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How to Cite a Page on a Website Using MLA Format

When you are conducting research for a term paper or longer-term research project, you may use popular websites and web pages as well as more traditional materials such as reference books, scholarly journals and class lecture notes and materials. While many websites have highly detailed, clinical information, the vast majority of educational pages are intended for the general reading public and usually do not require the same amount of expertise on the parts of their readers or reporters that scholarly journals and publications require.However, they are still valid sources of facts and information. MLA is a good format to use when you have many different types of source materials because it has a fairly standard appearance.

Things You'll Need

  • Title of the page
  • Affiliated organization or overhead structure
  • Exact web address
  • Last date of revision
  • Date of access
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Instructions

  1. How to Cite a Page on a Website Using MLA Format

    • 1

      Enclose the title of the page in quotation marks. You can use single or double quotes, but you must be consistent throughout the paper. End the title with a period. For example, if the web page is called "How to Get Defined Muscle Without Gaining Weight," then your citation should begin: "How to Get Defined Muscle Without Gaining Weight."

    • 2

      Follow up with the name of the sponsoring organization and another period. For example, a web page may be part of a larger website belonging to a central organization such as the Red Cross, the American Medical Association, or eHow.com. For example, if the article above was located on eHow.com, then your citation should now appear:"How to Get Defined Muscle Without Gaining Weight." eHow.com.

    • 3

      Add the date that the page was last revised or updated. If necessary, you can use the copyright information on the website for this date. If you can locate a day, month and year, use them, but if this information is not available you must list the year at the very least. The date should be listed in the order "day month year" and followed by a period. For example, if the page was updated on June 29, 2008, then your citation should read: "How to Get Defined Muscle Without Gaining Weight." eHow.com. 29 June 2008.

    • 4

      List the date that you accessed the page. If you accessed the page on July 27, 2008 then your second set of dates should read "27 July 2008" and be followed by a period. At this point, your citation should look like this: "How to Get Defined Muscle Without Gaining Weight." eHow.com. 29 June 2008. 27 July 2008.

    • 5

      Finish with the full URL of the webpage. It should be bracketed and does not need additional punctuation. Simply copy the URL directly from the browser window and paste it into your Works Cited page. For example, if the URL is "http://www.ehow.com/how_2307424_get-defined-muscle-gaining-weight.html" then your finished citation will read:"How to Get Defined Muscle Without Gaining Weight." eHow.com. 29 June 2008. 27 July 2008. <http://www.ehow.com/how_2307424_get-defined-muscle-gaining-weight.html>

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