Organisation as Author


You may need to consult more than one section to accurately represent the source used (eg. number of authors and source descriptions)


Elements, punctuation & capitalisation

4. Name of Group/ Organisation, Title of Report (Place of Publication: Publisher's Name, Date of Publication), page number/s, URL or DOI (if consulted online).

Footnote examples

First entry:

6. Ministerial Advisory Committee, Plan Melbourne Review 2015: Report by the Ministerial Advisory Committee (Melbourne: State Government of Victoria, 2015), 56, http://www.planmelbourne.vic.gov.au/__data/assets/pdf_file/0006/377133/MAC_2015_Final_Report.pdf.

Second and subsequent entries:

7. Ministerial Advisory Committee, Plan Melbourne Review, 54.


Format for bibliography

Elements, punctuation & capitalisation

Name of Group/Organization. Title of Work. Place of Publication: Publisher's Name, Date of Publication. URL/ DOI (if consulted online).

Bibliography entry example

Ministerial Advisory Committee. Plan Melbourne Review 2015: Report by the Ministerial Advisory Committee. Melbourne: State Government of Victoria, 2015. http://www.planmelbourne.vic.gov.au/__data/assets/pdf_file/0006/377133/MAC_2015_Final_Report.pdf.


Style notes for this reference type

  • See Manual 14.220. See also Turabian 17.7.3.
  • For guidance on listing an organisation as an author, see Manual 14.84.
  • Cite reports and pamphlets as you would a book. If any elements of the citation are missing, include enough information to identify the document.
  • For sources consulted online, a URL or DOI should be included.
  • For online sources, include a publication date (or date of modification/revision). If no such date can be found, include an access date.


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