These 15 points represent possible elements in a citation of a website. Most websites used by SLU students for their work will actually have only 6 to 7 of these elements. I have indicated those which are most commonly found for websites with an asterisk (*). In the List of Works Cited, the elements are written in this order, and the instructions for an individual element comply to the normal MLA format (e.g., titles are underlined).

Students should consult the MLA Handbook for Writers of Research Papers (2003) and the MLA website for more specific instructions.

*1. Name of the author, editor, compiler or translator of the source (if available and relevant) reversed for alphabetizing and followed by an abbreviation, such as "ed.", if appropriate.

*2. Title of the article or short work within a scholarly project, database or periodical. (Place the tile in quotation marks.)

3. Title of a book (Underline the title).

4. Name of the editor, compiler or translator of the text (if relevant and if not cited earlier).

5. Publication information for any print version of the source.

*6. Title of the scholarly project, database, periodical or professional or personal website. (Underline the title). If no title is given to a personal website, call it "Homepage."

7. Name of the editor of the scholarly project (if available).

8. Version number of the source or for an online journal, the volume number, issue number or other identifying information.

*9. Date of electronic publication or the latest update of the posting. (This might just be a copyright year.)

10. For a subscription service, the name of the service, and the library (including city and state).

11. For a posting to a discussion forum or listserve, the name of the forum.

12. The number range or total number of pages or paragraphs, if they are numbered.

*13. Name of an institution or organization sponsoring or associated with the website.

*14. Date when the researcher accessed the source.

*15. URL of the source (in angle brackets) or for a subscription services, the URL of the service's main page if known.

Examples:

"War On Terrorism: The Latest News." Terrorismfiles.org. 5 Oct. 2001. Nabou.com, Inc. 5 Oct. 2001

           <http://terrorismfiles.org>

"Evaluating Health Information on the Internet: How Good Are Your Sources?" Healthcare Information

           for Seniors on the Net. 2001. American Association of Retired Persons (AARP). 5 Oct. 2001.

          <http://www.aarp.org/confact/health/wwwhealth.html>

Barlow, John Perry. "Cyberspace Declaration of Independence." John Perry Barlow Library. 8 Feb.

          1996. Electronic Frontier Foundation. 5 Oct. 2001

          < http://www.eff.org/Publications/John_Perry_Barlow/barlow_0296.declaration>