Click on the plus sign (+) or name of the source type to see examples below.
See also MLA Handbook: 9th Edition, pages 303-319.
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Last Name, First Name Initial. Title of Book: Subtitle if Present. Publisher, Year.
Example:
Laskas, Jeanne M. Concussion. Random House, 2015.
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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.
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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.
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Organization Name. Title: Subtitle. Publisher, Year.
Example:
National Research Council. Beyond Six Billion: Forecasting the World's Population. National Academy Press, 2000.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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.