BOOK REVIEW

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How to cite a book review in MLA

MLA format is a preferred style of citing sources and writing academic papers in the field of humanities and liberal arts. The MLA Handbook 8th Edition suggests the following pattern of

citing a book review:

Author of the review (Grimes, William.) Title of the review ("Beyond Mandalay, the Road to Isolation and Xenophobia.") Title of the reviewed work and its author (Review of The River of Lost Footsteps: Histories of Burma, by Thant Myint-U.) Information about the source, date, and pages (New York Times, 13 Dec. 2006, pp. E8+.)

Here is how a properly formatted book review should look in MLA style:

Grimes, William. "Beyond Mandalay, the Road to Isolation and Xenophobia." Review of The River of Lost Footsteps: Histories of Burma,

by Thant Myint-U. New York Times, 13 Dec. 2006, pp. E8+.

How to cite a book review in  APA

Within social studies, sources are commonly referenced under the APA guidelines. If you need to apply this formatting style to

reference a book review, use the following model:

Author of the review (Dudai, R.) Year of publication (2006) Title of the review (Understanding perpetrators in genocides and mass atrocities.) Title of the reviewed work and its author ([Review of the book Becoming Evil: How Ordinary People Commit Genocide and Mass Killing, by J. Waller].) Information about the source and pages (The British Journal of Sociology, 57, 699-707. doi:10.1111/j.1468-4446.2006.00132.x)

Your cited book review formatted in APA style:

Dudai, R. (2006). Understanding perpetrators in genocides and mass atrocities. [Review of the book Becoming Evil: How Ordinary People

Commit Genocide and Mass Killing, by J. Waller]. The British Journal of Sociology, 57, 699-707. doi:10.1111/j.1468-4446.2006.00132.x

How to cite a book review in  Chicago

The Chicago style has two systems of referencing: Author-Date and Notes/Bibliography. Chicago suggests different styles of

citing sources depending on where the reference goes – immediately after the citation in the text or the list of references at the end of the paper. Ordinarily, you need to have it both ways:

an in-text citation and a bibliographic entry.

To cite a book review in Chicago style, you should replicate these examples:

Notes

James Gorman, "Endangered Species," review of The Last American Man, by Elizabeth Gilbert, New York Times Book Review, June 2, 2002, 16.

Bibliography

Gorman, James. "Endangered Species." Review of The Last American Man, by Elizabeth Gilbert. New York Times Book Review, June 2, 2002, 16.

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