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Last Updated: Feb 03, 2022     Views: 3507

The 8th edition of the MLA handbook requires that primary elements such as as author and title, should be used in every source. To cite the website we need to include:

  • Author of page or article; or author/compiler of whole website (if available)
  • Title of article or specific webpage
  • Name of website
  • Name of institution/organization affiliated with the site (sponsor or publisher, if available and different from author or name of site)
  • Date of resource creation or date webpage last updated (if available)
  • URL or permalink
  • Date of access (if applicable, such as a page that changes or has no date)
     

The following are sample citations for two websites in MLA format. Note the title of an article or a section/page on a website is the 2nd item entered in the citation only if there is an author. Move the title to the first spot if there is no author, and use a shortened version for your in-text citations:

Works Cited:

"Group History." The Kering Group, 2022, www.kering.com/en/group/culture-and-heritage/group-history/. Accessed 3 Feb. 2022.

“Why Big Tech Should Fear Europe.” The Economist, 23 Mar. 2019, www.economist.com/leaders/2019/03/23/why-big-tech-should-fear-europe.

 

In-text citations:

("Group history") 
("Why")


For more information on citing websites in MLA format, please open the Berkeley College's Writing and Citing LibGuide - MLA citations link, where there is a brochure of sample citations and a workshop, or see the links below. 

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