Citing Internet Resources

EMAIL
Structure:
Sender of email message <sender’s email address>. Subject line of the message. Date of message (day, month, year). Email recipient <recipient’s email address>.

Example:
The Shakespearean Homework Helper <liadona2@aol.com>. "Where is Duke Orsino’s palace?" 29 November 1999. Borror, Christine <student5@yourschool.com>.

WORLD WIDE WEB
Structure:
Author or originator. Title of item. [Online] Date of document or download (day, month, year). URL <http://address/filename>.

Example:
U.S. Census Bureau. "American FactFinder: Facts About My Community." [Online] 30 November 1999. <http://factfinder.census.gov/java_prod/dads.ui.homePage.HomePage>.

ONLINE IMAGES
Structure:
Author or originator. Description or title of image. [Online image] Date of document or download (day, month, year). URL <http://address/filename>.

Example:
USGS. "Map: Major Volcanoes in Ecuador." [Online image] 30 November 1999. <http://vulcan.wr.usgs.gov/Volcanoes/Ecuador/
Maps/map_ecuador_volcanoes.html>.

ONLINE SOUNDS
Structure:
Author or originator. Description or title of sound. [Online sound] Date of document or download (day, month, year). URL <http://address/filename>.

Example:
Jussi Bjorling Home Page. "Di quella pira," aria from Il Travatore, by Guiseppe Verdi. [Online sound] 30 November 1999. <http://www.geocities.com/Vienna/Strasse/3468/bjorling.htm>.

ONLINE VIDEO CLIPS
Structure:
Author or originator. Description or title of video clip. [Online video clip] Date of document or download (day, month, year). URL <http://address/filename>.

Example:
Zoological Society of San Diego. "Let’s See Those New Teeth," San Diego Zoo Baby Panda Exhibit. [Online video clip] 29 November 1999. <http://www.sandiegozoo.org/special/pandas/panda_baby_videos3.html>.

FTP (File Transfer Protocol)
Structure:
Author or originator. Title of item. [Online] Date of document or download (day, month, year). URL <http://address/filename>.

Example:
Oppenheimer, Frank. "Exhibit Collection and Design at the San Francisco Exploratorium Museum." [Online] 1 December 1999. <ftp://ftp.exploratorium.edu/pub/publications/Exhibit_Conception_And_Design>.

USENET NEWSGROUPS
Structure:
Author or originator. Title of item. [Online] Date of document or download (day, month, year). URL <http://address/filename>.

Example:
Deja.com. "Top 10 Ratings: Baby Monitors." [Online] 1 December 1999. <http://www.deja.com/rate/list_items.xp?
CID=12705&PCID=12610&N=10&SC=1>.

CITATION SOURCES
OWL at Purdue University: Using MLA Format. Using Modern Language Association (MLA) Format. [Online] 28 August 2004.
<http://owl.english.purdue.edu/handouts/research/r_mla.html>

Modern Language Association. MLA Style. [Online] 28 August 2004.
<http://www.mla.org>