Example 7: Complete Web site

Most Web sites don't provide all the information that some of the previous examples have. In that case, just provide what is available. However, if the only information you can find is the Web site title and you can't find any information about the credentials of the Web site producer or a date, you probably should not use that Web site in your research. Without that information, you have to question the reliability of the information you find on that site.

You may, however, want to cite a complete online project or professional page that consists mainly of links to other Web sites. Usually that citation will include the following information if it is given:

• Web Site Title
• Site editor or sponsoring organization (if given)
• Electronic publication information (date, sponsoring organization, if given)
• Date of access and URL

The screen shows a government Web page sponsored by the Library of Congress with links to information about legislation and the law. The important elements you will need for the citation have been circled. Below that you will find a blank template for a citation color-coded to match the example of what the citation would look like when it is filled in using the above information and the information in the record.

Using an MLA style citation example as a template, you would fill in the information as shown below.

Model template (color-coded to match the examples):

Thomas: Legislative Information on the Internet. n.d. Library of

Congress. 19 Nov. 2003 <http://thomas.loc.gov/ >.