Start with the author of the page/web article, then the title of the web page/article, title of the website, the publisher (if different from the title of the website), publication date, URL (without the "http://"), and access date if relevant/needed.
Works Cited Citation Example
Key:
Author. "Title of the Source/Article." Title of the Website, Publisher if different from the title of the website, date of publication/update, URL. Accessed date.
Example:
Allen, Rachel. "How an Extraordinary Coincidence Inspired Lois Lowry's New Book About World
War II." Slate, 22 Apr. 2020, slate.com/culture/2020/04/lois-lowry-on-the-horizon-interview-
world-war-ii.html. Accessed 26 Apr. 2021.
Identify the Citation Elements from the Web Page
- Author
- "Title of the Article"
- Title of the Website
- Publisher
- date of publication in day month and year format
- URL
Works Cited Citation: Step-by-Step
Web Page - the publisher is the same as the website title
Allen, Rachael. 
"How an Extraordinary Coincidence Inspired Lois Lowry's New Book About World War II." 
Slate, 
22 Apr. 2020, 
slate.com/culture/2020/04/lois-lowry-on-the-horizon-interview-world-war-ii.html. 
Accessed 26 Feb. 2021.
- Author
- 1 author: last name first, then the first name [Smith, John.]
- 2 authors: [Smith, John and Jane Clark.]
- 3 or more authors: list first author mentioned and add et al. [Smith, John, et al.]
- corporate author - list if the name of the corporate author if it is different from the name of the publisher. If the name of the corporate author is the same as the publisher, then omit the author element, begin the citation with the title of the article, and place the author in the publisher spot.
- if the author (person or corporate), publisher, and name of the website are the same - start the citation with the title of the article, then list the title of the webpage (omit both the author and the publisher from the citation)
- "Title of Web Page."
- enclose in quotation marks
- use title capitalization
- Title of Website,
- italicize
- use title capitalization
- Publisher name (omit publisher if it has the same name as the title of the webpage, as in the example below)
- web page date of publication
- add in day month year format, as provided in the source
- abbreviate all months except May, June, and July
- URL ("https://" omitted)
- accessed date, if needed
- add in day month year format
- abbreviate all months except May, June, and July
In-Text Citation
Your sentence containing the paraphrase or "quotation" goes here followed by the in-text parenthetical citation in the body of your essay (Allen).
Example: Author, Title of Website, and Publisher are the same
"Anxiety Disorders." National Institute of Mental Health, July 2018, www.nimh.nih.gov/health/topics/anxiety-disorders. Accessed 3 Mar. 2021.
- Author (in this case, this is a corporate author/government agency that is also the publisher, so it gets omitted)
- "Title of the Article/page"
- in quotation marks
- title capitalization
- Title of the Website
- in italics
- title capitalization style
- Publisher (same as the title of the webpage so it gets omitted)
- date of publication/revision (date is at the bottom of the article)
- add in day month year format
- abbreviate all months except May, June, and July
- URL ("https://" omitted)
- date of access
- add in day month year format
- abbreviate all months except May, June, and July
In-Text Citation
Your sentence containing the paraphrase or "quotation" goes here followed by the in-text parenthetical citation in the body of your essay ("Anxiety Disorders").
