Citing Books - MLA

Citing Books

Find as many of the components as you can. If there are components you can't find (no edition or no volume) then skip it and move on to the next. Notice punctuation and font (italics): these are important! The Medium of Publication for books is "Print".

Components:

1. Author, Editor, Compiler, Translator Last Name, First.
2. Title of Work.
3. Edition.
4. Number(s) of the volume(s) used.
5. City of publication:
6. Name of publisher,
7. Year of publication.
8. Medium of publication. 

Depending on the source you used arrange the components to look like one of the following examples (don't forget to use hanging indentation and double spacing):

Book with one author

English, Carol. The Cliffs Won't Do: Read the Book. Philadelphia: McGraw Hill, 2004. Print. 

Two or More Books by the Same Author

Small, Chris. Please, Help Me Carry My Keys! Topeka: Rand, 2002. Print.

--- . Don't Measure a Chemist by Her Size. New York: Feminist, 2004. Print.

Book by Two or Three Authors

Drucker, Darla, and Amy Jones. How to Survive Your Wedding. New York: Simon, 2003. Print. 

Book by a Corporate Author

Springfield Township Family and Consumer Science Department. Cooking with Spice. New York: Scribner, 2003. Print.

Book with an Editor

Valenza, Joyce, ed. Bagels and Books: An Anthology. Brooklyn, NY: Random House, 2001. Print. 

Work in an Anthology

Smith, James. "The Physics of Sushi." The Fabulous Physics Paper. Ed. Samuel Klein. Rome:Cambridge UP, 2004. 46-59. Print.

An Edition Other Than the First

Peters, Michael. Keeping Your Classroom Neat and Clean. 4th ed. Philadelphia: Lysol, 2005. Print

A Signed Article in a Reference Book

Allen, Anita L. "Privacy in Health Care." Encyclopedia of Bioethics. Ed. Stephen G. Post. 3rd ed. Vol. 4. New York: Macmillan, 2004. Print.

An Unsigned Article in a Reference Book

"Best Beards of All Time." Encyclopedia of Anatomy and Hair. 15th ed. 2003. Print.