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MLA Works Cited

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Government Document MLA Works Cited

Cite the author if the author is identified. Otherwise, start with the name of the national government, followed by the agency (including any subdivisions or agencies) that serves as the organizational author.
The government department may be the publisher and the place of publication may be the city of the department's head office

Format:

Last, First [or] Government Department. Title of Document. Location: Publisher, Year published. Print.

Fitzgerald, Robin. Fear of Crime and the Neighbourhood Context in Canadian Cities. Ottawa: Statistics Canada, 2008. Print.
United States. Dept. of Labor. Employment and Training Administration. Dictionary of Occupational Titles. Washington: GPO, 1977. Print.

URLs are no longer required. Only include URL if reader will be unlikely to find article otherwise or teacher requires it.
Library Database: Provide the same information as you would for a printed journal article and add the name of the database in italics, and indicate the publication medium as Web and the date of access.
NOTE - If there are no page numbers, or if the page numbers for each article in a journal appear in a new sequence for each item rather than continuously across the entire issue, write n. pag.

Format:

Last, First [or] Government Department. Title of Document. City: Publisher, Year published. Library Database [if available]. Web. Date accessed.

Canada. Environment Canada. Transportation Division. Fleet Average Nox Emission Performance of 2007 Model Year Light-Duty Vehicles, Light-Duty Trucks and Medium-Duty Passenger Vehicles. Ottawa: Environment Canada, 2009. Web. 13 Feb. 2010.
United Nations. Committee on the Elimination of Discrimination against Women. Canada. Dept. of the Secretary of State of Canada. Report of Canada's Delegation: Review of Canada's Second Report on the Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination against Women by the United Nations Committee on the Elimination of Discrimination against Women. {Ottawa: Dept. of the Secretary of State?, 1990. Web.