MLA –

CITATI

ONS

BASIC WEBSITE CITATION FORMAT

Last Name, First Name. “Title of Webpage.” Title of Website. Sponsor of

website, Date of publication. Web. Date you accessed the

site.<URL>.

“Welcome to the World Factbook.” The World Factbook. Central

Intelligence Agency, n.d. Web. 01 Oct. 2013.

<https://www.cia.gov/library/publications/the-world-factbook/>.

Note that we skip what we don’t have – Author

No date = n.d.

No publisher = n.p.

BASIC JOURNAL CITATION FORMAT

Journal – Hard Copy

Last name, First name. “Title of Article.” Journal Title Date: Page numbers. Print.

Kristof, Nicholas D. "The End of Extreme Poverty." Upfront 9 Dec. 2013: 16-17. Print.

Journal – Electronic Copy (but could be found in a hard copy)

Last name, First name. “Title of Article.” Journal Title: Page numbers. Title of

Website. Sponsor of Website. Date published. Web. Date Accessed. <URL>.

Kristof, Nicholas D. "The End of Extreme Poverty." Upfront: 16-17. Upfront. The

New York Times. 9 Dec. 2013. Web. 8 Jan. 2014.

<http://upfront.scholastic.com/issues/12_09_13/book#/16>.

BASIC DATABASE JOURNAL CITATION

Last name, First name. “Title of article.” Journal Title (date): page numbers. Database

Title. Web. Date accessed. <URL>.

Alter, Charlotte. "Alabama Pardons 'Scottsboro Boys' More Than 80 Years Later." Time

(2013): n. pag. MAS Ultra - School Edition. Web. 8 Jan. 2014.

<http://web.ebscohost.com/ehost/detail?vid=4&sid=314399b6-b7ab-460f-ab66-

8ae191fc58e4%40sessionmgr113&hid=103&bdata=JkF1dGhUeXBlPWNvb2tpZSxpcC

xjcGlkJmN1c3RpZD1zNzMyNDk2NCZzaXRlPWVob3N0LWxpdmUmc2NvcGU9c2l0ZQ

%3d%3d>.

EbscoHost (Badgerlink) has a “permalink” that will give you a shorter URL and get you

back to the article later. If you use the URL in the address bar it will be extremely

long and won’t get you back to the article (because it is tied to your search).