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The MLA (Modern Language Association) has introduced a simplified method of documentation. All that is required is that the student puts the author's name and the page number in parentheses after the statement to be documented. The work is then listed in Works Cited at the end of the essay. Footnotes or endnotes are no longer necessary.

For example, a reference to Charles Dicken's A Tale of Two Cities would appear like this in an essay:
Most central to his point of view is that it was really "the worst of times." (Dickens, 3)

If, however, you mention the author's name within the text, you need only give the page number. In this case, the above example would read:
Most central to Dickens' point of view is that it was really "the worst of times." (3)

When more than one book by the same author is listed, the title as well as the author and page number must be identified. The title of the book can be abbreviated but still must be recognizable. If, for example, two books by Charles Dickens were used, we could have:
Most central to his point of view is that it was really "the worst of times." (Dickens, Tale, 3)

When a personal or corporate web site is used then the citation should be the name of the author (if known) OR the name of the corporation and the page title or name if more than one page is used from this author or corporation: 
Bill Gates said that "he doesn't use Java." (WiredNews, "The pot is boiling over")
Sun Microsystems CEO Scott McNealy responded later the next day that "he has no Windows in his house." (WiredNews)