MLA Style Guide: Websites, blogs & social media

In-Text-Citation: 

• (Author Surname or Page title page no)

Example:

•  The introspective nature of poetry may also... (MacBride para. 2).

Reference:

Author's Last name, First name (if available). "Article Title." Website Title. Day Month Year of Publication, Location/Link.

Example:

MacBride, Elizabeth."The Super Secret Weapons of CEOs." BBC. 14 Sept. 2011, www.bbc.com/capital/story/20150714-the-secret-weapon-of-ceos.

Note: Where no page numbers are available on a webpage, paragraph (para.) numbers can be used instead.
Note: If the author of the website is unknown, use the web page title for the in-text citation.
Note: If  the title is too long, use first few words for in-text citation.

In-Text-Citation:

• (Author Last name)

Example:

• According to another source (Lonergan)....

Reference: 

Author's Last name, First name/Screen name (if available). “Posting Title.” Website/Blog Title, Day Month Year of Publication, Location/Link.

Example: 

Lonergan, Patrick. “New Book on Irish Performance.” Scenes from the Bigger Picture, 13 Feb. 2013, patricklonergan.wordpress.com/2015/02/13/new-book-on-irish-performance/.

In-Text-Citation:

(Poster Last Name or Screen name)

Example: 

Students lobby to help children stranded in the infamous Zoo camp at Calais (UCD Students' Union).

Reference: 

Poster Last Name, First Name (or Screen name). "Title of Post." Facebook, Day Month Year Posted, Location/Link.

Example:

UCD Students' Union. "We support the call tonight to #Take200 vulnerable young people . . . ." Facebook, 3 Nov. 2016, www.facebook.com/plugins/2F10153784831161910.

Note: For tweets, use full tweet if less than a line, i.e. short. For tweets longer than one line, use the first few words and then an ellipsis ( . . . ) at the end, followed by a full-stop.

In-Text-Citation:

• (Author Last name or Screen name)

Example:

• In a recent tweet, Sarah Comyn bemoans the need to revise in the writing process.
• The step of revision in the writing process can be a challenge even to experienced writers (Comyn).

Reference: 

Screen name [Twitter handle]."Entire text of tweet." Twitter, Day Month Year, Location/link.

Example: 

Sarah Comyn [@comyn_scomyn]. “I know revisions make for better writing, but sometimes they can be so demoralizing.” Twitter, 7 Sept. 2021, https://twitter.com/comyn_scomyn/status/1435193490741338121?s=20.

In-Text-Citation:

• (“Title”) or (Author/Creator if known)

Example:

• Ó Tuama discusses the repetitive use of the word house and how it implies complicity (“Ilya Kaminsky – We Lived Happily)….

Reference: 

“Title of Episode.” Title of Series, narrated/hosted by First name Last name, Publisher if available, Day Month Year. Platform/App/Link.

Example: 

“Ilya Kaminsky – We Lived Happily During the War.” Poetry Unbound, narrated by Pádraig Ó Tuama, 14 Jun. 2021, Spotify.