How to Write a Bibliography in MLA Format for Websites
Plagiarism is an increasing problem, especially with the ease of finding information on the Internet. Fines anywhere from $100 to $50,000 and up to a year in jail can occur from misuse of another's intellectual property. To avoid any potential fines, documentation is necessary whenever restating another's ideas. A very common style is the "MLA" or Modern Language Association style. This format is widely adopted and easily used in citations.
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Instructions
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Site book references as follows:
Author (last name, first). Title of Book. City, state of publication: Publisher, Year. Print.
If more than one author, only the first author's name should be reversed and both names should be separated by a comma. -
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Site corporate authors or government agencies as follows:
Name of government (if one). Name of government or corporate author. Title of Resource. City of publication: Publisher, Year. Print. -
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Site magazines as follows:
Author or Authors. "Title of Article." Title of Periodical Day Month Year: pages. Medium of publication. Print.
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Site journal as follows:
Author or Authors. "Title of Article." Title of Journal Volume. Issue (Year): pages. Medium of publication. Print.
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Site websites as follows:
Author (last name, first). "Title of Web Page". Title of Site. Editor. Date and or Version #. Name of sponsoring institution or publisher. Date Retrieved in European format. Web.
Note that all the above information may not be available. Except in the cases of no date, which would be notated n.d. or no sponsor / publisher which would be notated n.p., the information would be left out and the citation would continue with the remaining information.
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Tips & Warnings
Bibliographies should be in a list format with the second and subsequent lines indented. Resources should be listed in alphabetical order according to the author's last name, or title of the resource if there is no author. Resources should be separated by double-spacing. Each resource ends with either the word "print" if the source was found as a hard copy, or the word "web" if the source was found on the Internet.
