MLA Style Guide - 7th Edition

If you're citing a website with no known author, what does the in-text citation look like?

Use a shortened version of the website title and use that in place of the author name.

If you wanted to cite the source at right, for instance, it would look like this:

(Guglielmo Marconi 45)

References to entire websites usually include the following elements:

Person who created the site (if known) last name, first name. Name of the Site. Name of the institution associated with the site; if not given, use n.p. Date of publication; if not given, use n.d. Medium of Publication (Web). Day Month Year of Access.

When there is no known author or editor:

When the author or editor is known:

* Note: Citations are single-spaced here, but be sure to double-space your Works Cited page.

References to an individual page within a larger website usually include the following elements:

Person who created the site (if known) last name, first name. "Title of the Page or Section." Title of Website. Name of the institution associated with the site; if not given, use n.p. Date of publication; if not given, use n.d. Medium of Publication (Web). Day Month Year of Access.

When there is no known author or editor:

When the author or editor is known:

* Note: Citations are single-spaced here, but be sure to double-space your Works Cited page.