Thursday, October 3, 2013

Help with citing a website in MLA format.http://www.collegegrad.com/careers/proft80.shtml http://www.collegegrad.com/careers/proft38.shtml...

The sources you have listed are categorized according to
MLA as "a page on a website" or "an entire website."  In order to cite these sources,
you will need to identify as much of the following information as
possible
.  This means if something is not provided on the source itself, you
can leave it out.  (I will caution you, however, that if you cannot find the majority of
the following details, you should re-consider the strength of the source.  The Internet
is an outstanding resource in terms of its ability to produce information on almost any
subject, but be very careful to look for sources of information with
credibility.  Otherwise who is to say whether the information is
even true?)


I'll walk you through using the first site
listed as an example, and hopefully you can complete the rest on your
own.


Information you will need (in
bold
) to
find:


  1. Author and/or editor
    name
    : (not available
    here)

  2. Article
    name in quotation marks
    : "Degree Programs for Physical Therapists: Online
    and Campus
    Schools"

  3. Title
    of the Website in italics
    :
    Collegegrad.com

  4. Any
    version numbers available, including revisions, posting
    dates, volumes, or issue numbers: (not available
    here)

  5. Publisher
    name
    and date. CollegeGrad.com, Inc.
    & 2011 (copyright usually found on the cite's
    homepage)

  6. Date
    you accessed the material
    . 30 Apr.
    2011

  7. Medium of
    publication
    .
    Web.

  8. URL
    (not generally required anymore):
    http://www.collegegrad.com/careers/proft80.shtml

Order
of entry:


Editor or author. "Title of article or page on
website." Name of Website. Version number. Name of
institution/organization affiliated with the site (publisher), date of resource
creation. Medium of publication. Date of access. URL (if required by your
teacher).


Example:


"Degree
Programs for Physical Therapists: Online and Campus Schools."
CollegeGrad.com. CollegeGrad.com, Inc., 2011. Web. 30 Apr.
2011.


Of course, remember to use a "hanging indent" which
means leave the top line flush with the margin and indent all lines underneathe.  If you
are required to include the entire URL at the end, make sure to format it to go all the
way to the end of the page and manually enter logical breaks for
neatness.

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