Cite in MLA Style: Works Cited: Other web content

Web Pages

Last name, First name and First name Last name. "Title of Web Page." Website Name, day month year. www.webaddress.com/full/url

General notes:

• A "container" in MLA Style is the item that holds the source you used. For example, a specific webpage is a source and the hosting website is the container. 
• Date style is: Day Month Year, with the month abbreviated if it's five or more letters long. Include as much of the date as is available. E.g., 5 Oct. 2024. 
• Include the date of access for an online work if a publication date is not provided, if the page content has or may change, or if the web page is no longer accessible.
• If the resource has no author, then move the title element to the position of the author.

Individual Author

Last name, First name and First name Last name. "Title of Web Page." Website Name, day month year. www.webaddress.com/full/url

No Author and/or No Date

Images

Images are not given specific directions in the MLA 9th edition. Instead, follow the directions to cite them the same as other content of that type -- whether a book, a web page, a social media post, or whatever else.  

On the Web

Last name, First name. "Title of Work." Site Name, day month year, www.webaddress.com/full/address.

In a Book

One option is to cite the work as a standalone item in the Works Cited list. 

Last name, First name. "Title of Work." day month year of work, location if available. Title of Container, by First name Last name, version, number, Publisher, year, page range, URL, or DOI.

Another option is to reference the image in text, such as (Klingelhoefer, fig. 5.7), and then include the full book citation in your Works Cited.

Last name, First name, and First name Last name. Title of Work. Publisher, year, www.someurl.com/full/address.

Audiovisual Works

Last name, First name. "Title of Work." Title of Container, version, number, Publisher, year, webaddress.com

ChatGPT

Before using any generative AI tool, such as ChatGPT, for class assignments, refer to your syllabus and check with your professor for guidance. More guidance on citing generative AI here.

"Description of prompt." Name of generative AI tool, version, Creator of tool, date of access, webaddress.com

Datasets & Data

Data sets are not specifically covered in the MLA manual. Thus, if it is retrieved from online, cite it as similarly to a website as possible. Include accessed date if the data set will change.