Works cited entry (with author)
Shiva, Vandana. “Bioethics: A Third World Issue.” NativeWeb. NativeWeb, n.d. Web. 22 Feb. 2006.
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Works cited entry (author unknown)
“Living Old.” Frontline. WGBH Educ. Foundation, 21 Nov. 2006. Web. 19 Jan. 2009.
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Explain
Short works include articles, poems, and other documents that are not book length or that appear as internal pages on a Web site. Give as much of the following information as is available:
the author’s name
the title of the short work, in quotation marks
the title of the site, italicized
the sponsor of the site, using common MLA abbreviations (use “N.p.” if there is no sponsor)
the date of publication or most recent update
the medium (“Web”)
your date of access
Note on using a URL in a works cited entry
If your instructor requires a URL for Web sources, include the URL, enclosed in angle brackets, at the end of the entry.
Shiva, Vandana. “Bioethics: A Third World Issue.” NativeWeb. NativeWeb, n.d. Web. 22 Feb. 2006. <http://www.nativeweb.org/pages/legal/shiva.html>.
When a URL in a works cited entry must be divided at the end of a line, break it after a slash. Do not insert a hyphen.
Directory to MLA works cited models
Citation at a glance: Short work from a Web site (MLA)
Exercise: MLA documentation: identifying elements of sources
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Exercise: MLA documentation