The author might be listed in an “article info” section, under the article title, or at the end of the article in an “about the author” section. Note that if you can’t find the author, your APA in-text citations will use the article title instead. Check out our complete guide to parenthetical citations for more info.

You can also try looking at the “term of use” page to find more information about the publisher.

Look for “contact information” or “contact us” in the website’s footer.

Visit whois. icann. org and enter the website address into the search field. Look for the “Registrant Contact” information to find who registered the domain. You can still try to contact the owner through their proxy email if the registration information is blocked.

If you’re looking for more citation information, check out our guide on citing sources in MLA format.

You can typically find the publisher at the bottom of the page, in the copyright information.

MLA7 no longer requires including the URL for websites. The page title and site title are sufficient. Check with your instructor if you use MLA for your citation format. [2] X Research source You don’t need to include the “https://” part of the URL. [3] X Trustworthy Source Purdue Online Writing Lab Trusted resource for writing and citation guidelines Go to source

For most publications, you can find the DOI at the top of the article. You may need to click an “Article” button or a button with the publisher’s name. This will open the full article with the DOI at the top. You can look up a DOI by using the CrossRef search (crossref. org). Enter in the article title or the author to find the DOI. Some journal articles will have a button called “cite this source” or similar. This will generate the citation automatically for the article!

MLA: Author <Last, First M>. “Article Title. " Website Title. Version Number. Website Publisher, Date Published. Web. Date Accessed. [6] X Research source Use “n. p. " if there is no publisher and “n. d. " if there is no publishing date. APA: Author <Last, F>. Article Title. (Date Published). Website Title, Issue/Volume Number, Pages Referenced. Retrieved from [7] X Research source

Use “n. p. " if there is no publisher and “n. d. " if there is no publishing date.