In-text citations
Online monitoring by the United States Department of the Interior over a one-week period found that employees’ use of “sexually explicit and gambling websites . . . accounted for over 24 hours of Internet use” and that “computer users spent over 2,004 hours accessing game and auction sites” during the same period (3).
A government study found that in one week, employees’ use of “sexually explicit and gambling websites . . . accounted for over 24 hours of Internet use” and that “computer users spent over 2,004 hours accessing game and auction sites” during the same period (United States, Dept. of the Interior, Office of Inspector General 3).
Explain
When a government agency is treated as the author, it is alphabetized in the list of works cited under the name of the government, such as “United States.” For this reason, you must name the government in your in-text citation.
Note that abbreviations are used in the works cited entry and in a parenthetical citation but not in a signal phrase.
Works cited entry
United States. Dept. of the Interior. Office of Inspector General. “Excessive Indulgences: Personal Use of the Internet at the Department of the Interior.” Office of Inspector General. Dept. of the Interior, Sept. 1999. Web. 20 May 2009.
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Exercise: MLA documentation: in-text citations 1
Exercise: MLA documentation: in-text citations 2
Exercise: MLA documentation: in-text citations 3