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Citation Help

General Overview

This page covers some basic examples of MLA citations for websites.  

To the right, is a list of commonly cited items.  Click on the links to view what the item looks like, how to evaluate it, and how to find the citation information.  Below that is a list of the core elements needed create a citation in MLA.

Below is the formatting 'recipe' demonstrating how to put the elements in the proper format.  Last, are examples of website citations in MLA format.

Citations in your "Works Cited" should be double spaced with a hanging indentation.

Examples for Websites

Web Site - 

Mcsherry, Corynne. "Case Closed: Supreme Court Lets Fair Use Ruling Stand in Google Books Litigation." Electronic Frontier Foundation, 18 April                      2016, eff.org/deeplinks/2016/04/case-closed-supreme-court-refuses-hear-authors-guilds-challenge-google-books.