Weblog (blog) entry or comment

Works cited entry (blog entry)

Mayer, Caroline. “Some Surprising Findings about Identity Theft.” The Checkout. Washington Post, 28 Feb. 2006. Web. 19 Jan. 2007.

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For a blog entry, include the following information:

  • the author of the entry, if there is one (if there is no author, begin with the title)

  • the title of the entry, if there is one (if there is no title, use the label “Weblog entry,” with no quotation marks)

  • the title of the blog, italicized

  • the sponsor of the blog, 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

Works cited entry (blog comment)

Burdick, Dennis. Weblog comment. The Checkout. Washington Post, 28 Feb. 2006. Web. 19 Jan. 2007.

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For a comment on a blog (a response to a blog entry), include the following information:

  • the author of the comment, if there is one (if there is no author, begin with the title)

  • the title of the entry, if there is one (if there is no title, use the label “Weblog comment,” with no quotation marks)

  • the title of the blog, italicized

  • the sponsor of the blog, 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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