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Documenting Sources for the World Wide Web: 
APA & MLA Citation Styles

Basic tips for either citation style:

  • Use the same information that would be provided for a printed source, or as much of that information as is available, placing the URL at the end of the reference.

  • It is important to give the date of retrieval because documents on the Web may change in content, move, or be removed from a site altogether.

APA Style

  1. Web Site:  
    What was the appeal of moral reform to antebellum northern women? (1999, March).
          Binghamton, NY: Women and Social Movements in the United States 1830-1930.
          Retrieved July 25, 2000 from: http://womhist.binghamton.edu/fmrs/intro.htm

    Bryant, P. (1999). Biodiversity and conservation. Retrieved October 4, 1999, from:
          http://darwin.bio.uci.edu/~sustain/bio65/Titlpage.htm

  2. Internet articles based on a print source:  
    Coleman, D.G., (2000).  Eisenhower and the Berlin problem, 1953-1954. [Electronic
          Version]. Cold War Studies, 2, (1), 3-34.  

  3. Article in an Internet-only journal
    Fredrickson, B.L. (2000, March7). Cultivating positive emotions to optimize health and
          well-being. Prevention & Treatment, 3, article 0001a. Retrieved November 20, 2000,
          from: http://journals.apa.org/prevention/volume3/pre0030001a.html  

  4. Article from an Online Database 
    Gates, B.  (2000). Will Frankenfood feed the world?. Time, 155(25), pp.78+. Retrieved
          July 24, 2000 from EBSCOhost (Academic Search Premier from EbscoHost) database.

MLA Style

  1. Journal, Magazine or Newspaper Article in an Online Periodical
    Lutzker, Marilyn. "Theory, Practice and the Magic Bullet." Reference Services Review
              27.3 (1999) 27 Dec 2000 <http://www.emerald-library.com/brev/24027cg1.htm>. 

  2. Article from an Online (Electronic) Database
    Dickey, Christopher. "Back at the Table." Newsweek 26 Oct. 1998. Academic Search Premier from EbscoHost. EBSCOhost. Cofrin Library, Green Bay. 27 Dec. 2000
          <http://search.epnet.com>.

  3. Online Book
    Thoreau, Henry David. Walden. 27 Dec. 2000
          <ftp://ibiblio.org/pub/docs/books/gutenberg/etext95/waldn10.txt>.

  4. Professional or Personal Web Site
    Kemerling, Garth. Philosophy Pages. 16 Jan. 2004
          <http://www.philosophypages.com>.

  5. No Author
    Dutch Recipes. 9 Jun. 1998 <http://www.utexas.edu/student/cmhc/assertips.html>. 

For further help with citing in the MLA style please consult one of the following:

  • UW-Green Bay Writing Center - CL 109 / (920) 465-2338

  • Cofrin Library Reference Librarians - 3rd floor of the library / (920) 465-2303