Internet Sources

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1. Reference or Scholarly Project Databases

Note: Not all of the following information will be available in every case.

Format:
Author's name if given, last name first. "Title of Short Work Within the Database or Scholarly Project." [if citing a particular part] Title of Database or Scholarly Project. Name of Editor, if given. Version [if applicable]. Date of Electronic Publication or Last Update. Name of Sponsoring Institution or Organization. Date of Access .

Example:

The Einstein Papers Project. Ed. Robert Schulmann. 18 Feb. 1998. Boston U. 10 Mar. 1998 <http://albert.but.edu>.

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2. Personal or Professional Web Sites

Note: Not all of the following information will be available in every case.

Format:
Last Name of Creator, First Name of Creator [if available]. Title of Page. Date of Electronic Publication or Last Update. Date of Access <URL (Electronic Address)>.

Examples:

Watson, Chad J. Home page. 27 Jan. 1998. 10 Mar. 1998 <http://cc.usu.edu/~slypx/index.html>. Nature Conservancy, The. New York's Tug Hill Plateau. No date. 2 July 2002. <http://nature.org/success/art8111.html>.

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3. Online Books

Note: Not all of the following information will be available in every case.

Format:
Last Name of Author, First Name of Author. "Title of Part of Book." [if using only a part, and not the book as a whole] Title of Book. Name of Editor, Translator, or Compiler. Place of Publication: Publisher, Date of Print Publication. Title of Internet site. Editor of site, version number, date of electronic publication, name of sponsoring organization. Date of Access <URL (Electronic Address)>.

Example:

Bierce, Ambrose. Can Such Things Be True? New York: Johnathan Cape and Harrison Smith, 1993. 28 Sep. 1998 <gopher://wiretap.spies.com:70/00/Library/Classic/cansuch.txt>.

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4. Online Journal Articles

Note: Not all of the following information will be available in every case.

Format:
Last Name of Author, First Name of Author. "Title of Article." Title of Online Journal Volume Number. Issue Number (Date of Publication): Number of Pages, Paragraphs, or Sections, if they're numbered. Date of Access <URL (Electronic Address)>.

Example:

Weaver, Susan. "Subversive Resistance of Aristocracy in Titanic." Nieve Roja. Issue 3 (Summer 1998). 21 Sep. 1998 <http://nieveroja.colostate.edu/issue3/ issue3.cfm>.

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5. Online Newspaper Articles

Format:
Last Name of Author, First Name of Author. "Title of Article." Title of Newspaper Date of Publication. Date of Access .

Example:

Weber, Katharine. "In a Painting, Gershwin Packed the House." New York Times Fulltext Online. 30 Aug. 1998. 21 Sep. 1998 <http://set.coalliance.org:2000/cgi-bin/ cw-cgifullRecord+31875+6058+1:3819774+1+13>.

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6. Online Magazine Articles

Note: Not all of the following information will be available in every case.

Format:
Last Name of Author, First Name of Author. "Title of Article." Title of Online Magazine Date of Publication. Date of Access .

Example:

Kongshem, Lars. "Censorware: How Well Does Internet Filtering Software Protect Students?" Electronic School Jan. 1997. 10 Mar. 1998 <http://www.electronic- school.com/o198f1.html>.

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7. Online Computer Services Articles

Note: Not all of the following information will be available in every case.

Format:
Last Name of Author, First Name of Author. "Title of Article." Title of Journal or Book Where the Print Version of the Source Could be Found. Date of Print Publication, Information about Edition, Release, or Version (if relevant): Page Numbers [if available]. Title of Database. Publication Medium (Online). Name of Computer Service. Day Month (abbreviated version) Year of Access.

Examples:

Wever, Katharine. "In a Painting, Gershwin Packed the House." New York Times 30 Aug. 1998, late ed.: sec. 2, p. 30. New York Times Fulltext. Online. Dialog. 21 Sep. 1998. Boynton, Robert S. "The New Intellectuals." Atlantic Monthly Mar. 1993. Atlantic Monthly Online. Online. America Online. 3 Mar. 1995.

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8. Online Reviews, Abstracts, Editorials, Letters to the Editor

Please refer to the MLA Style Manual and Guide to Scholarly Publishing (2nd ed., 1998) for information on citing these types of articles.

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