Corporate author (MLA)

In-text citations

MLA-59

The American Diabetes Association estimates that the cost of diagnosed diabetes in the United States in 2012 was $245 billion.

The cost of diagnosed diabetes in the United States in 2012 was estimated at $245 billion (Amer. Diabetes Assn.).

Explain

  • When the author is a corporation or an organization, name the corporate author either in the signal phrase (as in the first example) or in the parentheses (as in the second example).
  • Use common abbreviations in the parentheses (Amer. Diabetes Assn.) but not in the signal phrase.
  • In the list of works cited, the American Diabetes Association is treated as the author and alphabetized under A.

Works cited entry

American Diabetes Association. "Statistics about Diabetes." American Diabetes Association, 1 Apr. 2016, www.diabetes.org/diabetes-basics/statistics.

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Government agency as author