MLA 9th

Author of Post (if listed). “Title of Post.” Name of Blog/Website, Publisher(s) of Site (unless same as site name), Date of Post (if listed), URL of Post. Optional Blog Name (if different from website name). Optional Date of Access.

Author:

• If an online name alone is listed as the author, start your citation with that as written: LeafyGreens.

• If both an online name and real name is listed for the author, you may include both using square brackets, as follows: LeafyGreens [Judith Greenleaf] or Greenleaf, Judith [LeafyGreens].

• If an author's real name is listed (with no online name), start your citation the same as you would for most other sources: Greenleaf, Judith.

No Author:

• If no author is listed for your post, start your citation with the title of the post.

Publisher:

• Look for the publisher(s) at the bottom of the webpage (often beside a copyright symbol), or on the “About Us” page on the site.

• If the publisher of your site is essentially the same as the name of the site, you do not need to include it (e.g., the Fox News site is published by Fox News Network, so no need to include this publisher).

• If you cannot find a publisher listed on the site, it is likely the same as the site name, so skip it and move on to the date of publication.

• If more than one publisher appears to share equal responsibility for the site, include all publisher names separated by a forward slash: U of Nebraska / AGBIOS.

No Publication Date:

• If you cannot find a publication date for your post, skip it and move on to the URL (do not use the site copyright date that is often found at the bottom of the page).

URL:

• Many separate posts may appear on a blog page; click on the title of your particular post to find the URL that will lead to that individual post.

• Look for a "permalink" when copying the URL for your post (sometimes found under a "share" feature). If you cannot find anything specifically labeled as a permalink, copy the URL from your web browser at the top of your screen.

• You do not have to include the initial "https://" (or "http://") unless you need it to make a clickable hyperlink (test to see if it works without it).

• Put a period at the end of your URL.

• The exact format of your website URL (clickable or non-clickable) depends on your instructor's preferences. Make sure you know how your instructor prefers your URLs to appear in your Works Cited list.

Optional Blog Name:

• It is not required, but if your blog has a name that is separate from the site name (such as a blog found on a news site or organization's site, for example), you may include it after your URL:

Schutz, Jennifer. “Giving Youth a Voice in Pediatric Health Research." Mayo Clinic, 6 May 2021, advancingthescience.mayo.edu/2021/05/06/giving-youth-a-voice-in-pediatric-health-research. Advancing the Science.

Supplemental Access Date:

• As web publications can change or disappear, you should add your date of access after the URL if you feel your site might be altered or may be removed, and when no publication date is listed for your article:

Trottier, Lisa. “Moms Speak Up on How They Save." BabyCenter, www.babycenter.com/family/money/moms-speak-up-on-how-they-save_10357056. Accessed 22 July 2021.

Author(s)/Editor(s) of Website (if listed and different from publisher's name). Name of Website. Publisher(s) of Website (unless same as website name), Date or Date Range of Site's Creation or When Last Edited/Updated (if listed), URL of Website (from homepage). Optional Date of Access.

Publisher:

• Look for the publisher(s) at the bottom of the homepage (often beside a copyright symbol), or on the “About Us” page on the site.

• If the publisher of your website is essentially the same as the name of the website, you do not need to include it (e.g., the Fox News site is published by Fox News Network, so no need to include this publisher).

• If you cannot find a publisher listed on the site, it is likely the same as the website name, so skip it and move on to the site date (if listed).

• If more than one publisher appears to share equal responsibility for the site, include all publisher names separated by a forward slash: U of Nebraska / AGBIOS.

Site Date:

• The site creation date is often found at the bottom of the site's homepage, beside a copyright symbol. It may be shown as a single year (e.g., © 2021) or a range of years (e.g., © 1994-2019).

• If you see a date for when the whole site was "last edited" or "updated/revised/modified," use that instead of the creation date.

• If you cannot find any type of date that applies to the site as a whole, skip it and move on to the URL.

URL:

• Look for a "permalink" when copying the URL for your website (sometimes found under a "share" feature). If you cannot find anything specifically labeled as a permalink, copy the URL from your web browser at the top of your screen.

• You do not have to include the initial "https://" (or "http://") unless you need it to make a clickable hyperlink (test to see if it works without it).

• Put a period at the end of your URL.

• The exact format of your website URL (clickable or non-clickable) depends on your instructor's preferences. Make sure you know how your instructor prefers your URLs to appear in your Works Cited list.

Supplemental Access Date:

• As web publications can change or disappear, you should add your date of access after the URL if you feel your site might be altered or may be removed, and when no site date is listed:

Nutrition for Kids. nutritionforkids.com. Accessed 3 Sept. 2021.