Modern Language Association (MLA) Guide: Websites and Parts of Websites

An Entire Website

A. Website with Author or Editor

B. Website with Organization as Author

C. Website with No Author

Begin with the title of the site. If the site has no title, begin with a label such as "Home page."

Note: In an MLA paper or an MLA works cited list entry, "Web site" is spelled as two words, with a capital "W."

D. Website with No Title

Use the label "Home page" or another appropriate description in place of a title.

Work from a Website

The titles of short works, such as articles or individual Web pages, are placed in quotation marks. Titles of long works, such as books and reports, are italicized.

Blog Post or Comment

Cite a blog post or comment as you would a work from a website (see Work from a Website entry), with the title of the post or comment in quotation marks. If the post or comment has no title, use the label "Blog post" or "Blog comment" (with no quotation marks). (See Author using a Pseudonym entry for the use of screen names.)

Academic Course or Departmental Home Page

Cite as a work form a website (See Work from a Website entry). For a course home page, begin with the name of the instructor and the title of the course or the title of the page, without quotation marks or italics. (Use "Course Home Page" if there is no other title.) For a departmental home page, begin with the name of the department and the label "Department home page."