Style Guide: Understanding Electronic Resources for MLA Citing
Article from an Online Reference Source
Reference Source: Encyclopaedia Britannica

What is it?
An article from an encyclopedia.

Where did you get it?
From the online version of the encyclopedia. Often articles in an online reference source are the same as those found in the print version of the source.

Citation:

"Terrorism." Encyclopaedia Britannica. 2003. Encyclopaedia Britannica Online. 8 Dec. 2003
<http://search.eb.com/eb/>.

No author given
"Terrorism." -- Title of the article
Encyclopaedia Britannica. -- Title of the reference source
2003. -- Date of the article
Encyclopaedia Britannica Online. -- Name of the reference source provider
8 Dec. 2003 -- Date page was accessed
<http://search.eb.com/eb/>. -- MLA allows use of URL for the search page if the URL for the article is too complex.

Most of the information for citing is at the top of the page:
Additional information is on the bottom of the page. Britannica is an example of an online
reference source that provides a complete and accurate MLA citation: