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MLA 9th Edition: Print Book

Help with formatting an MLA research project, creating a Works Cited page and citing sources in the text.

Print Book -- 1, 2, or 3 Authors -- Templates

Works Cited

Author's Last Name, Author's First Name. Book Title. Publisher,

Publication Date.

Author's Last Name, Author's First Name, and Author's First Name

Author's Last Name. Book Title. Publisher, Publication Date.

Author's Last Name, Author's First Name, et al. Book Title. Publisher,

Publication Date.

 

 

 

 

Print Book -- No Author -- Template

Works Cited

Book Title. Publisher, Publication Date.

Print Book -- Author -- Citation Examples

Works Cited

Belleville, Bill. Salvaging the Real Florida: Lost and Found in the State

of Dreams. UP of Florida, 2011.

Dubner, Stephen, and Steven Levitt. When to Rob a Bank: ...And 131

More Warped Suggestions and Well-Intended Rants. Morrow,

2015.

Moore, Randy, et al. Chronology of the Evolution-Creationism

Controversy. Greenwood P, 2010.

 

 

 

Print Book -- No Author -- Citation Examples

Works Cited

American Heritage Guide to Contemporary Usage and Style. Houghton

Mifflin, 2005.

Atlas of World Heritage: China. Better Link P, 2008.

Print Book -- In-Text Citation -- Examples

According to Belleville, "A direct quote from the book" (25). In

addition, Dubner and Levitt state, "A direct quote from this book" (33).

"You may also add the author's last name and page number after the

quote" (Moore et al. 119)

or

A paraphrased sentence will have the author's name and the

page number, if available, at the end (Belleville 25). When

paraphrasing two authors, the in-text citation includes both of their

names (Dubner and Levitt 33). In addition, if the resource is authored

by three or more authors, the citation includes an abbreviation for "and

others" (Moore et al. 198).

Print Book -- In-Text Citation -- Examples

In the book, America Heritage Guide to Contemporary Usage

and Style, it is noted that, "A direct quote from this book" (455).

or

Typically, a paraphrased sentence will have the author's name

and the page number at the end in parentheses. When paraphrasing from

an book without a named author, use the title of the book for the

citation and the page number (Atlas of World Heritage:

China 142).