Re: MLA

--- Tim O'Connor <oconnort@nyu.edu> wrote:
>
> P.S. Do any scholars -- or anyone who reads *MLA documents for fun or
> professional enjoyment -- know what the status quo is for citing
> electronic communications/web sites/mailing lists/and other Internet
> resources? I'm curious because with only a few exceptions (e.g., the
> Wayback Machine) there are almost no creations for archiving what is
> online, making this all terrifyingly ephemeral. Moreso than your
> basic large-circulation 19th century newspaper, even!

Yes, of course I know this. It's just the sort of useless crap I'd know.
Here's the format for anything you can access through a webpage:

Last, First. “Name of Article or Page Title.” *Website Name*
     (Date visited) <http://www.webaddress.com>.

So, if I were referencing a post in the bananafish archive:

Fishman, Mattis. "A Perfect Day For a Bananafish-post."
     *Bananafish Archive: The JD Salinger Discussion List* (24 Oct. 2002)
     <http://www.roughdraft.org/JDS/JDS.ocon.apr00/0007.html>.

There are also ways to cite sources on cd-rom and other forms of
electronic media, but you'll have to look them up in the MLA Handbook for
specifics.

Regards,
Cecilia.

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Received on Thu Oct 24 23:23:42 2002