CITING ELECTRONIC SOURCES

The sources listed below are ones you are likely to come across here at McKendree, but if you need further assistance, there are several links below for more information on citing a variety of electronic sources, or check out the MLA Handbook in the library.

Remember, if you are not sure what to do, ask your instructor!

Essay on a Web Site
(Make sure to include you date of access since web postings are often updated or changed).

Adams, Jane Meredith. "Parents Can Help Teens Keep Healthy Body Image." 
    CNN.com. 9 June 2000.   30 Nov. 2000. <www.cnn.com/2000/HEALTH/
    children/06/09/body.image.wmd/>

Essay in Online Mazagine

Jaquet, Janine. "Taking Back the People's Air." The Nation Digital Edition.  
     8 June 1998. 7 Sept. 1998 <http://www.TheNation.com/i980608.htm>.

Online Article in a Scholarly Journal

Moran, Charles. "From a High-Tech to a Low-Tech Writing Classroom: 'You
     Can't Go Home Again'." Computers and Writing 15.1 (April 1998). 6
     Sept. 1998 <http://www.cwrl.utexas.edu/~ccjrnl/Archives/v15/15_1_html/
     15_1_Feature.html>

An Article in a Newspaper

Markoff, John. "The Voice on the Phone is Not Human, but it's Helpful." New
    York Times on the web. 21 June 1998. 25 June 1998. <http://www.nytimes.com/
    library/tech/98/06/biztech/articles/21voice.html>.

Databases with full-text such as OCLC Firstsearch.

Brophy, Beth. "Dear Diary: A History. Research by J.J. Brumberg on Adolescent
    Girls' Diaries of the Past 150 Years." US News and World Report 23 Oct. 1995: 89.
    Wilson Select Plus. Firstsearch. McKendree College Lib. 2 Aug. 1998.

Need more information on citing electronic sources? Try linking to the following sites:

University of Vermont's Electronic Sources: MLA Style of Citation

University of Wisconsin, Madison's Examples of Electronic Citations

Middlebury College's Citing Electronic Sources

Purdue's Online Resources for Documenting Electronic Sources.