Tutoring. Allyn,

2000.

Encyclopedia or Dictionary Entry

Author. "Title of Essay." Title of Collection. Edition (if applicable), Year.

Senn, Frank C. “Sacrament.” The World Book Encyclopedia. 2009.

"Ideology." The American Heritage Dictionary. 3rd ed., 1997.

Article from a Magazine or a Newspaper

Author(s). "Title of Article." Title of Magazine, Day Month Year, pages.

Smith, Ben. “The Great Horned Owl.” Endangered Species, 10 Mar. 2016, pp. 150-153.

Allen, Fred. “Playoff hopefuls look towards the big game.” The Sun Times, 11 Apr.
2009, pp. L1.

Page on a Website (Webpage)

Author (if available).* “Title of Page.” Title of Website. Publisher/Sponsor (only list of it is different than

the website title), Copyright date or creation date, URL. Accessed Day Month Year.

"The World Factbook: Egypt." Central Intelligence Agency. OpenGov, 27 Oct. 2016,

www.cia.gov/library/publications/the-world-factbook/geos/eg.html. Accessed 30 Oct. 2016.

Layton, Julia. "How is L.A. Like Ancient Rome?" HowStuffWorks, 26 Aug. 2008,

science.howstuffworks.com/environmental/green-science/la-ancient-rome1.htm.

Accessed 30 Oct. 2016.

*The author’s name will appear towards the top of the webpage under a byline (example: by John Smith). Many webpages do not have authors. If there is no author, skip to the next part of the citation. Check the bottom of the page for the copyright information. This will give you the publisher. If the publisher is the same as the website title, do not list it again. If there is no date of publication or copyright date, skip to the next part of the citation.
 

Full Website*

Author (if available). Title of Website. Publisher/Sponsor (only list of it is different than the

website title), Copyright date or creation date, URL. Accessed Day Month Year.

The Purdue OWL Family of Sites. The Writing Lab and OWL at Purdue and Purdue U,

2008, owl.english.purdue.edu/owl. Accessed 30 Oct. 2016.

*Use this option only if you used more than two pages on the website.

Encyclopedia Article from World Book Online

Use the MLA citation at the bottom of the article. Copy and paste this directly onto your Works Cited sheet.

Photograph or Artwork

Artist’s name or Poster’s username. “Title of the work.” Title of Website.

Publisher/Sponsor (only list of it is different than the website title), Copyright date or

creation date, URL. Accessed Day Month Year.

Hildenbrand, Hans. “Women Sit for a Portrait in Salzburg, Austria, 1929.” Found.

National Geographic Creative, 4 Aug. 2016, natgeofound.tumblr.com. Accessed 30

Oct. 2016.

Video

Creator's full name (if available). “Title of Video.” Title of

website, uploaded by Username, Date uploaded, URL. Medium of publication. Accessed Date

Month Year.

"Green Eggs and Ham." YouTube, uploaded by gymnast2010addict, 10 Nov. 2010,

https://youtu.be/rRlgsEc6ucs?list=PLAFC62DB9C8B66FB3. Accessed 30 Oct. 2016.