Unknown author

Beginning of works cited entry (work on a Web site)

“Living Old.”

Beginning of works cited entry (book)

Oxford Atlas of the World.

Complete works cited entry (work on a Web site)

“Living Old.” Frontline. WGBH Educ. Foundation, 21 Nov. 2006. Web. 19 Jan. 2009.

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Complete works cited entry (book)

Oxford Atlas of the World. 14th ed. New York: Oxford UP, 2007. Print.

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Explain

  • When the author of a work is unknown, begin with the work’s title.

  • Titles of articles and other short works, such as brief documents from Web sites, are put in quotation marks. Titles of books and other long works, such as entire Web sites, are italicized.

  • Before concluding that the author of a Web source is unknown, check carefully. Also remember that an organization may be the author.

Directory to MLA works cited models

Exercise: MLA documentation: identifying elements of sources

Exercise: MLA documentation: Works cited 1

Exercise: MLA documentation: Works cited 2

Exercise: MLA documentation: Works cited 3

Exercise: MLA documentation