MLA Handbook FormatThe MLA Handbook for Writers of Research Papers
4th edition
(cf. pages 163-167)
A When citing an electronic text, include the following information:
1. Name of author (if any)
2. Title of the text (underlined)
3. Publication information for the printed source (if any)
4. Publication medium ("Online")
5. Name of the repository of the electronic text (e.g., Oxford Text Archive)
6. Name of the computer network (e.g., Internet or BITNET, not America Online)
7. Date of access
Example: Hardy, Thomas. Far from the Madding Crowd. Ed. Ronald Blythe. Hammondsworth:
Penguin, 1978. Online. Oxford Text Archive. Internet.24 Jan. 1994.
You may also add information to the end of the citation to indicate the electronic address
you used to access this information.
Precede the address with the word "Available".
Example: Constitution of the United States of America. 1787. Online. Internet. 15 March
1996. Available WWW:http://www.law.cornell.edu/constitution/constitution.overview .html
B. When citing information from electronic journals, electronic newsletters and
electronic conferences, include the following information:
1. Name of the author (if given)
2. Title of the article or document (in quotation marks)
3. Title of the journal, newsletter, or conference (underlined)
4. Volume number, issue number, or other identifying number
5. Year or date of publication (in parentheses)
6. Number of pages or paragraphs (if given) or "n.pag." (no pagination)
7. Publication medium ("Online")
8. Name of the computer network (e.g., Internet or BITNET, not America Online)
9. Date of access
Examples: Moulthrop, Stuart. "You Say You Want a Revolution? Hypertext and the Laws of Media." Postmodern Culture 1.3 (1991):53 pars. Online. BITNET. 10 Jan. 1993. Steele, Ken. "Special Discounts on the New Variorum Shakespeare." Shaksper 2.124 (4 May 1991): n.pag. Online. BITNET. 1 June 1991.