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MLA 9th Edition

Works Cited - Books

Click on the plus sign (+) or name of the source type to see examples below. 

See also MLA Handbook: 9th Edition, pages 303-319.

AUTHORS

 Format:

Last Name, First Name Initial. Title of Book: Subtitle if Present. Publisher, Year.

 Example:

 Laskas, Jeanne M. Concussion. Random House, 2015.

Format:

 Last Name, First Name, and First Name Last Name. Title of Book: Subtitle if Present. Publisher, Year.

 Example:

 Block, Jay A., and Michael Betrus. 101 Best .Com Resumes and Cover Letters. McGraw, 2001.

Format:

 Last Name, First Name Initial., et al. Title of Book: Subtitle if Present. Publisher, Year.

 Example:

Adler, Ronald B., et al. Interplay: The Process of Interpersonal Communication. Oxford UP, 2012.

Format:

 Organization Name. Title: Subtitle. Publisher, Year.

 Example:

National Research Council. Beyond Six Billion: Forecasting the World's Population. National Academy Press, 2000.


EDITORS

Format:

 Last Name, First Name Initial, editor. Title of Book: Subtitle if Present. Publisher, Year.

 Example:

 Vecchione, Patrice, editor. Revenge and Forgiveness: An Anthology of Poems. Henry Holt, 2004.

Format:

Last Name, First Name, and First Name Last Name, editors. Title of Book: Subtitle if Present. Publisher, Year.

 Example: 

Rampersad, Arnold, and Hilary Herbold, editors. The Oxford Anthology of African-American Poetry. Oxford UP, 2006.

Format:

Last Name, First Name Initial., et al., editors. Title of Book: Subtitle if Present. Publisher, Year.

 Example: 

Chalmers, John W., et al. The Alberta Diamond Jubilee Anthology. Hurtig, 1979.


EBOOKS

Format:

Author Last Name, First Name. Title of Ebook: Subtitle if Present. Publisher, Year. Title of Database or Website, URL without http://.

 Example:

Strong, Jeremy, et al. Genre Matters : Essays in Theory and Criticism. Intellect, 2006. EBSCOhost, search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&db=e000xna&AN=126854&site=eds-live&scope=site.


TRANSLATED BOOKS

Format:

Last Name, First Name, translator. Title of Book: Subtitle if Present. By Author First Name Last Name, Publisher, Year.

 Example:

Keeland, Reg, translator. The Girl Who Played With Fire. By Stieg Larsson, Penguin Canada, 2009.


WORK FROM A COLLECTION OR ANTHOLOGY

Format:

Author Last Name, First Name. "Title of Section."  Title of Book, edited by First Name Last Name, xth ed., Publisher, Year, pp. xx-xx.

 Example

Ondaatje, Michael. "Letters and Other Worlds." The Harbrace Anthology of Poetry, edited by Jon C. Stott and Raymond E. Jones, 5th ed., Nelson, 2012, pp. 338-339.