This is where it gets a little weird, but stay with me. On your Works Cited page, you start with the title. Weird, right? Normally we start with the author’s last name. Here, we’re starting with the title because, well, there’s no one else to start with.
Alphabetize it by the first major word of the title. So if the title begins with “The,” “A,” or “An,” skip that and use the next word. For example, The Art of War goes under “A,” not “T.” It’s like the title got a promotion to first in line.
Everything else stays the same. You list the container (journal, book, website), the publisher, the date, the URL if it’s online. The only difference? The title is now the star of the show. Give it a spotlight.
A Quick Example So You Don’t Cry
Imagine a website article called “How to Train Your Dragon in Five Days.” No author. Published by Dragon Weekly on March 15, 2026. Your citation looks like this:
“How to Train Your Dragon in Five Days.” Dragon Weekly, 15 Mar. 2026, www.dragonweekly.com/train-dragon-five-days.
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Notice the period after the title? Yes. The title ends with a period inside the quotation marks. Then everything else just flows. It’s like a sentence where the title is the subject. Grammar nerd alert – but it works.