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DLM 110 Women in Comedy: Electronic Resources

MLA Citation Examples: Electronic Resources

Article in an Online Scholarly Journal That Also Appears in Print

Langereis, Jeroen D., and Marian I. de Longe. "Invasive Disease Caused by
     Nontypeable Haemophilus Influenzae." Emerging Infectious Diseases, vol. 21, no. 10,
     2015, pp. 1711-8. Academic Search Complete, doi:10.3201/eid2110.150004.
     Accessed 8 Feb. 2009.

 Article in an Online-only Scholarly Journal

Dolby, Nadine. “Research in Youth Culture and Policy: Current Conditions and
     Future Directions.” Social Work and Society: The International Online-Only
     Journal,
 vol. 6, no. 2, 2008, www.socwork.net/sws/article/view/60/362.
     Accessed 20 May 2009.

Listserv, Discussion Group, or Blog

Editor, screen name, author, or compiler name (if available). “Posting Title.” Name of
     Site 
Version number (if available), Name of institution/organization affiliated with
     the site (sponsor or publisher), URL. Date of access.

Salmar1515 [Sal Hernandez]. “Re: Best Strategy: Fenced Pastures vs. Max Number
     of Rooms?” BoardGameGeek, 29 Sept. 2008, boardgamegeek.com/thread/343929/
     best-strategy-fenced-pastures-vs-max-number-rooms. Accessed 5 Apr. 2009.

Tweet

@tombrokaw. "SC demonstrated why all the debates are the engines of this campaign."
     Twitter, 22 Jan. 2012, 3:06 a.m., twitter.com/tombrokaw/status/160996868971704320.

E-mail

Give the author of the message, followed by the subject line in quotation marks. State to whom to message was sent with the phrase, “Received by” and the recipient’s name. Include the date the message was sent. Use standard capitalization.

Kunka, Andrew. "Re: Modernist Literature." Received by John Watts, 15 Nov. 2000.

YouTube Video

"8 Hot Dog Gadgets put to the Test.” YouTube, uploaded by Crazy Russian Hacker,
     6 Jun. 2016, www.youtube.com/watch?v=WBlpjSEtELs.

Comment on a Website or Article

Not Omniscent Enough. Comment on "Flight Attendant Tells Passenger to ‘Shut Up’
     After Argument After Pasta." ABC News, 9 Jun 2016, 4:00 p.m., abcnews.go.com/
     US/flight-attendant-tells-passenger-shut-argument-pasta/story?id=39704050.

 Web Site (Institutional/Organizational Author)

Felluga, Dino. Guide to Literary and Critical Theory. Purdue U, 28 Nov. 2003,
     www.cla.purdue.edu/english/theory/. Accessed 10 May 2006.

Web Site (Personal Author)

Lundman, Susan. "How to Make Vegetarian Chili." eHow, www.ehow.com/how_10727_
     make-vegetarian-chili.html. Accessed 6 July 2015.

Image (Including a Painting, Sculpture, or Photograph) found online

Goya, Francisco. The Family of Charles IV. 1800. Museo Nacional del Prado, Madrid. 
     Museo Macional del Prado, www.museodelprado.es/en/the-collection/art-work/the-
     family-of-carlos-iv/f47898fc-aa1c-48f6-a779-71759e417e74. Accessed 22 May 2006.