By Leandra Sunseri April 5, 2013. Source: “MLA Works Cited: Electronic Sources (Web...

Documenting Internet Sources

By Leandra SunseriApril 5, 2013.

Source: “MLA Works Cited: Electronic Sources (Web Publications).” The Purdue OWL Family of Sites. The Writing Lab and OWL at Purdue and Purdue U, 14 Dec. 2012. Web. 5 April 2013. <http://owl.english.purdue.edu/owl/resource/747/08/>.

IMAGES (includes works of art, photographs, designs, clipart and so forth).

Basic Rules:

1.Artist or photographer---last name, first --- (if available)

2.Image name or title in quotation marks (if available).

3.Date created (if available) – British Style (day-month-year) for example 5 April 2013.

4.Title of the Website in italics. 5.Publisher (if available). 6.The word Web. 7.Date you found it – British Style (day-month-

year)8.URL if the teacher requires it. Put it in

brackets <>

.

Notes: 1. If the information is not available,

skip it!

2. If there is no date created put n.d.

3. Put a period after each of the components listed above.

4. The URL is optional. If you use it though put it in brackets: <http://www.cpuschools.org/>.

5. Organize your sources in alphabetic order.

Example 1: Image from iClipart .

Example 1: Image from iClipart .

Citation: “#285402.” 2006-2013. Vital Imagery Ltd. iClipart . Web. 5 April 2013.

Website Name

Title

Date Created

Publisher

Example 2: Image from a Website

Source: http://www.sparkyhub.com/30-cute-puppies-youll-want-to-take-home-with-you/

Example 2: Image from a website: Website Name Author Title Date Created

Citation: Akhil. “30 Cute Puppies You’ll Want to Take Home With You.” 30 April 2012. Sparky Hub. Web. 5 April 2013.

Example 3: Image from a website

Source: http://dailygrind25.blogspot.com/2012/08/i-switched-bikestoday.html

Example 3: Image from a website

Citation: “Ghost Bike in Wellesley.” 27 August 2012. Commuting to Work. Web. 5 April, 2013.

Website Name Title Date Created

Where to put the citation? Ask what your teacher prefers:

Under the image?

Or

All at the end?

If it’s at the end, put Works Cited at the top of the page and arrange them in alphabetical order (see below.) Indent the lines after the first one five spaces.

Works Cited

“#285402.” 2006-2013. Vital Imagery Ltd. iClipart . Web. 5 April 2013.

Akhil. “30 Cute Puppies You’ll Want to Take Home With You.” 30 April 2012. Sparky Hub. Web. 5 April 2013.

“Ghost Bike in Wellesley.” 27 August 2012. Commuting to Work. Web. 5 April 2013.