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1 Working on The Works Cited Page: Free Web Sources MLA Documentation

2 Free Web Sources on the Works Cited Page

3 Free Web Sources Found by general internet searches. No cost to access them. May be personal sites or organizational sites. May or may not display an author, paging, paragraphing system or date of publication.

4 Creating Entries All books & textbooks which cover how to cite free web sources do so by example –The LSCC Library has kindly provided a handout that gives samples based on our databases and other resources Also examine the sections in our textbooks that give samples of Works Cited entries. Use your handbook first!

5 Works Cited Entries for Print Sources Published on the Web

6 Citing A One Author E-Book Tressell, Robert. Ragged Trousered Philanthropists. Project Guttenberg. Ed. Michael S. Hart. Web. 10 Sept. 2003. Author Last, First. Title. Publisher. Editor (if needed). Medium. Date Retrieved.

7 Citing A Two (or more) Author or Editor Book Author Last, First and First Last. Title. Publisher. Editor (Eds.). Medium. Date Retrieved. Follow the rules for multiple authors and editors as shown before in the Print examples.

8 Use the same format for naming authors and editors in books, articles, and websites, whenever the names are available. From this point on, you will only see Last, First to indicate the author(s) or editor(s).

9 Works Cited Entries for Periodical Sources (Magazines and Journals) Published on the Web

10 Author’s name Last,First. “Title of Webpage.” Title of Website. Date of last update (day month year). Sponsoring organization (if any). Web. Access date (day month year).

11 Citing Magazine Articles with Author Freeman, Michael. “Bloody Sundays: Inside the Dazzling, Rough- and-Tumble World of the NFL.” Sports Illustrated 20 Dec. 2005: 224+. Sports Online. Web. 3 Sept. 2003. Last, First. “Title of Article.” Periodical Name Date of Last Update: Page(s). Name of Website. Medium. Date Retrieved.

12 Citing Magazine Articles with No Author “Bloody Sundays: Inside the Dazzling, Rough- and-Tumble World of the NFL.” Sports Illustrated 20 Dec. 2005: 224+. Sports Online. Web. 3 Sept. 2003. “Title of Article.” Periodical Date of Last Update: Page(s). Name of Website. Medium. Date Retrieved.

13 Citing Date of Last Updates “Bloody Sundays: Inside the Dazzling, Rough- and-Tumble World of the NFL.” Sports Illustrated 20 Dec. 2005: 224+. Sports Online. Web. 3 Sept. 2003. Always in the form: 20 Dec. 2005: Comes before page # or Website Date Retrieved: Day Month Year. (no commas)

14 Simple Web Sources on the Works Cited Page

15 Citing Documents on Websites “Surveillance Under the USA Patriot Act.” American Civil Liberties Union. 3 Apr. 2003. Web. 22 Apr. 2009. “Title of Article.” Name of Website. Date of Last Update. Medium. Date Retrieved. Include author’s or editor’s name before the title if one is available.

16 Are you still stuck? Libraries: Leesburg 352-365-3586 S. Lake 352-536-2148 Sumter 352-568-3074 Learning Center: Leesburg 352-365-3554 S. Lake 352-536-2156 Sumter 352-568-3074 If you need more citation examples go to http://www.lscc.edu/library/citation.htm. http://www.lscc.edu/library/citation.htm For assistance from a librarian or tutor call: Presentation created by: Marion Kane, Learning Center Director


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