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MLA Style Guide, 9th Edition: Book with Organization as Author

This LibGuide reflects the changes to MLA style as directed by the MLA Handbook, Ninth Edition

Additional Information

When citing an electronic source, the title of the eBook or database provider goes on line 3 of Container #2, and is written in italics. According to MLA Handbook, 9th ed., the permalink and the Accessed Date are optional. Check with your instructor to clarify if you need to include the permalink and the Accessed Date for eBooks from online databases available through Taft College Library. Check out our tutorial, How to Locate Permalinks for eBooks found in online databases.

*Please note that the citations below are not formatted with a hanging indent due to formatting restrictions.  Please make sure you set your MS Word document to hanging indent with .5" spaces.  

Works with Organization as Author

Material Type In-text Citation Works Cited

Book with organization as author  

(National Fire Protection Association 59)

National Fire Protection Association. Fundamentals of Firefighting Skills. 2nd ed., Jones and Bartlett, 2009.

Book with organization as author and publisher    

(Publication 3)

Publication Manual of the American Psychological Association. 6th ed., American Psychological Association, 2009.