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MLA Style: Web Resources

Learn how to create citations using MLA

Websites

Author Last, First. "Page title." Website title, contribution by First Last, Publisher, Publication date, URL. 

Note: the publisher of a website is not required if it is effectively the same as the website title.

Example:

Berger, Chloe. “Despite 1.1 Million TikTok Followers and 20 Million Books Sold, Bestselling Author Colleen Hoover Says She Has ‘the Worst Case of Impostor Syndrome.’” Fortune.Com, Oct. 2022. https://fortune.com/2022/10/11/author-colleen-hoover-deals-with-imposter-syndrome/

Other

A Tweet:

Twitter handle, "entire tweet." Twitter, date, time, URL.

Examples:

@neilhimself, "Orpheus is played by @regejean and he sings like an angel. Or like Orpheus." Twitter, 4 Nov. 2022, 5:53 PM

@tombrokaw. “SC demonstrated why all the debates are the engines of this campaign.” Twitter, 22 Jan. 2012, 3:06 a.m., twitter.com/tombrokaw/status/160996868971704320.

A Youtube Video:

Author last name, first name. "Video title." Youtube, uploader name if different from author, date, URL.

Examples:

Markiplier."Lawn Mowing Simulator but with Dinosaurs" Youtube, 9 July 2022, https://youtu.be/SN7gYDV7oS4

Hill, Kyle. "How does Daredevil see without sight?" Youtube, uploaded by Because Science, 16 April 2015, https://youtu.be/HNP0OAhaSrM