Models and examples of in-text citation and reference list entry for a book without an author and a book without a date are given below. Book without author. Model and example of in-text citation: Books without an author usually, but not always, are given as parenthetical citations. If the book does not have an author, cite it by title. Add a lowercase letter after the year or -a letter if there is no year, for example. nd - a The Year-letter combination is used both in the text and in the reference list entry, even if the reference list entry has a more specific date. The order of letters is determined by the order of the reference list and not by the order of citations in the text. Smith, 2020b Citing a website in MLA style. An MLA Works Cited entry for a web page lists the author's name, page title in marks, site name in italics, publication date, and URL. The in-text citation usually simply states the author's name. For a long page, you can specify a shortened section header. Example of an end-of-text citation for an entire book without a DOI. Grellier, J. amp Goerke, V. 2018. Titles of stand-alone publications that are complete in themselves, such as an entire book or report, are formatted in italics in your end-of-text references. Titles of items that are part of a larger work, such as articles and.