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    Listed below are links to creditable news outlets websites.

     

    Pittsburgh's largest newspaper and a great source of local and national news.
The Post-Gazette began its history as a four-page weekly called The Pittsburgh
Gazette, first published on July 29, 1786.
Pittsburgh Post-Gazette

     

    Pittsburgh's 2nd largest newspaper and, likewise, a good source of local and
national news.
Founded on August 22, 1811, as the Greensburg Gazette and in 1889 consolidated
with several papers into the Greensburg Tribune-Review.
Pittsburgh Tribune-Review

     

    Despite its name, this is a nonsecular news source. It was originally created as
a response to the Yellow Journalism of Joseph Pulitzer's New York World. The
Monitor's mission should be "to injure no man, but to bless all mankind"
The Christian Science Monitor

     

    The Associated Press delivers in-depth coverage on today's Big Story including
top stories, international, politics, lifestyle, business, entertainment, and more
Associated Press

     

    A constantly refreshing search engine of news sites. Contains both national
and international news.
->Warning! Google is *not* a news media outlet. It is a search engine. It does
not have any reporters. You will have to cite the source website.
Google News

     

    A news organization that is focused on delivering "positive" news. The paper
claims to "report on positive developments from across the world and take a
solution-focused perspective on the challenges facing society"
    Positive News

     

    It's the BBC! The world's oldest, and largest newsource, the British Broadcasting 
    Corporation is a source of non-biased news on the world's stage

    BBC

     

    A  world leader in geography, cartography and exploration, National 
    Geographic is where you want to go for an     article on science. 
    National Geographic

     

    In cooperation with titular museum, this magazine looks at the topics and 
    subject matters  researched, studied and exhibited by the Smithsonian 
    Institution: science, history, art, popular culture and innovation.
    Smithsonian Magazine

     

    Citing a website:

    This resource, updated to reflect the MLA Handbook (8th ed.), offers examples
for the general format of MLA research papers, in-text citations,
endnotes/footnotes, and the Works Cited page.
Purdue OWL: MLA General Format

     

    Easy to use and easy to mimic, this website offers you plenty of help in
generating a citation 
 How to Cite a Website in MLA 7
    


Citing a website with an author

Structure:

Last, First M. “Article Title.”Website Title. Website Publisher, Date Month
     Year Published. Web. Date Month Year Accessed.






Citing a website with no author

Note: Depending on the content, credible websites do not always include authors.

Structure:
“Website Article.” Website Title. Website Publisher, Date Month Year
     Published. Web. Date Month Year Accessed.