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MLA Bibliography: Book Sources
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Basic MLA Book Formatting
• The basic MLA book bibliographic citation:
Last name, First name. Title of Book in italics. Place of Publication: Publisher, Year of Publication. Medium of Publication.
Changes to this basic format will be added in red.
• This format will change slightly based on book type.
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Book with a Single Author
• Format:Last name, First name. Title of Book in italics. Place
of Publication: Publisher, Year of Publication. Medium of Publication.
• Example:Silverstein, Shell. Where the Sidewalk Ends. New
York: Harper Collins Publishers, 1974. Print.
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Book with Multiple Authors
• Format:Last name, First name of first listed author and first name
last name of second and subsequent authors. Title of Book in italics. Place of Publication: Publisher, Year of Publication. Medium of Publication.
• Example:Gaiman, Neil and Dave McKean. MirrorMask: The Illustrated
Film Script of the Motion Picture from The Jim Henson Company. New York: William Morrow, 2005. Print.
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Anthology or Collection (Books with Editor(s))
• Format:– Last name, First name, ed. Title of Book in italics. Place of
Publication: Publisher, Year of Publication. Medium of Publication.
• If several editors exist, the same format is followed for a book with multiple authors.
• Example:Hartman, Virginia and Barbara Esstman, eds. A More Perfect
Union: Poems and Stories about the Modern Wedding. New York: St. Martin’s Press, 1998. Print.
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A Work within an Anthology
• Format:Last name, First name.“Title of Essay”. Title of Book in
italics. Ed. Editor(s) name(s). Place of Publication: Publisher, Year of Publication. Page range of entry. Medium of Publication.
• Example:Epping, Myra. “Conrad and the Carnivore”. A More
Perfect Union: Poems and Stories about the Modern Wedding. Eds. Virginia Hartman and Barbara Esstman. New York: St. Martin’s Press, 1998. 13-26. Print.
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An Introduction, Foreword, Preface, or Afterword in a Book
• Format if the writer of the cited piece is different than the author of the book:
Last name, First name. Title of cited piece. Title of Book in italics. By Book Author. Place of Publication: Publisher, Year of Publication. Pages of cited piece. Medium of Publication.
• Example:Kennedy II, Joseph P. Preface. The Irish in America. By
Michael Coffey, Ed. New York: Hyperion, 1997. ix-x. Print.