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CITING A WEBSITE (MLA 5.9.2)

To cite a website, you will need to know:

• Author or creator of site, if known
• Title of website (or if no title, provide description; for example, Homepage)
• Date of the website posting/revision, if provided
• Name of institution or organization associated with the website
• Date Month Year you accessed or used the website
  <website address or URL (uniform resource locator), in angle brackets>

The citation is arranged:

Author or creator of site. Title or name of Website.

     Date of Posting/Revision. Name of institution/

     organization affiliated with the website. Date of

     access <electronic address>.

Examples:

Thomas: Legislative Information on the Internet.

     2003-2004. Lib. of Congress, Washington 22 Aug.

     2005 <http://thomas.thomas.gov>.

Harris, Jonathan G. “The Return of Witch Hunts.”

     Witchhunt Information Page. Jan. 1996. 22 Aug.

     2005 <http://liquid2-sun.mit.edu/fells.short.html>.

NICHD Public Information and Communications

     Branch. Fact Sheet: Sudden Infant Death

     Syndrome. Apr. 1997. 22 Aug. 2005

     <http://www.nichd.nih.gov/Publications/pubs/sidsfact.htm>.

CITING:

• BOOK
• LIBRARY SERVICE
• WEBSITE
• ONLINE ARTICLE
• INTERVIEW

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