MLA & APA Citation Guide 

Include as much of the following information as available when citing Web sites:

• Name of author(s)
• Date of publication
• Name of Web page
• URL of Web page

- Italicize the name of the Web page. The name of the overall Web site is not needed.

- Capitalize only the first word of the page's title, subtitle, and proper nouns.

- Do not place a period after the page's URL to end the citation. This will corrupt the URL address.

- Try to keep the URL on one line. If it must continue onto another line, be sure to break the URL before a forward slash (/).

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Web Page

Example:

Folsom, E., & Price, K.M. (Eds.). (2009). Whitman the fiction writer. Retrieved from

         http://www.whitmanarchive.org/biography/walt_whitman/index.html#fiction

Web Page, No State Author

If no author can be found, begin the citation with the title of the Web page.

Example:

Africa: arts and cultures. (2009). Retrieved from http://www.britishmuseum.org/explore/world_cultures/africa

         /africa_arts_and_cultures.aspx

Blog

If the author's full name cannot be found, it is acceptable to use the blogger's screen name.

Examples:

Lessig, L. (2009, April 26). Architects of openness [Web log message]. Retrieved from

         http://lessig.org/blog/2009/04/architects_of_openness.html

Annoyed Librarian. (2009, July 22). Improving neighborhood libraries [Web log message]. Retrieved from

         http://www.libraryjournal.com/blog/580000658/post/210046821.html