A professor gave us an assignment based on one of three websites. The website I chose has multiple pages, each with a title, but none of the pages have titles. When citing a fact or quotation from a certain page, should I use the page's title in the in-text citation?
No. When citing websites, you don't refer to pages or sections, etc. Just the website, as follows --
You need to have each source of information cited in TWO places:
1. the Works Cited page that is placed after the last page of your paper, and
2. in parentheses in the text of your paper, immediately after the quotation or paraphrase.
For example, this would go on the Works Cited page (with proper indentation for the second and following lines):
Du Bois, W.E.B. The Souls of Black Folk. Chicago, 1903. Project Bartleby. Ed. Steven van Leeuwen. Dec. 1995. Columbia U. 2 Dec. 2003
<www.cc.columbia.edu/acis/bartleby/dubois/>.
... and this would go immediately after the quotation or whatever:
(Du Bois)
The information in parentheses in the text needs to be as brief as possible. That's why there's a Works Cited page – for all the details of the listing.
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Here's a good place for information on citing in MLA format:
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Hold your cursor over the words CITING SOURCES in the left column and then click on whatever type of source you need help with. Many examples will show up. You will get two examples for each type of reference – one for the Works Cited page and one for the parenthetical (in-text) citation.
When citing a fact or quotation from a website page that does not have a title, you can use the website's domain name or a shortened version of the URL in the in-text citation. However, it is important to note that the specific citation style you are using may have its own guidelines for citing sources without titles.
To properly cite a source without a title from a specific page on a website, you can follow these steps:
1. Start with the author's name, if available. If the page does not have an identifiable author, you can skip this step.
2. Include the website's domain or name. This will serve as a substitute for the page title.
3. Add a shortened version of the URL leading directly to the page you are referencing. The purpose of including the URL is to enable readers to access the exact page you used as a source.
Here is an example of an in-text citation for a website page with no title using the website domain and a shortened URL:
According to the information provided on the page, the current population of tigers is estimated to be around 3,900 (World Wildlife Fund, "www.worldwildlife.org/tigerpopulations").
In this example, "World Wildlife Fund" represents the website domain, and "www.worldwildlife.org/tigerpopulations" is the shortened URL leading directly to the page you referenced.