Credible Sources and the Web: How to Tell If an Internet Site Is “Okay” To Use

Specific Parts of Citation (MLA) YES NO If YES…

Author and/or Editor Name (Last, First)

Article Name (Quotation Marks)

Name of Website, Project, Book (Italics)

*May contain domain info, including .com, .edu,
etc.

Version Number
*Revisions, posting dates, volumes, or issue
numbers

Publisher Information (Publisher name & date)

Page Numbers

Date YOU Accessed Information (day/mo/yr)

URL (in <angle brackets> after date of access)

required for MLA, but may be required by your
instructor, or something for your own reference
NOTES
 When creating an MLA citation, if no publisher is given, use the abbreviation n.p. where the publisher information should
appear in the citation

Original created by Erica Wittig Knightstep

Updated May 14, 2018, by Linn Ginsler
  When creating an MLA citation, if no publishing date is given, use the abbreviation n.d. where the publication date should
appear in the citation
 When a citation requires a page number but no page #s are provided in the source, use the abbreviation n. pag. where page #s
should appear in the citation
 Use the MLA Formatting site http://owl.english.purdue.edu/owl/resource/747/08/

EXAMPLES
Entire Web Site
Last Name, First Name of Author/Editor. Name of Site. Version number. Name of institution/organization affiliated with the site

(sponsor or publisher), date of publication. Date of access.

Page on a Website
Last Name, First Name of Author. “Title of Web Page.” Name of Site. Version number. Institution/Organization affiliated with the

site (sponsor or publisher), date of publication. Date of access.

Article from Online Database/Electronic Subscription

Last Name, First Name of Author/Editor. “Title of Article.” Name of Magazine Source Date of Publication: page #s. Name of

Database. Date of Access.

Original created by Erica Wittig Knightstep

Updated May 14, 2018, by Linn Ginsler