How to Cite a Website Using MLA Format
When you are conducting research for a term paper or longer-term research project, you may use popular websites as source materials as well as more traditional materials such as reference books, scholarly journals and class lecture notes and materials. While many websites are highly specialized, most educational websites are intended for the general reading public and usually do not require the same amount of expertise on the parts of their readers or reporters that scholarly journals and publications require. However, they are still valid sources of facts and information. If you use multiple pages from the same website or use a website with only one main page, then you can cite the entire website rather than the individual pages. You must be sure to cite all sources of this type on your Works Cited page with your other source materials so that a reader can find the information that helped you draw your conclusions. MLA is a good format to use when you have many different types of sour...