Citation of Internet Sources

Remember, Google, Yahoo, and Ask Jeeves are search engines. Do not document them as sources. Only the web pages (sites) you use to find information are cited (listed in the works cited page).

Cite the site!

MLA Citation (Complete description found on Purdue University site)

If no author is given for a web page or electronic source, start with and alphabetize by the title of the piece (for web sites, the title of the web page, not the site) and use a shortened version of the title for parenthetical (in the text) citations. Continue in this manner with any information you can not find on the site--go to the next required piece.

A web site

• Author Last, First.
• “Name of Page.”
• Name of Site. Date of Posting / Revision (Use correct format: 7 Jan. 2007).
• Name of institution/organization affiliated with the site (sometimes found in copyright statements at the bottom of web pages). 
• Date you accessed the site (Use correct format). 
• <electronic address>.

It is necessary to list your date of access because web postings are often updated, and information available at one date may no longer be available later. Be sure to include the complete address for the site. Also, note the use of angled brackets (less than / greater than signs) around the electronic address; MLA requires them for clarity.

Web site examples -

“Citing Electronic Sources.” Purdue Online Writing Lab. 2003. Purdue University. 10 Feb. 2007. 

   <http://owl.english.purdue.edu>.

Felluga, Dino. “Reader / Response Criticism.” Undergraduate Guide to Literary Theory. 17 Dec. 1999.

   Purdue University. 15 Nov. 2006. <http://omni.cc.purdue.edu7Efelluga/theory2.html>.

“Martin Luther King, Jr.” Wikipedia, The Free Encyclopedia. 10 May 2007. Wikimedia Foundation, Inc.

   11 May 2007 (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Martin_luther_king>.