Work of art (online)

Works cited entry

van Gogh, Vincent. The Starry Night. 1889. Museum of Mod. Art, New York. MoMA: The Museum of Modern Art. Web. 14 Jan. 2007.

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Give the following information:

  • the artist’s name

  • the title of the artwork, italicized

  • the date of composition

  • the institution and city in which the artwork is located

  • the title of the Web site on which you found the work

  • 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.

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