MLA Documentation Format Internet Sources NOTE: Before using this sheet check with your course instructor for his/her approval. Check list for completing your bibliography: Alphabetical order by author. Book or periodical title in italics. Capitalize titles and names. Article title in quotes Double spaced Hanging indent set to �� Site�s name Include �Web.� Date the source was visited. URL Use this guide for Internet sources that are found through a Google or Yahoo search, or direct access. These resources are usually available only through the internet and are not meant for distribution through printing. Some news sites (i.e. NYTimes.com) contain material that may or may not be available in print. Look carefully at the site to determine if the content is from a source that publishes the same material in print form. If the material was obtained through the library�s databases use the Print Sources sheet. The sites below are not endorsed by the library as research sources and serve only as examples for creating a bibliography. Author�s last name, First name. �Title.� Web site. Publisher�s name, Date (n.d. if none). Web. Date of access. (URL is optional but your instructor may require it). EXAMPLES: Internet Sources Website Resource 5.6.2b. A web page or blog updated at irregular intervals. McCullough, Turner, Jr. �WomenforObama Celebrate Women Suffrage 88th Anniversary.� Clarksvilleonline.com. Clarksvilleonline, 26 Sept. 2008. Web. 14 May 2009. Web page with no Identified author 5.6.2b �National Standards for Foreign Language Education.� ACTFL.org. American Council on the Teaching of Foreign Languages, n. d. Web. 14 June 2009. . Wikipedia is never a source for a research paper. There is no listed author, no date, sometimes there are no sources. Entries can be changed by people that may or may not know the topic. Use the information in Wikipedia to find information in our databases or books. Map 5.6.2b �Winding Hills County Park, New York.� Map. Google Maps. Google, 14 July 2009. Web. 14 July 2009. News Source 5.6.2b Item from a news outlet NYTimes.com, CNN.com, National Public Radio, etc. Fuller, Thomas and Seth Mydans. �Burmese Democracy Advocate Faces Military Trial.� New York. Times. New York Times, 14 May 2009. Web. 23 June, 2009. Printed work available through the web. 5.6.2c Web publication with print publication data. United States. Identity Theft Task Force. The President�s Identity Theft Task Force Report. Washington: GPO, 2008. idtheft.gov. Web. 15 Jan. 2009. Google Books 5.4.2c Bardeen, C. W. A Little Fifer�s War Diary. Syracuse: C. W. Bardeen, 1910. Google Book Search. Web. 11 Oct. 2008. Dictionary 5.5.7 �Snow.� Entry 1a. Merriam-Webster�s Online Dictionary. n.d. Merriam Webster. Web. 17 Aug. 2009. Publication on a CD-ROM 5.7.17 Burns, Nancy and Susan Grove. Understanding Nursing Research: Building an Evidence Based Practice. St. Louis: Saunders, 2007. CD-ROM. Podcast 5.6.2b Troxel, Lyle. �Adaptive Computing.� GeekSpeak. GeekSpeak, 22 Nov. 2008. Web. 15 May 2009. . For other sources not included here. See Section 5.6 of the 7th edition of �MLA Handbook for Writers of Research Papers� for tips on citing online resources. 2009-05_MLA-format-WebSites.doc