Using Primary Sources
ALA: Reference and User Services Association
http://www.ala.org/ala/mgrps/divs/rusa/sections/history/resources/pubs/usingprimarysources/index.cfm
Library of Congress: Using Primary Sources
http://www.loc.gov/teachers/usingprimarysources/
How to Cite a website using MLA Style
The first date listed is the date of the page and the second is the date you printed/viewed article.
Examples:
Database Article
Permeswaran, Yashila. "The Women's Army Auxiliary Corps: A Compromise to Overcome the Conflict of Women Serving in the Army." History Teacher 42.1 (2008): 95-111. Historical Abstracts. EBSCO. Web. 3 Apr. 2011.
Morton, Gertrude . Womanpower Committees During World War II: United States And British Experience. Washington : U. S. Dept. Of Labor, Women's Bureau ; For Sale By The Supt. Of Docs., U.S. G.P.O., 1953. Print.
Online Article
Harris, Robert. "Evaluating Internet Research Sources." VirtualSalt. 15 June 2008. Web. 20 Apr. 2009. http://www.virtualsalt
Website
Delicious Decisions. 4 Oct 2007. American Heart Association. 5 Jul 2008. http://www.deliciousdecisionsforfood.com
Image
Goya, Francisco. Women on the Homefront, 1942. Library of Congress. March 2011 http://www.loc.gov/library/libarch-digital.html
For more information see
The Purdue OWL. 2010. Purdue U Writing Lab. April 2011.
http://owl.english.purdue.edu/owl/resource/747/05/
ALA: Reference and User Services Association
http://www.ala.org/ala/mgrps/divs/rusa/sections/history/resources/pubs/usingprimarysources/index.cfm
Library of Congress: Using Primary Sources
http://www.loc.gov/teachers/usingprimarysources/
How to Cite a website using MLA Style
The first date listed is the date of the page and the second is the date you printed/viewed article.
Examples:
Database Article
Permeswaran, Yashila. "The Women's Army Auxiliary Corps: A Compromise to Overcome the Conflict of Women Serving in the Army." History Teacher 42.1 (2008): 95-111. Historical Abstracts. EBSCO. Web. 3 Apr. 2011.
Morton, Gertrude . Womanpower Committees During World War II: United States And British Experience. Washington : U. S. Dept. Of Labor, Women's Bureau ; For Sale By The Supt. Of Docs., U.S. G.P.O., 1953. Print.
Online Article
Harris, Robert. "Evaluating Internet Research Sources." VirtualSalt. 15 June 2008. Web. 20 Apr. 2009. http://www.virtualsalt
Website
Delicious Decisions. 4 Oct 2007. American Heart Association. 5 Jul 2008. http://www.deliciousdecisionsforfood.com
Image
Goya, Francisco. Women on the Homefront, 1942. Library of Congress. March 2011 http://www.loc.gov/library/libarch-digital.html
For more information see
The Purdue OWL. 2010. Purdue U Writing Lab. April 2011.
http://owl.english.purdue.edu/owl/resource/747/05/