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MLA Style Guide 9th Edition

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Webpage, Author is a Corporation, Group, or Organization

 

Often, when it appears that a webpage has no author, the organization who publishes the site is also the author. When this is the case, use the organization as the author.

Refer to the core elements of MLA style to create references for websites. Remember, all elements may not apply to every source. If an element does not apply to your source, omit it from the reference.

See Tips for Online Sources for information about including URL's.

Webpage Corporation, Group, or Organization as Author

TEMPLATE:

Name of Organization. "Title of Document or Page." Name of Website. Date or Access Date, URL. 

 

EXAMPLE:

Mental Health Commission of Canada. "Mental Health Check-in: Helping Yourself and Others After Experiencing a Traumatic Event; Building a Self-Care Plan." 2019, https://bridgingthegap.mentalhealthcommission.ca/English/document/60986/helping-yourself-and-others-after-experiencing-traumatic-event-building-self-care-plan.
 
Note: If the name of the website is the same as the organization, then omit the name of the website.

There are different ways to format in-text citations based on your sentence structure and writing style.

If there are no assigned pages or paragraph numbers, omit this element from the in-text citation. Do not count pages or paragraphs.

Reference Information

MLA Style Center. Modern Language Association, 2021, style.mla.org. 
In-text Citation Guidelines

Examples                                                                                                           

 

Use the name of the Organization, Group, or Corporation in your in-text citation

 

Consider this a paraphrased sentence (Mental Health Commission of Canada).

 

Include the page number, if available.

 

Consider this a paraphrased sentence (Mental Health Commission of Canada​​​​​​​2).                        

 

Include the paragraph number, if available.

 

According to the Mental Health Commission of Canada​​​​​​​, "consider this a direct quote" (par. 22).

Remember, in-text citation formatting changes depending on a number of factors.