Comments on: How to cite a PDF in MLA https://www.scribbr.com/mla/pdf-citation/ The checkpoint for your thesis Thu, 16 Jun 2022 13:44:39 +0000 hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.0.2 By: Jack Caulfield https://www.scribbr.com/mla/pdf-citation/#comment-337164 Thu, 22 Apr 2021 12:48:07 +0000 https://www.scribbr.nl/?p=301544#comment-337164 In reply to Ariba.

Hi Ariba,

That’s a tricky situation. It’s probably best to assume the name listed is the author and to go for the report format (since, if it is part of a book, you presumably don’t know what the book is called, so you couldn’t really make a complete citation that way). Omit any information you can’t find, but make sure to include the URL and the words “PDF file” at the end; that way the reader can at least see how you accessed the source and why the citation might appear incomplete.

]]> By: Ariba https://www.scribbr.com/mla/pdf-citation/#comment-336413 Sat, 17 Apr 2021 15:17:38 +0000 https://www.scribbr.nl/?p=301544#comment-336413 Nothing’s missing, but I need to cite this PDF-ish thing for an assignment and there is no detail on it whatsoever, besides the name of someone who MIGHT be the author. How do I cite it then? It’s probably either a report or part of some kind of book (textbook maybe).

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