MLA CitationOverview of Website,

Database, and Book Sources

Websites

Last name, First name. “Name of article.”Title of website. Name of institution/company affiliated with website, dateof source creation. Medium of

publication. Date of access. <full web address>

Toothman, Jessica and Scott Aldous. “How Solar Cells Work.” How Stuff Works. Discovery Company, 2011. Web. 21September 2011. <http://

science.howstuffworks.com/environmental/energy/solar-cell.htm>

Databases

Databases should follow the format of their print counterpart (if you find a magazine source in a database, follow the magazine format for a print source).

When using UDLibSearch, the source citation is provided for you at the end of each article.

Format example:Last name, First name. “Title of article”. Title

of Journal, volume number/edition number: page number. Name of

Database. Medium of Publication. Date of Access.

Book (Print or eBook)

Last name, first name. Title of Book. Place of publication: Publisher, Year of Publication. Medium of Publication.

Print Example:Hurston, Zora Neale. Their Eyes Were

Watching God. New York: Harper & Row Publishers, 1990. Print.

 eBook Example:

Tabak, John. Wind and Water. New York: Facts on File, Inc., 2009. Web.

Practice

Website:“2011 Hurricane Names”

Website (no author)“Worldwide Tropical Cyclone Names”

Answers

“2011 Hurricane Names”Chapple, Renee. “2011 Hurricane Names.”

About.com Miami. The New York Times

Company, 2011. Web. 21 September 2011.

<http://miami.about.com/od/weather/a/2011hurricanes.htm>

Answers

“Worldwide Tropical Cyclone Names”“Worldwide Tropical Cyclone Names.”

National Weather Service National Hurricane Center. NOAA, 9 September 2011. Web. 21 September 2011. http://www.nhc.noaa.gov/aboutnames.shtml

Variations:Could have used National Weather Service

OR National Hurricane Center for “name of website”