Provide an MLA-style in-text citation at the end of sentences to show the reader where you got your information. In parentheses, write the author's last name followed by the page number if one is available. If the online article is nothing more than one long document not broken up into numbered pages, leave the page number off. For example, write (Lastname 2) or (Lastname).
Write the formal citation in a works cited page at the end of your report in MLA format. Write the name of the author, last name first, followed by a period. Place the title of the article in quotation marks followed by a period and the title of the website in italics followed by a period. Include the date of publication in the day, month, year format. Write "Web" followed by a period to indicate you retrieved the source from the Internet and not from a printed source. Write the date you accessed the information in the same date format as the publication date. If required by your professor, place the URL at the end of the citation with angle brackets enclosing the address.
Follow the example below to ensure you have the elements in proper order, followed by correct punctuation.
Lastname, Firstname. "Title of Article." <i>Website Name</i>. 20 June 2006. Web. 6 July 2007.
<http://www.websitename.com/titleofarticle.htm>.
Place an APA-style in-text citation after a piece of information from your Web source after the end of a sentence. Type the last name and the year the information was published, separated by a comma. You citation should look like this: (Lastname, 1995).
Construct a formal citation in APA style to cite the source fully at the end of your research paper. Write the last name of the author followed by his first initial, followed by a period. Include the date the article was published in parentheses in year, month, day format. Write the article name followed by a period and then the website name in italics followed by a period. Write "Retrieved" date followed by the day you accessed the information in month, day, year format followed by a comma. Write "from" and write the URL of the website.
Look at the example below and compare it with your citation to ensure you have all the elements in their proper order with the correct punctuation.
Lastname, F. (2006, June 20). Title of Article. <i>Website Name</i>. Retrieved July 6, 2007, from http://www.websitename.com/titleofarticle.htm
Write an in-text citation at the end of a sentence that contains information from your Internet source. Include the last name of the author, followed by the year of publication, followed by the page number, if available, separated by a comma. For example, type (Lastname 2006, 18) or (Lastname 2006) after the sentence's period.
Write a formal Chicago style citation at the end of your report for any of the websites you used in your research. Write the name of the author, beginning with the last name. Write the name of the website followed by a period and then the article or section title in quotation marks. Write the date you accessed the information or the date the website was last updated, whichever you believe is most relevant according to the content you are presenting. For example, the information in an article on history will not likely change, so you can give the date you accessed it. On the other hand, if you reference an organization's policies, this information will probably change at some point, so you should give the date that the information was last updated. To end, type out the URL followed by a period.
Study the two examples below to see the slight differences in using the "Last modified" and the "Accessed" date formats. Also use them to make sure you put all the elements in the correct order and use the correct punctuation when typing your own citations.
Lastname, Firstname. Website Name. "Title of Article." Last modified June 20, 2006. http://www.websitename.com/titleofarticle.htm.
Lastname, Firstname. Website Name. "Title of Article." Accessed July 6, 2007. http://www.websitename.com/titleofartile.htm.