Mla format in text citation with no author

Note: This post relates to content in the eighth edition of the MLA Handbook. For up-to-date guidance, see the ninth edition of the MLA Handbook.

When a work is published without an author’s name, begin the works-cited-list entry with the title of the work. Do not use Anonymous in place of an author’s name:

For works created by a corporate author—an institution, a government body, or another kind of organization—list that entity as the author:

An exception: if a corporate author is also the work’s publisher, list that entity as the publisher and skip the “Author” slot:

Cite these works in your text by title or by corporate author—that is, by the first item in the works-cited-list entry:

Review a source carefully before deciding that it has no author. It’s important to credit authors for their work.