Mla Format Without Author
Imagine you find a brilliant, authorless article titled “How to Make Friends with a Squirrel” on the website SquirrelHQ. Your in-text citation looks like: (“How to Make Friends” 4). See? No panic, no detective work—just a title and a number.
On your Works Cited, it’d look like: “How to Make Friends with a Squirrel.” SquirrelHQ, 15 Mar. 2026, www.squirrelhq.com/friends. Notice the title is in quotes, the site name is italicized, and the date is there. Boom—you’re a citation wizard.
MLA citation with NO author (works cited and in-text) - YouTube
What If the Source Starts with “A” or “The”?
Oh, you tricky alphabetizer. Yes, you still alphabetize by the first word of the title that isn’t “A,” “An,” or “The.” So an article called “The Best Pizza in the World” would go under B for “Best.” It’s like playing hide-and-seek, but the rules are spelled out for you.
And don’t worry—your professor won’t deduct points for this. They’ll just be impressed you didn’t freak out when the author vanished.