Citing Web Sources

    Citations for restricted online databases

    Author. "Article title." Publication title. Volume number, publication date: page numbers. Database name. Database subset. Access location. Access date.

    Raksin, Alex. "Nanotube Sheets Slender But Strong." Los Angeles Times. 20 Aug 2005: A23.  ProQuest. Beloit College Library. 21 Aug 2005.

    Aston, Adam. "Beaming in on Nano Gold." Business Week. 27 June 2005: 122. Lexis-Nexis Academic Universe. General News/All magazines. Beloit College Library. 21 Aug 2005. 

    Unrestricted web source citations

    Author. "Article title." Publication title. Volume number, publication date: page numbers. <URL>. Access date.

    Ritter, Karl, "Air-Scrubbing Surfaces." Chicago-Tribune. 25 July 2005: 1. <http://www.chicagotribune.com/business/chi-0507250132jul25,1,6621133.story> 21 Aug 2005

    General web pages

    Author. “Page title.” Title of the project, database, periodical or home page. Publication date. Name of any institution or organization sponsoring or associated with the web site. <URL>. Access date.

    Lisensky, George. "Synthesis of Aqueous Ferrofluid." Lab Manual for Nanoscale Science and Technology. 8 Aug 2005. University of Wisconsin. <http://mrsec.wisc.edu/Edetc/nanolab/ffexp/index.html>. 21 Aug 2005.

    Lisensky, George. "Nanotechnology." Course Home Page. 17 Aug 2005. Beloit College. <http://www.beloit.edu/chemistry/nanotech/index.html>. 21 Aug 2005.

    Additional MLA citation examples
    http://www.library.cornell.edu/newhelp/res_strategy/citing/mla.html#online
    http://www.dianahacker.com/resdoc/
    http://citationmachine.net/index2.php

    Citing Magazines and Newspapers

    Author. "Title of Article." Title of Periodical or Newspaper [Include the city name in brackets for local newspapers] Day Month Year: pages.
    Evaluating Web Sources
    Newspaper Assignment

    G. Lisensky, FYI Seminar, Beloit College, last modified 8/13/09