When a source has no known author,
use a shortened title of the work instead of an author name
. Place the title in quotation marks if it's a short work (such as an article) or italicize it if it's a longer work (e.g. plays, books, television shows, entire Web sites) and provide a page number if it is available.
When no author is listed,
you may omit the author information from the MLA citation for the website and begin
, instead, with the title (Handbook 108). “Title of Web Page.” Title of Website, Publisher, date published in day month year format, URL.
Cite in
text the first few words of the reference list entry
(usually the title) and the year. Use double quotation marks around the title or abbreviated title.: (“All 33 Chile Miners,” 2010). Note: Use the full title of the web page if it is short for the parenthetical citation.
- Citations are placed in the context of discussion using the author's last name and date of publication.
- When a work has no identified author, cite in text the first few words of the article title using double quotation marks, “headline” style capitalization, and the year.
How do you do in text citations for a website in MLA?
| Format Website Name. Day Month Year, URL. | In-text citation (Scribbr) |
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How do you cite in text MLA?
In-text citations include
the last name of the author followed by a page number enclosed in parentheses
. “Here's a direct quote” (Smith 8). If the author's name is not given, then use the first word or words of the title. Follow the same formatting that was used in the Works Cited list, such as quotation marks.
How do you do an in text citation for a website?
Cite web pages in text as you would any other source,
using the author and date if known
. Keep in mind that the author may be an organization rather than a person. For sources with no author, use the title in place of an author. For sources with no date use n.d. (for no date) in place of the year: (Smith, n.d.).
How do you MLA cite a blog?
A Listserv, Discussion Group, or Blog Posting
Cite web postings as you would a standard web entry.
Provide the author of the work
, the title of the posting in quotation marks, the web site name in italics, the publisher, and the posting date. Follow with the date of access.
How do you cite in text examples?
APA in-text citation style
uses the author's last name and the year of publication
, for example: (Field, 2005). For direct quotations, include the page number as well, for example: (Field, 2005, p. 14). For sources such as websites and e-books that have no page numbers, use a paragraph number.
Reference list:
Name of organization
(Abbreviation, if applicable). (Year of last update or copyright year; if not known, put n.d.). Title of web document.
For a source with three or more authors,
list only the first author's last name, and replace the additional names with et al
.
How do I cite an online book in MLA?
Author (Last name, first name). Title of Book. Edition (if available), Publisher (if available), Year of online publication. Name of Website or Database, URL (without the http:// or https://) or DOI number.
How do we cite a website?
Author's Last name
, First name. “Title of the Article or Individual Page.” Title of the Website, Name of the Publisher, date of publication in day month year format, URL. McNary, Dave.
In a Chicago footnote citation, when the author of a source is unknown (as is often the case with websites),
start the citation with the title in a full note
. In short notes and bibliography entries, list the organization that published it as the author.
