Transcript English II: Week II

MLA
Documentation
Working on
The Works Cited
Page: Free Web
Sources
Free Web Sources
on the Works Cited
Page
Free Web Sources
• Found by general internet searches.
• No cost to access them.
• May be personal sites or organizational
sites.
• May or may not display an author, paging,
paragraphing system or date of
publication.
Creating Entries
• All books & textbooks which cover how to
cite free web sources do so by example
– The LSCC Library has kindly provided a
handout that gives samples based on our
databases and other resources
• Also examine the sections in our textbooks
that give samples of Works Cited entries.
• Use your handbook first!
Works Cited
Entries for Print
Sources
Published
on the Web
Citing A One Author E-Book
Author Last, First. Title. Publisher. Editor (if
needed). Medium. Date Retrieved.
Tressell, Robert. Ragged Trousered
Philanthropists. Project Guttenberg. Ed.
Michael S. Hart. Web. 10 Sept. 2003.
Citing A Two (or more) Author or
Editor Book
Author Last, First and First Last. Title.
Publisher. Editor (Eds.). Medium.
Date Retrieved.
Follow the rules for multiple authors
and editors as shown before in the
Print examples.
Use the same format for naming
authors and editors in books,
articles, and websites, whenever
the names are available.
From this point on, you will only
see Last, First to indicate the
author(s) or editor(s).
Works Cited Entries
for Periodical
Sources (Magazines
and Journals)
Published
on the Web
Author’s name Last ,First. “Title of Webpage.” Title
of Website. Date of last update (day month
year). Sponsoring organization (if any). Web.
Access date (day month year).
Citing Magazine Articles with Author
Last, First. “Title of Article.” Periodical
Name Date of Last Update: Page(s).
Name of Website. Medium. Date Retrieved.
Freeman, Michael. “Bloody Sundays: Inside the
Dazzling, Rough- and-Tumble World of the
NFL.” Sports Illustrated 20 Dec. 2005: 224+.
Sports Online. Web. 3 Sept. 2003.
Citing Magazine Articles with No Author
“Title of Article.” Periodical Date of
Last Update: Page(s). Name of
Website. Medium. Date Retrieved.
“Bloody Sundays: Inside the Dazzling, Roughand-Tumble World of the NFL.” Sports
Illustrated 20 Dec. 2005: 224+. Sports
Online. Web. 3 Sept. 2003.
Citing Date of Last Updates
Always in the form:
20 Dec. 2005:
Comes before page # or Website
“Bloody Sundays: Inside the Dazzling, Roughand-Tumble World of the NFL.” Sports
Illustrated 20 Dec. 2005: 224+. Sports
Online. Web. 3 Sept. 2003.
Date Retrieved:
Day Month Year. (no commas)
Simple Web
Sources on the
Works Cited
Page
Citing Documents on Websites
“Title of Article.” Name of Website. Date
of Last Update. Medium.
Date Retrieved.
“Surveillance Under the USA Patriot Act.” American
Civil Liberties Union. 3 Apr. 2003. Web. 22 Apr. 2009.
Include author’s or editor’s name before the title if
one is available.
Are you still stuck?
If you need more citation examples go to
http://www.lscc.edu/library/citation.htm.
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Presentation created by: Marion Kane, Learning Center Director