What follows below is a simplified version of MLA format for citing web sources in a Works Cited list. This version corresponds to what you'll find on pages 351-55 of everything's an argument.
If you want the full details of MLA format for web sources, check out the MLA Style section of the MLA website, and click on Frequently Asked Questions (or use this link).

A basic MLA-format citation for a web source uses the following items in the following order:

  1. name of the author or editor (sometimes you will have a corporate author)
  2. title (or sometimes two titles if you are working with a source that is part of a larger web site or part of an online magazine, newspaper, or journal--see examples below)
  3. date of publication or date of last update (if available)
  4. the name of any institution or organization associated with the site (sometimes called the sponsoring organization)
  5. date you accessed the site (access date)
  6. URL in angle brackets <   >

Note: Not all of the above items are available for all web sources, so list whatever information you have. Keep the information in the order noted above, even if you omit an item.

It is sometimes quite hard to figure out exactly what kind of web source you are looking at, so do the best you can to list your web sources appropriately.

Here are a few sample citations for typical web sources. Consult ea [or LBCH], or check with me, if you are using a source not "sampled" below:

Article in an online journal**

Rimsza, Mary E. et. al. “Can Child Deaths Be Prevented? The Arizona Child Fatality Review
      Program Experience.” Pediatrics 110.1 (July 2002). 21 Oct. 2003
      <http://www.pediatrics.org/cgi/content/full/110/1/e11>.

Article in an online magazine or newspaper**

Kaplan, Robert D.  “A Post-Saddam Scenario.” The Atlantic Online  November 2002. 19 Oct.
      2003  <http://www.theatlantic.com/issues/2002/11/kaplan.htm>.

Knickmeyer, Ellen. “Iraqi Ballot: Two Options, No Real Choice.” The Seattle Times 14 Oct.
      2002. 21 Oct. 2003  
     <http://archives.seattletimes.nwsource.com/cgi-bin/texis.cgi/web/vortex/
      display?slug=iraqvote14&date=20021014&query=Iraq+AND+election>  

**SPECIAL SET-UP for articles from FindArticles.com:  If you use an article from FindArticles.com, then treat FindArticles.com as a sponsoring organization (see #4 above) and list it in your citation between the publication date and the access date. See the example below (note that the item used for the example has no author, so the citation begins with the title of the article):

"Iraq's Future: Stability or Revolution? Kroll Report Reveals Long and Difficult Path to Stability."
        Business Wire 27 June 2003. FindArticles.com. 23 Oct. 2003
        <http://www.findarticles.com/cf_0/m0EIN/2003_June_27/104461130/p1/
        article.jhtml?term=%22post- +Iraq%22>.

A Professional or Personal Web Site

Tyner, Ross, and Walter Slany.  Sink or Swim: Internet Tools and Techniques. Spring 2001.
      Okanagan U. College Library.  20 Oct. 2003
     <http://www.ouc.bc.ca/libr/connect96/search.htm>.

Maui Humane Society. 19 Oct. 2003 <http://www.mauihumane.org/>.

One Part (section or page) of a Larger Web Site

Suler, John. “Working and Playing with Dreams.” Teaching Clinical Psychology.  Feb. 1997.
       22 Oct. 2003 <http://www.rider.edu/users/suler/dreams.html>.

“Occasions for Argumentative Essays.” Paradigm Online Writing Assistant. 27 Sep. 2001.
        20 Oct. 2003 <http://powa.org/argument/index.html>.