How to Cite a Policy Brief in MLA Format

All sources that you use to write your paper should be included in a reference list. The reference list is your opportunity to provide your reader with full bibliographic information for all your sources. If you need to cite a policy brief according to Modern Language Association guidelines, simply follow the format for citing a non-periodical web page.

Instructions

    • 1

      Begin your citation with the author's last name, followed by the first name. For example:

      Smith, Janet.

      If the policy brief is not credited to an individual author, list the name of the company or organization that issued it, followed by a period.

    • 2

      List the title in quotation marks, followed by a period. For example:

      "The Rationale Behind Planned Obsolescence."

    • 3

      List the name of the website in italics, followed by a period. For example:

      walmart.com.

    • 4

      List the name of the publisher and the date of publication, followed by a period. Place a comma in between the publisher and date. If no publisher is listed, use "n.p." If no date of publication is given, use "n.d." For example:

      n.p., 11 Mar. 2005.

    • 5

      List "web" as the format of publication, followed by a period.

    • 6

      List the date on which you accessed the brief. For example:

      19 Feb. 2009.

      The full citation should appear as follows:

      Smith, Janet. "The Rationale Behind Planned Obsolescence." walmart.com. n.p., 11 Mar. 2005. Web. 19 Feb. 2009.

      MLA style no longer requires the use of URLs when citing web documents. However, if you wish to include the URL, you may do so by enclosing it in angle brackets and positioning it at the end of your citation. For example:

      Smith, Janet. "The Rationale Behind Planned Obsolescence." walmart.com. n.p., 11 Mar. 2005. Web. 19 Feb. 2009. <http://www.walmart.com/56289820->

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