If you are citing a print magazine essay republished on a website, follow the MLA format template and list the website as the container. Information about the original publication is optional and so may be provided in the optional-element slot at the end of the entry. You could also use the optional-element slot in the middle of the entry to provide the year of original publication. Or you could cite the website by itself without providing any information about the original. The examples below show three ways of citing a print essay republished on a website:

Kerouac, Jack. “The Vanishing American Hobo.” Hermitary, 2009, www.hermitary.com/lore/kerouac.html. Originally published in Holiday, 1960.

Kerouac, Jack. “The Vanishing American Hobo.” 1960. Hermitary, 2009, www.hermitary.com/lore/kerouac.html.

Kerouac, Jack. “The Vanishing American Hobo.” Hermitary, 2009, www.hermitary.com/lore/kerouac.html.