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MLA Online Sources

MLA: More Online Examples

Citations for electronic resources are, by and large, the same as for their print equivalents except that online materials are more likely to have multiple containers. Note that when it comes to online materials, the "Date of Access" element is optional.

 

Webpage or Blog Post

MLA Blog Post Diagrammed

Article from a Database

 

MLA Full Text Article from database online diagrammed

Chapter in an eBook

MLA Chapter in an Ebook Diagrammed

 

Article from a News Website

MLA Newspaper from online diagrammed

Newspaper Article without an Author, Retrieved from Online

MLA style reference diagrammed Newspaper Article

 

Image from Website

 

To create a basic works-cited-list entry for an image, list the creator of the image, the title of the image, the date of composition, and the location of the image, which would be a physical location if you viewed the image in person. If you viewed the image online, provide the name of the website containing the image and the URL. If you viewed the image in a print work, provide the publication information for the print work, including a page number. MLA Image from a website diagrammed

Images from an Image/Photo Database

MLA Images from Database website diagrammed

Film

To create a basic works-cited-list entry for a movie, list the title of the movie. Then in the Contributor element, list the name of the director. Next, in the Publisher element, provide the name of the company that produced the movie, followed by the release date. You might include other elements, such as additional contributors if they are pertinent to your discussion, and website information if you accessed the movie online.

MLA style reference diagrammed Film

If you want to focus on some aspect of the film, like the direction, you can put that individual in the "Author" element.

MLA style reference diagrammed Film, Director in Author location

Episodes of a Television Show

 

MLA 9 TV-DVD Episode Diagrammed

This is how you would cite an episode viewed on a streaming service.

MLA Episodes TV Series Streaming

YouTube Video

MLA YouTube Video Diagrammed

If you do not have a name for the author or creator of the content, you simply put the name of the uploader in the "Other Contributor" location.

MLA YouTube No Author diagrammed

Tweet

MLA Reference  diagrammed Tweet

The "Author" is the Twitter handle and the "Title of Source" is the full text of the tweet as it was originally written.

Online Comments

 

MLA Online Comments diagrammed