How do i do a parenthetical citation with no author?

How do i do a parenthetical citation with no author?I have a source with no author's name. but just a really long title.

The title is "Childhood Obesity Causes Diabetes and Other Health Problems".

I know how to cite it in the back, but when it comes to parenthetically citation in MLA format for the paragraph i dont understand.

For example:

"Much more than an aesthetic issue, childhood obesity is a major health problem" (what do i put here?).

that's my question. i want to know if i put the parenthetical citation like this:

("Childhood Obestiy Causes Diabetes and Other Health Problems")

or

("Childhood...")

my teacher never throughly explained it to me and the more she does the more confused i am. so i am just wondering...is this right or can you please tell me the absolute correct format or citing this source in the paragraph in MLA format.
I have tried putting just (Childhood) but my teacher told me it was wrong and just circled it and never explained it to me.

sociald459
i would do it as childhood. or maybe you can use the name of the book/journal you got it from.

Big A
you would write the full thing (childhood obesity causes diabetes and other health problems). this is because parenthetical citation is nothing more than a reference to a works cited entry. when someone sees that citation they can go to your works cited page and find the source.

rangergordon
You'll need to find the author's name or at least the year of publication. Since it's just some random source you found on the Internet, some more research is probably necessary.

I suspect that, since Ramin Alemzadeh is the only person quoted in the article, he may himself be the author. You could contact him and ask him; his phone number and info are given on the Website.

Otherwise I suppose you'll have to find out the name of Medline's editor and use this format:

Medline. Editor. 15 Jan. 2001. Medical College of Wisconsin.
31 March 2008.

Then use (Medline 15 Jan. 2001) for the inline citation.

Will that work?

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I don't know why this site seems to add that extra '>' character in the URL attribution, but of course you just include the URL in angle brackets.

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