LibGuides: MLA Citation Guide (MLA 9th Edition): Government & Professional Organization Documents

Government & Professional Organization Documents

Government/Professional Organization Document from a Website
Government/Professional Organization Document in Print

Note: If you are citing a page or article from a government website, see Citation examples for websites with individual or group author.

Government Document/Report from a Website

Works Cited List Citation

Author's Last Name, First Name if given. Title of Document. Edition if given and is not first edition, Name of Professional Organization or Government Department/Agency/Committee, Publication Date, URL. Accessed Day Month Year viewed (optional, add if there is no upload/publication date).

Notes:

If you are using a pdf version of the document, add at the following at the end of your citation: PDF download.

When a work is published by an organization that is also the author, begin the entry with the title. If the author of a work is a division or committee of the organization, list the division or committee as the author, and list the organization as the publisher.

Examples

Honouring the Truth, Reconciling for the Future: Summary of the Final Report of the Truth and Reconciliation Commission of Canada. Truth and Reconciliation Commission of Canada, 2015, www.trc.ca/assets/pdf/Honouring_the_Truth_Reconciling_for_the_Future_July_23_2015.pdf. PDF download.

Mashford-Pringle, Angela et al. What We Heard: Indigenous Peoples and COVID-19. Public Health Agency of Canada, Feb. 2021, www.canada.ca/content/dam/phac-aspc/documents/corporate/publications/chief-public-health-officer-reports-state-public-health-canada/from-risk-resilience-equity-approach-covid-19/indigenous-peoples-covid-19-report/cpho-wwh-report-en.pdf. PDF download.

Practice Standard: Code of Conduct. College of Nurses of Ontario, 2023, www.cno.org/globalassets/docs/prac/49040_code-of-conduct.pdf. PDF download.

In-Text Citation

Required elements:

If author is known, include author last name and page number (if given)
If author is not listed, include title of document (in Italics) and page number (if given). If the source has a long title, you may shorten it in your in-text citation by using the first word/phrase from the title.

Parenthetical style examples

(Honouring the Truth 15)

(Mashford-Pringle et al. 24)

(Practice Standard 7)

Narrative style example

Mashford-Pringle et al. state that "insert quote here" (24).

Government Document/Report in Print

Works Cited List Citation

Author's Last Name, First Name if given. Title of Document: Subtitle if Given. Edition if given and is not first edition, Name of Professional Organization or Government Department/Agency/Committee, Publication Date.

Example

Honouring the Truth, Reconciling for the Future: Summary of the Final Report of the Truth and Reconciliation Commission of Canada. Truth and Reconciliation Commission of Canada, 2015.

In-Text Citation

Required elements:

If author is known, include author last name and page number (if given)
If author is not listed, include title of document (in Italics) and page number (if given). If the source has a long title, you may shorten it in your in-text citation by using the first word/phrase from the title.

Example

(Honouring the Truth 15)