The citation style is used for journals and research papers in the humanities.You need to include a full citation on your works cited page as well as a shorter one where you can reference information from the website.The 8th edition of the MLA Handbook focuses on you giving as much information as you can based on a set of 8 core elements: the author, title, source, container, other contributors, version, number, publisher, and publication date.When you make a citation for a website, you only put in what you can find, because you will not be able to find all this information.
Step 1: You can start with the author's name.
It can be difficult to find an author for the whole website.You may be able to find the author on the "About Me" page if they aren't clearly stated.You can use an editor.You can skip this step if you can't find one and start with the website name.When listing the name, put the last name first, followed by a comma and the first and middle names.It should look like Roberts, Rebeca Jean.The period should be after the name.If you can't find a name for the author, you're allowed to use a handle, such as a Twitter handle.
Step 2: Next, add the title of the website.
The main name of the website is title.It can be found in the top of every page of the website.The "Title of Source" refers to the smaller section where you found your information, such as the page name or a journal article in a larger journal.If you're using a whole website, you leave this part out and just put in the name of the website.The website's name should be bold.The citation should look like this: Roberts, Rebeca.After the website title, use a colon after Cats Who Sleep.
Step 3: They should include other contributors as well.
After the name of the website, you can include other people who contributed to it besides the main editor.You usually include how the person or persons contributed, such as "edited by" for editors.Contributors can be added using the following method.Cats Who Sleep was edited by John Jacobs and Joseph George.Leave this part out if the website doesn't have other contributors.
Step 4: The publisher should move on.
Most websites don't have versions or numbers, so move on to the publisher.The organization or sponsor of the website is the publisher.You can leave off the publisher's name if they are the same as the website.The publisher will follow after the other contributors.Roberts, Rebeca Jean is the publisher of Cats Who Sleep, edited by John Jacobs and Joseph George, The Cat Institute.Cats Who Sleep, The Cat Institute, follow it.
Step 5: You can add the location
The location doesn't refer to where it was published.The place of publication is not included in the 8th edition of the MLA Handbook.The place you found the information is referred to as the location.That is the website's address.You can find the URL address at the top of your browser's address bar.Don't use "http://" before the website.Start with "www."The website should be added after the publisher: Rebeca Jean.The website for sleeping cats is edited by John Jacobs and Joseph George.
Step 6: Leave out any information you can't locate.
When you couldn't find a piece of information, you had to add things like "no date" or "n.p."For "no publisher".According to the MLA, you should just leave the information out.You don't have to put something in its place.You don't have to include the date you viewed the page if you want.The location's date goes before it.
Step 7: The author's name is what you start with.
You start with the author's last name, then the first.The author of the page you're citing isn't the whole website.The author's name will be at the top of the page or near the bottom before the comments.You can use that person's name if the whole site was put together by one person.If you can't find an author, start the page with the title.Start with the last name first, followed by the first and middle names.You can use a period after the name.You can use a handle if you can't find the author's name.
Step 8: The title should be added to the page.
Find the title of the page you're citing.You need a title for the page.You should be using a full website citation.The title is usually at the top of the page.Put the page title in quotation marks.The sleeping habits of elderly cats.There is a period before the final quotation mark.
Step 9: The website should be named.
The website name is the same as it was when you cited a whole website.The website name is usually found at the top of the website's page.Look on the "About Me" page if you can't find it there.The website name is Fitzgerald,Rosa.The sleeping habits of elderly cats.There is a website called Cats Who Sleep.
Step 10: Other contributors should be placed next.
You can add someone else's name to the page if you find someone who contributed or edited it.A description of how the person contributed, such as "edited by," should be included.The website name is Fitzgerald,Rosa.The sleeping habits of elderly cats.Cats Who Sleep was edited by John Jacobs.Leave this part out if you don't have other contributors.
Step 11: Next note the publisher.
The main organization of the website is the publisher.It can be found on the "About Me" page or at the bottom of the website's pages.You don't need to include the publisher name if it's the same as the website name.The publisher should be added after the contributors.After the website name: Fitzgerald,Rosa, add it if there are no other contributors.The sleeping habits of elderly cats.Cats Who Sleep was edited by John Jacobs.
Step 12:
The location should be included.Just like in the case of a full website, the location is the website's URL address.The address bar at the top of your browser can be used to find the URL address.It should begin with "www".If you want to start your citation with "www," leave off the " http://" or " https://."Fitzgerald,Rosa is the website's publisher.The sleeping habits of elderly cats.Cats Who Sleep was edited by John Jacobs, The Cat Institute.
Step 13: A sentence that references the website is a good idea.
There is an in-text citation in your essay.It doesn't matter if you quote from the source directly or from another source without quotation marks.Adding a citation will tell you where you found the information.If you don't cite information from other sources, it's considered plagiarism.It is a courtesy to cite your sources.It lets them know where they can find more information.
Step 14: You can add parentheses.
When you get to the end of the sentence, use an open parenthesis.The parentheses tell your reader that you are opening a citation.If you're using quotation marks, the citation should come before the parentheses.If you're citing more than one source in a sentence, you can add a citation directly after the citation.
Step 15: The first part of the citation should be used.
The author's name and page number are normally used with a book source.The author's name, the title of the page, or the website title should be used in your citation because websites don't always have authors.You don't need a page or paragraph number to use the website.Cats enjoy sleeping for many hours a day.When using the author's name, you only use the last name.The title can be shortened.3 or 4 words will lead the reader directly to the citation at the end.Because the author's name is not available, it would look like the following sentence: Cats enjoy sleeping for many hours a day.