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MLA citation style

A guide to citing sources using MLA Style, 9th edition

Government documents

MLA advises if you are working with very few government sources to “treat them just like any other source written by an organization” (see section 5.20). Record the name as presented in the source.

Sample Works Cited entries:

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.

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.