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Citation Guide: How to cite WEBSITES

Guide to the MLA Citation Style, 9th Edition

How to Cite WEBSITES

MLA Website Citation
Web sites do not include subscription databases

  • Examples are not double-spaced, but your Works Cited list should be double-spaced.
  • Examples do not show indented lines after the first line, but yours should be indented.

Author's Last Name, First Name Middle Initial. "Title of Content." Name of Web page. Name of organizational sponsor (not advertising sponsor), Date published or updated, Link. Day Month Year of Access.

Examples:

Currin, Grayson H. "Patrick Shiroishi's Music Moves a Japanese American Saga Forward." NPR. National Public Radio, 1 Feb. 2023, www.npr.org/2023/02/01/1150439344/patrick-shiroishi-japanese-american-saxophonist. Accessed 28 Mar. 2023.

"Fast Facts: English Learners." National Center for Education Statistics. United States Department of Education, nces.ed.gov/fastfacts/display.asp?id=96. Accessed 23 Mar. 2023.

"MLA Style Introduction." Purdue Online Writing Lab. Purdue University, 2022, owl.purdue.edu/owl/research_and_citation/mla_style/mla_style_introduction.html. Accessed 23 Mar. 2023.

Elaine Reeves - Online Learning Librarian