How to cite a website in MLA
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Format
Author Last, First. “Title of the Page.” Name of the Website, Day Month Year, URL.
- •The page title is in quotation marks, the website in italics.
- •Dates are written day month year with short month names: 6 Sept. 2010.
- •Without a publication date add the date you accessed the page at the end: Accessed 22 Oct. 2026.
- •If the organisation is both author and website, start with the title and name the organisation only as the website.
- •In the text use the first words of the title when there is no author: (“Mental Health”).
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