- Book with one author
- Book with two authors (or editors)
- Book with three or more authors
- An edition of a book
- Book with editor or translator
- Book with group/corporate author
- Book with no given author, including The Bible
- Book available online
- Ebook
- Comic book
Book With One Author
In-text Citation
Works Cited
Author’s Last Name, First Name. Title of Book. Publisher, Year of Publication.
Example:
Notice:
Book with Two Authors (or Editors)
In-Text citation
Include all the authors' names. Precede the last name with "and."
Works Cited
Example:
Book with Three or More Authors
In-Text Citation
Works Cited
Example:
Messenger, William E., et al. The Canadian Writer's Handbook. 4th ed., Oxford UP, 2005.
Notice:
An Edition of a Book
In-Text citation
Include both authors' names. Precede the second name with "and."
Works Cited
Example:
Book with Editor or Translator
In-Text Citation
Works Cited - Editor
Example:
Works Cited - Translator
Example:
Notice:
- The names of the editor or translator are put in the usual order, first name followed by surname.
- The second example shows a book with both a translator and an editor. The translator comes before the editor; a comma separates these elements.
Reference to Editor or Translator
In-Text Citation
Works Cited
Book with Group, Corporate or Entity Author
In-Text Citation
(American Allergy Association 30)
Works Cited
Group author and publisher the same
Title of Book. Number of ed., Publisher, Year of Publication.
MLA Handbook. 8th ed., The Modern Language Association of America, 2016.
Group author and publisher different
Group Author's Name. Title of Book. Publisher, Year of Publication.
Example:
National Audubon Society. Field Guide to African Wildlife. Knopf, 1995.
Notice:
Book with No Given Author, including the Bible
In-Text Citation
(The Holy Bible. King James Version, Gen. 1.31)
Works Cited
Title. Publisher, Year of Publication.
The Holy Bible. King James Version, Penguin, 1974.
For The Bible, the title is followed by the version, then a comma, and then the publisher.
Notice:
- The full title, if brief, or an abbreviated version goes in the parenthetical in-text citation, followed by page number or other identification.
- When abbreviating a title for a parenthetical citation, start with the word under which the title is alphabetized in the works cited list, in this example: "Holy."
- The full title name goes in the works cited list; however, alphabetize the source excluding "a" "an" or "the." The example here would go under "H" not "T."
- Editions of the Bible are based on named versions of the text. The name of the version, in this example, the King James Version, follows the title.
Book Available Online
In-Text Citation
Works Cited
Montgomery, L.M. Anne of Green Gables. L.C. Page & Co., 1908. Project Gutenberg, www.gutenberg.org/files/45/45-h/45-h.htm#link2HCH0001.
If your source offers a stable URL or permalink, use that. If a doi is available, use that over a URL or a stable URL. For the URL, https:// is not necessary.
Ebook
In-Text Citation
Works Cited
Austen, Jane. Pride and Prejudice. 1813. Kindle ed., W.W. Norton, 2000.
Notice:
- As the example is a republished book, the date of the original publication can be put before the publication information. This information is considered optional, according to MLA 9th edition.
- For version, Kindle file is also correct.
Comic Book
In-Text Citation
(Classics Comic Store and Charles Dickens 6)