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How
to Cite Books (MLA)
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Type |
Format |
Example |
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BOOKS BY SINGLE AUTHOR
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Author. Title of Book. City, State:
Publisher, Year. Print.
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Valenti,
Frank. More
Than
a Movie.
Boulder, CO:
Westview Press, 2000. Print |
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BOOKS BY TWO AUTHORS |
Author, and Author. (Year). Title of
Book. City, State: Publisher, Year.
Print.
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Krisberg, Bertha, and John
Austin. Reinventing
Juvenile Justice.
Newbury Park, CA: Sage,
2001. Print.
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BOOKS BY MORE THAN THREE AUTHORS
If more than three authors, name only first
author with et. al. |
Author, et. al. Title of Book. City, State:
Publisher, Year. Print. |
Vaughn, Steve, et. al. Half
Empty Half Full.
Orlando, FL: Harcourt,
2008. Print.
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BOOKS WITH NO AUTHOR GIVEN
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Title of Book. (Year). City, State:
Publisher.
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World Almanac and Book of
Facts.
New York: Funk,
2007. Print.
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BOOKS WITH AN EDITOR
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Name of editor, ed. Title of Book. Edition
of book. City, State: Publisher,
Year. Print.
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Montney, Charles B., ed. Asian
American Information
Directory.
5th
ed.
Detroit, MI: Gale, 2008.
Print.
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Works
Cited
Krisberg, Bertha, and John Austin.
Reinventing Juvenile Justice. Newbury
Park, CA: Sage, 2001. Print.
Montney, Charles B, ed. Asian American
Information Directory. 5th ed.
Detroit: Gale, 2008. Print.
Valenti, Frank. More Than a Movie.
Boulder, CO: Westview Press, 2000.
Print.
Vaughn, Steve, et. al. Half Empty Half Full.
Orlando, FL: Harcourt, 2008.
Print.
World Almanac and Book of Facts.
New York: Funk, 2007. Print.
General
Information:
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Alphabetize your reference list by the first word of
the citation (usually the author's last name).
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Double space all of the citations on your reference
page.
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Indent the second & following lines of the citation
5-7 spaces.
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For more than three authors:
Wingert, Peter, et. al.
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