MEDIUM of PUBLICATION means: how was it produced? Print(book or paper you hold in your hand?) OR Web (anything you find on the internet)

If you cannot find out how to cite your source, please go to the Purdue Online Writing Lab!  It is the BEST source out there!  You can click on the left hand side to find your source!

 Article in a Web Magazine/Newspaper:
Lastname, Firstname "Title of Article." Title of the Web Magazine. Publisher Name, Day Month Year(of 

               publication). Medium of Publication. Day Month Year(of access). 

Article for an Online Database (Subscription Service like SIRS, CQ Researcher, Etc)
Lastname, Firstname.  "Title of Article." Title of Source Day Month Year (created): pages. Database. 

             Web. Day Month Year (of access).

Article in an Online Database with a Volume: Number

Lasname, Firstname. "Title of Article." Title of Journal. Volume.Issue (Year): pages. Medium of publication.

Entire Website:
Author, or compiler name (if available). Name of Site. Name of institution/organization affiliated with the site 

(sponsor or publisher), day Month year (of creation). Medium of publication. Day Month         

year(of access).

EXAMPLE of WEBSITE or PAGE on a WEBSITE

Smith, John. "Poetics." The Internet Classics Archive. Web Atomic and Massachusetts Institute  

          of Technology, 13 Sept. 2007. Web. 4 Nov. 2008. 

Page on a website:
Lastname, Firstname. “Title of Article.” Name of Site. Name of institution/organization affiliated with the 

          site (sponsor or publisher), day Month year (of creation). Medium of publication(Web). Day Month

           year(of access).

Image on a Website:
FAMOUS WORK
Artist’s Name. Name of the Work.  Date of Creation.  The Institution, City Where it’s Housed.  Website, 

            Web.  Date of Access.

FROM THE WEB
Lastname, Firstname. “Title of Article.” Title of Site(Title of Place it Comes From). Date of Creation.  

Institution of Creation, Web. Date of Access.

Clipart:
Author. "Title of Image." Microsoft Clipart.  Year Created.

Chart or Graph:
Author of Chart/Graph. "Title of Chart/Graph." Name of Source/Site.  Day Month Year(Created), Web.

Date Accessed.

Magazine or Newspaper Article: 
Lastname, Firstname. "Title of Article." Title of Magazine or Newspaper  Day Month Year: pages.

           Medium of publication. 

Magazine or Newspaper Article with Volume:
Lastname, Firstname. "Title of Article." Title of Journal Volume.Issue (Year): pages. Medium of publication.

Book: 
Lastname, Firstname. Title of Book. Place of Publication: Publisher, Year of Publication. Pages. Medium of 

           Publication (Print).

Book with More Than One Author: (The first name given appears in Lastname, Firstname format; the
next author appears in Firstname Lastname format.

Lastname, Firstname, and firstname lastname. Title of Book.  City of publication: Publisher, Year. Pages.

Print. 

An Book with an Editor:

Lastname, Firstname. Title of Book. Ed. Firstname Lastname. City of Publication: Publisher, Year.  Pages.
Print.

An Essay in a Book or Anthology:

Lastname, Firstname.  "Title of Essay."  Title of Book/Collection.  Ed. Editor's Name(s).  City of 

              Publication: Publisher, Year. Page range. Medium of Publication(Print).

Article in a Reference Book (Encyclopedia, etc)
"Title of Article." Title of Book. Edition. Year. Medium of Publication (Print or Web)

Movie:
Title of Film. Dir. Firstname Last Name. Perf. List the biggest stars in the film with commas. Movie

              Company, Year. Film.

YouTube Video:

Lastname, Firstname. "Title of Video." Date Created. Online Video Clip.  YouTube.  Date accessed.

Example:
Shimabukuro, Jake. "Ukulele weeps by Jake Shimabukuro." 04 April 2008. Online Video Clip. YouTube.  

22 April 2006.

Bibliography

Purdue. "MLA Formatting and Style Guide" Purdue Online Writing Lab. 2010. Web. 13 Apr. 2010. .