|
Modern Language Association (MLA) Style:
Citation of Electronic Documents
If you
cannot find all of the information required
in the citation, cite what is available. For further information on
citing electronic and print documents refer to the MLA web site
or see the MLA
Handbook for Writers of Research Papers
| Electronic
Documents |
|
Author/Editor.
Title. Date.
Institution/organization associated with the
site (if applicable). Day month year accessed <electronic
address/URL>. |
Example
McKinney,
Neil. Acupuncture and Chinese Medicine.
2002. British
Columbia Naturopathic Association. 20 March 2002
<http://www.bcna.bc.ca/artframe.htm>.
|
|
|
| Electronic
Documents with a Print
Equivalent* |
| Author/editor.
Title. Edition (if
given). Publication information of any
print version of the source. Information supplier.
Day month year
accessed <electronic address/URL>. |
Example
Industry
Canada. Shopping on the Internet.
Ottawa: Industry
Canada, 1999. Strategis. 20
March 2002
<http://dsp-psd.communication.gc.ca/Collection/C2-418-1999E.pdf>.
|
| Electronic
Journal Articles |
| Author.
"Title of article ." Title of Journal volume.issue
(date) :
*paging/paragraphs. Day month year accessed <electronic
address/URL>. |
* If pagination is
given
use the abbreviation pp. (e.g., 14 pp.)
*If number of paragraphs is given use the
abbreviation pars. (e.g., 23 pars.)
* If there is no pagination use the abbreviation n.
pag. (see
example below) |
Example
Flowers,
Jim. "Online Learning Needs in Technoogy
Education."
Journal of Technology Education
13.1 (Fall 2001): n.
pag. 20 March 2002
<http://scholar.lib.vt.edu/ejournals/JTE/v13n1/flowers.html>.
|
| Electronic
Journal Articles, Retrieved from a
Database |
| Author.
"Title of article." Journal volume.issue
(date):
paging. Database name. File identifier or
number. Day month
year accessed. |
| Example
Gray,
John. "Silence is Golden: The Record Industry Sees
Big Bucks
in Controlling the Net." Canadian Business 14.5
(2000):
23-24. CBCA. Fulltext Business 2000
Annual. 20 March 2002.
|
| Newsgroups,
Listservs |
| Author.
"Subject of message." Date. Day month
year of
posting. Day month year accessed <Newsgroup/Listserv
name>. |
Example
Nordqvist, Christian. "Medical Pharma Biotech Abbreviations"
21
September 2001. 20 March 2002 <a_natural_path>.
|
| E-Mail* |
| Sender.
"Subject of message." E-mail to recipient's name.
Day
month year accessed. |
Example
Doe,
John. "Distance Education." E-mail to Jane
Smith.
20 March 2002. |
| CD-ROMs |
| Author/editor.
Title. Edition/release/version
(if given). Medium.
Place of publication: publisher, publication date.
|
Example
Masters,
Thomas, and Rebecca Masters. Medical Terminology: A
Visual
Guide. CD-ROM.
Cincinnati, OH: South-Western, 1995.
|
|
