Style Guide: Understanding Electronic Resources for MLA Citing
Report, Pamphlet or other Print Document from a Web Site
Report, Pamphlet or other Print Document from a Web Site
What is it?
A pamphlet.
Where did you get it?
Provided on a web site as a PDF file viewed
with Acrobat Reader. For citing, MLA treats pamphlets and other self-contained
short publications as books.
Citation:
- Meissner, Doris. After the Attacks: Protecting Borders and Liberties. Washington: Carnegie
- Endowment for International Peace, 2001. September 11 Digital
Archive. 2002. Center
for History and New Media. 8 Dec. 2003 <http://911digitalarchive.org/objects/49.pdf>.
Meissner, Doris. - through - Carnegie Endowment for International Peace,
2001. -- Publication information for print version. Format for pamphlets is the
same as books.
September 11 Digital Archive. -- Title of the web site
2002. -- Date of the web page
Center for History and New Media. -- Name of sponsoring organization or institution
8 Dec. 2003 -- Date page was accessed
| Some information is on the web page that links to the pamphlet: |
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| Additional information is on the bottom of the page that links to the pamphlet: |
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| Publication for the print version is on the pamphlet itself. This is a PDF document: |
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| Some publication information is at the end of the pamphlet: |
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