IMPORTANT NOTICE: The Modern Language Association updated their guidelines on April 1, 2016. We have not yet updated this section of Resources for Researchers to reflect these changes. We have ordered a copy of the new guidelines and will update as soon as possible.
Basic Formats:
On-Line Version of Print Publication
The MLA Handbook advises that if the web version of the publication "you are citing also appeared in print, you may determine that it is important to include the bibliographic data for the print publication as part of your entry." When this is the case, you "Begin your entry with the relevant facts about the print publication." However, "Instead of concluding with Print as the medium of publication, record the following information in sequence": Title of database or Internet site, Web (the medium of publication you consulted), and the date you accessed the material.
For example, if you wanted to cite the on-line version of Maude Glasner's Questions and Answers on Eugenics, you would write:
Glasner, Maude. Questions and Answers on Eugenics. News Print: Nashville, MI, 1913. Steven L. Berg Teaching Web Site. Web. 3 Jan. 2014.
