| 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 Government Department, Agency or Committee, Publication Date, URL. Accessed Day Month Year viewed (optional, add if there is no upload/publication date). Note: If the author is not provided, start with the name of the national government, followed by the agency that serves as the organizational author. Note: If you are using a pdf version of the document, add at the following at the end of your citation: PDF download.
Canada, Truth and Reconciliation Commission of Canada. Honouring the Truth, Reconciling for the Future: Summary of the Final Report of the 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. |
| In-Text Citation |
(Last Name Page Number if given), or if author is not given (Title of Document Page Number if given) Note: 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.
Examples: (Canada 15) (Mashford-Pringle et al. 24) |
| 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 Government Department, Agency or Committee, Publication Date.
U.S. Department of Labor. Occupational Outlook Handbook, 2014-2015. Skyhorse Publishing, 2014. |
| In-Text Citation |
(Last Name Page Number), or if author is not given (Title of Document Page Number) Note: 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.
Examples: (U.S. Department of Labor 15) |
Examples taken from the MLA Handbook: Ninth Edition.
| Works Cited List Citation |
Government Entity as Author. Name of Public Law. Title of Container, Date, Pages. Publisher, URL (if online).
United States, Congress. Public Law 111-122. United States Statutes at Large, vol. 123, 2009, pp. 3480-82. U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov/fdsys/pkg/STATUTE-123/pdf/STATUTE-123.pdf. |
| In-Text Citation |
(Government Entity Section) Note: 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: (United States Section 264) |
Examples taken from the MLA Handbook: Ninth Edition.
| Works Cited List Citation |
Government Entity as Author. Name of Case. Date of Decision. Title of Container, Publisher, URL.
Example: United States, Supreme Court. Brown v. Board of Education. 17 May 1954. Legal Information Institute, Cornell Law School, www.law.cornell.edu/supremecourt/text/347/483. |
| In-Text Citation |
(Government Entity )
Example: (United States Supreme Court) |
Examples taken from the MLA Handbook: Ninth Edition.