Question

Select the entry that correctly uses MLA (2016) style for the works-cited entry (or entries) The student is quoting from "Surveillance: Taking It Downtown" by Brennan David published on March 28, 2010 in the Columbia Daily Tribune. The student accessed the article on the Web on June 9, 2010.

a. David, Brennan. "Surveillance: Taking It Downtown." Columbia Daily Tribune. Columbia Daily Tribune, 28 Mar. 2010. Web. 9 June 2010.
b. David, Brennan. "Surveillance: Taking It Downtown." Columbia Daily Tribune. 28 Mar. 2010. 9 June 2010.

Answer 1

David, Brennan. "Surveillance: Taking It Downtown." Columbia Daily Tribune, 28 Mar. 2010, www.columbiatribune.com/news/perspectives/surveillance-taking-it-downtown/article_d9197f56-2331-5d7f-9894-03efb04fe7b8.html. Accessed 9 June 2010.

Step-by-step explanation:

Since none of the given answers is correct, most likely due to an error in pasting them, let's take a look at the rules for quoting from an online article, which will help us answer the question.

MLA (2016) suggests rules for citing and quoting various documents.

For web articles, rules are as follows:

- the author's first and last name

- the title of the article

- the source of the article

- date of publishing

- URL or doi of the article

- accessing date

Note that the date od access is written with the word "Accessed" before it, unlike the date of publishing.

It is important to write the date of access because the article could've been changed or edited after it, resulting in some possible citing misinformation.