MLA Style for Works Cited: Online Resources     [Text-only version for printing]     [back to graphical version]

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Source:  Gibaldi, Joseph. MLA Handbook for Writers of Research Papers. 6th ed. New York: The

Modern Language Association of America, 2003.

Documents From Web Sites:

Author's name, if given.  "Title of Document (Work)." Title of Database (Site). Date of electronic

                publication or last update, if known.  Name of any institution or organization sponsoring the

site. Date you accessed the Web site <full URL>.

"A History of Contraceptive Methods." Birth Control Research and Reports. 2005. Planned Parenthood

Federation of America, Inc. 24 Apr. 2005 <http://www.plannedparenthood.org/pp2/

portal/files/portal/medicalinfo/birthcontrol/fact -020709-contraception-history.xml>.

Fox, Susannah, Janna Quitney Anderson and Lee Rainie. "The Future of the Internet." Pew Internet and

American Life Project. 9 Jan. 2005. Pew Internet and American Life Project, Inc. 28 Feb. 2005

<http://www.pewinternet.org/pdfs/PIP_Future_of_Internet.pdf>. 

Minch, Kevin J. "Parental Responsibility." Debatebase. 17 Sept. 2003. International Debate Education

Association. 18 Oct. 2004 <http://www.debatabase.org/details.asp?topicID=238>.

Reitz, Joan M. "On-demand Publishing." Online Dictionary for Library and Information Science. 2004.

Libraries Unlimited. 30 Mar. 2004 <http://lu.com/odlis/odlis_o.cfm>.

United States. Dept. of Education. Office for Civil Rights. "Title IX and Sex Discrimination." OCR Publications

Reading Room. 1998. 8 May 2003 <http://www.ed.gov/about/offices/list/ocr/docs/tix_dis.html>.

Articles from Web Sites:

Author's name, if given. "Title of Article." Publication information* for print version, if known. Title of

Database (Site). Date of electronic publication or last update. Name of Sponsor Institution or

Organization, if not cited earlier. Date you accessed the Web site <full URL>.

Ansen, David. "The Disembodied Director." Time 21 Jan. 1991. The Tim Burton Collective: Articles. 2004.

Tim Burton Collective. 22 Nov. 2004 <http://www.timburtoncollective.com/articles/misc4.html>.

MacDonald, Heather. "The Myth of Racial Profiling." City Journal Spring 2001. City-Journal. c2005. The

Manhattan Institute. 3 Mar. 2005 <http://www.city-journal.org/html/11_2_the_myth.html> . 

Tiptree, James, Jr. "Beam Us Home." Galaxy Science Fiction 1969. Science Fiction Archived Classics.

2004. Science Fiction Channel. 17 July 2004 <http://www.scifi.com/scifiction/classics/>.

Vedantam, Shankar. "Inhalant Abuse on the Rise Among Children." Washington Post 24 Jan. 2005: A6+.

WashingtonPost.com. 31 Jan. 2005 <http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/

A30968-2005Jan23.html>.

Articles from RHC Library Online Databases:

Author's name, if given. "Title of Article." Publication information* for print version, if any. Title of

Database (Site). Name of Online Service. Rio Hondo College Library, Whittier, CA. Date you

accessed the article <URL of database's home page>.

Aubrey, Bryan. "Critical Essay on Cat's Eye." Novels for Students. Vol. 14. Detroit: Gale, 2002. Literature

Resource Center. Thomson Gale. Rio Hondo College Library, Whittier, CA. 30 May 2004

<http://galenet.galegroup.com>.

Bell, David M. "Public Health Interventions and SARS Spread, 2003." Emerging Infectious Diseases 10.11

(Nov. 2004): 1900- . Health Reference Center-Academic. InfoTrac. Rio Hondo College Library,

Whittier, CA. 2 Dec. 2004 <http://web1.infotrac.galegroup.com>.

Festing, Simon and Ray Greek. "Animal Research: Necessary, Evil...or Both?" Ecologist Nov. 2003: 28-31.

SIRS Knowledge Source. ProQuest. Rio Hondo College Library, Whittier, CA. 4 Feb. 2004

<http://www.sirs.com/>.

Kulish, Nicholas and Gary Fields. "'Gun Fingerprinting Firm Misses Mark; NRA Lobbying Helps to Sow

                Doubts About Effectiveness of Proposed Ballistics Database." Wall Street Journal 25 Nov. 2002,

                Eastern ed.: A4+. ProQuest Newspapers. ProQuest.  Rio Hondo College Library, Whittier, CA. 17

                May 2003 <http://proquest.umi.com>.

Lauerma, Hannu. "Fear of Suicide During Sleepwalking." Psychiatry 59.2 (1996): 206-211. ProQuest

Psychology Journals. ProQuest. Rio Hondo College Library, Whittier, CA. 30 June 2003

<http://proquest.umi.com>. 

"Video Games and Violence." Issues and Controversies. 13 Feb. 2004. Issues & Controversies

@FACTS.com. Facts on File. Rio Hondo College Library, Whittier, CA. 17 Feb. 2005

<http://www.2facts.com/>.

Phelps, Bob, Judy Carman, and Mae-Wan Ho. "Genetically Engineered Crops Can't 'Feed the World'."

Issues Dec. 2004: 18- . ProQuest Research Library. ProQuest. Rio Hondo College Library, Whittier,

CA. 9 July 2005. <http://proquest.umi.com>.

Reference Articles from RHC Library Online Databases:

Author's name, if given. "Title of Article." Date published or last updated. Name of Online Database.

Version number of the database, if known. Name of Online Service. Rio Hondo College

Library, Whittier, CA. Date you accessed the article <URL of the service's main page>,

"Iran: Economic Overview." 2004. CountryWatch.com. CountryWatch. Rio Hondo College Library, Whittier,

CA. 30 April 2004. <http://www.countrywatch.com/>.

State of California. Dept. of Parks and Recreation. "California State Parks, Reserves, Historic Parks and

Recreation Areas as of June 30, 2003." Counting California. Rio Hondo College Library, Whittier,

CA. 27 Nov. 2003 <http://countingcalifornia.cdlib.org/>.

"Tsunami." Encyclopaedia Britannica Online. 2004. Encyclopaedia Britannica. Rio Hondo College Library,

Whittier, CA. 26 Dec. 2004 <http://search.eb.com/>

Entire (or Portion of) Online Books:

Author's name. Title of Book or "Work." Editor, compiler or translator, if given. City of Publication: Publisher,

Date. Title of Web site. Editor. Version. Name of Sponsor Institution or Organization. Date you accessed the Web site

<full URL>.  (Cite all available information.)

Austen, Jane. Pride and Prejudice. Ed. Henry Churchyard. 1996. Jane Austen Information Page. 23 Jan.

2003 <http://www.pemberley.com/janeinfo/pridprej.html>.

Bodichon, Barbara Leigh Smith. "Objections to the Enfranchisement of Women Considered." 1866. Victorian

Women Writers Project: An Electronic Collection. Ed. Perry Willett. 1997. Indiana U. 27 Dec. 2002

<http://www.indiana.edu/~letrs/vwwp/bodichon/objections.html>.

Marcus Aurelius Antoninus. The Meditations of Marcus Aurelius. Trans. George Long. The Harvard

Classics. Ed. Charles W. Eliot. Vol. 2 Part 3.  New York: P.F. Collier, 1909-1914. Bartleby.com.

2001. 18 Aug. 2004 <http://www.bartleby.com/2/3/>.

Sophocles. Antigone. Trans. D. W. Myatt. 1994. Greek Literature in Translation. 4 Apr. 2003

<http://www.geocities.com/Athens/Aegean/4979/antigone.html>.

Wiley, David (ed.) The Instructional Use of Learning Objects.  Bloomington, IN: Agency for Instructional

                Technology, 2001. Reusability.org. Ed. David Wiley. 28 July 2003

                <http://www.reusability.org/read/>.

 

*See the handout "MLA Style for Works Cited: Print Sources" for the items to include in the publication information for the print version.

Created by: J. Sevilla-Marzona 9/23/1999
last update: 1/2005

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