Mla Format - A Guide To Preparing Note Cards And Bibliography Cards Page 6
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6HOW TO WRITE A BIB CARD FOR AN
BASIC MLA FORMAT FOR CITING WEBSITES
Use this when you can’t find information on the author.
ARTICLE FROM AN ONLINE DATABASE
Please also ask your teacher for help!
(InfoTrac, SIRS Researcher, EBSCOHost etc.)
Last name, First name.
“Title of article.”
Name of Site.
Date of site’s last revision.
Name of Magazine/Newspaper.
Date of
Name of institution or organization
original publication:
page numbers.
affiliated with the site.
Date you
Database name.
Database Service.
Name of
accessed the site.
<URL>.
sponsoring library or institution.
Date
accessed. <URL>.
A Student’s Guide to Research Papers. 12 Aug. 2004.
English Teachers of America. 18 Oct. 2007.
Christianson, Lori. “We Need More Vacation.” Mental
<
Health Monthly. May 2002: 45 – 48. Academic
Search Premier. EBSCOhost. University of Phoenix.
15 Apr. 2003. <
Note: you may have to dig to find a site’s date of last revision. Don’t
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be afraid of a little work. The citation is not complete without this!
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HOW TO WRITE A BIB CARD FOR A WEBSITE
HINTS ON FINDING INFORMATION ON WEBSITES
WHEN YOU KNOW THE NAME OF THE AUTHOR
Sometimes you need to really search to find the date of last
revision or to find the author’s name. Oftentimes this
Last name, First name.
“Title of Site’s
information is hidden at the bottom of the first page. If you can’t
Specific Page.”
Name of full site.
Date
find it, you can also contact the webmaster and explain you
of site’s last revision.
Date you
need the information to properly document the source. A
accessed
the site.
<URL>.
source that does not have this information, or which is not
willing to give it out, may not be the most reliable source to cite
Christianson, Lori. “How to Prepare Bib Cards in MLA Format.”
for research purposes.
Success in Language Arts. 14 Sep. 2007. 18 Jan.
If this happens, please check with your teacher to
2008. <
see what s/he would like you to do. You may
need to find another source.
Note: you may have to dig to find a site’s date of last revision. Don’t
be afraid of a little work. The citation is not complete without this!
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