If a work does not list an author, use the title in your in-text citation instead. It is often better to refer to the title in your sentence rather than in parentheses:

In parenthesis, use the title, usually shortened. For instructions on shortening titles, see section 2.120 of the MLA Handbook. Use quotation marks around the titles of articles, chapters, short stories or poems, and web pages. Italicize the titles of books, journals, newspapers, magazines, and entire websites:

2 authors

When citing works with 2 authors, always include both last names in your text:

3 or more authors

If you are referring to the work's authors in your sentence rather than in parentheses, you may list all the authors' names, or you may provide the name of the first author followed by the phrase "and other" or "and colleagues."

If you are writing the authors' names in a parenthetical citation, list the first author followed by "et al."

In a sentence:

In parenthesis:

When the original source doesn't have any page numbers, it is often better to identify the author in your sentence, and not use parenthesis at all:

However, you can still put the author’s name in parenthesis if you prefer:

Refer to the person(s) you are quoting in the text. In parenthesis, use the abbreviation “qtd. in” and cite the author(s) of the source you used and the page number where the quotation occurs. In your works cited list, only cite the source you actually consulted—in the example below, you would only cite Hillman in your works cited list.