Include a reference to the author of the Internet source within the text of your paper. The in-text citation enables your reader to find the source in the Works Cited list at the end of your paper. Use the first item from your Works Cited page that relates back to the citation. Include the author's name, if the Internet source provided it, and the short name of the URL in italics in the parenthetical. Write, for example, (Purdue.edu).
Incorporate the author's or website's name into the text of your paper as an alternative to using parentheticals. Write, for example, "Purdue Online Writing Lab covers citations for online sources." The reader can find the citation to Purdue by referring to the "Works Cited" page.
Start with the author's last name or the website's name to list the citation on your "Works Cited" page. List the citation alphabetically among the other citations, followed by a period. Next, include the name of the article in quotation marks, followed by a period. Next, include the name of the website, italicized, and the year of publication. Type the word "Web" to identify that you found the information online. Next, include the date on which you accessed the material. You may include a reference to the online path, but MLA format does not require it.
Cite a webpage in this format: Purdue Onling Writing Lab. "'MLA In-Text Citations: The Basics.' Web. 31 March 2011 <http://www.library.cornell.edu/resrch/citmanage/mla>."
Cite a personal, untitled website in this format: "Purdue, Perry. 'Home page.' Web. 31 March 2011." When citing an online encyclopedia, start with the name of the article, in quotation marks. For example, "'MLA Format.' Purdue Encyclopedia. Purdue University, 2010. Web. 31 March 2011."
Cite an article in an online periodical without page numbers, insert the phrase "n. pag." as a substitute for page numbers. For example: "Purdue, Perry. 'MLA Citation Format.' Parade 31 Mar. 2011: n. pag. Web. 31 March 2011." Be sure to italicize the name of the publication -- "Parade" in the last example.
Cite an online book with a print counterpart by including information about the offline source and its online counterpart. Cornell University Library offers this example: "'Frost, Robert. North of Boston. 2nd ed. New York: Henry Holt and Co., 1915. Google Books. Web. 30 June 2009."