BSHS Research Guide - Fall 2021 Update

Utilize this guide to help you perfect your MLA, 9^th ed. when writing an essay or creating a project. 

2015 Research Guide Sample Paper 

 Note: This paper has not yet been updated with the most updated MLA citations. 

Citing Images on the Web

If you viewed a digitized version of a film or photograph on the Web, you want to include in your entry the details usually cited for a film or photograph. To document sources such as these, begin the entry by following the recommendations previously mentioned, but drop the medium of original publication (e.g. Television, Photograph). Conclude the entry with the following items:

1. Title of the database or Web site (italicized)
2. URL (hyperlink is preferred)
3. Date of access (day month year)

Sample:

Currin, John. "Blond Angel" 2001. Indianapolis Museum of Art. IMA: It's My Art. URL. Accessed 9 May 2007.

"Protest on Behalf of Southern Women." 1932. Mary Cornelia Barker Papers. Robert W. Woodruff Lib., Emory U. Online Manuscript Resources in Southern Women's History. URL. Accessed 5 June 2008.

Google Images How To:

1. Search for your image. I searched: The Cold War.
2. When you find an image you like, click on it.
3. I selected the following image:
4. Save/Copy the image and insert/paste it into your file.
5. Follow the image to its web location to gather your information for a citation (usually the page opens right behind the image, so you can close the image to view it).
6. In the case of my image, it is attached to a blog. You wopd cite the blog in MLA format and add the access information as discussed above. Here is what a citation will look like:

"Is it Time for a Cold War Victory Medal?" U.S. Naval Institute Blog. U.S. Naval Institute. 16 Apr. 2010. blog.usni.org/posts/2010/04/16/is-it-time-for-a-cold-war-victory-medal. Accessed 14 Sept. 2011.