MLA Citation Format

MLA Citation Format

Pattern for Books in Paper Format	Sample Citations
Book: Single Author Author. Title. Place: Publisher, Date. Medium	Bolling, Linda. My Life with My Best Friend in Colorado. New York: Time-Life, 2010. Print.
Book: Two Authors First Author, and Second Author. Title. Place: Publisher, Date. Medium.	Uhlman, Liv, and Ingmar Bergman. Live Theatre. Englewood Cliffs, NJ: Salem P, 1992. Print.
Book: Three Authors First Author, Second Author, and Third Author. Title. Place: Publisher, Date. Medium.	Poll, Craig, Maria Pito, and Pedro Diaz. Life in France. Boston: Praeger, 2011. Print.
Book: More than Three Authors Author, et al. Title. Place: Publisher, Date. Medium.	Spencer, Jim, et al. Basic Math. San Jose: Ballard Books, 2010. Print.
Book: No Author Title. Edition (if given). Place: Publisher, Date. Medium.	Chicago Manual of Style. 15th ed. Chicago: U of Chicago P, 2009. Print.
Book with Group Author Group Name. Title. Edition (if given). Place: Publisher, Date. Medium.	American Psychological Association. Publication Manual of the American Psychological Association. 5th ed. Washington: APA, 2009. Print.
Book with Editor(s) Editor(s), eds. Title. Edition (if given). Place: Publisher, Date. Medium.	Dodson, Susan, and Becky Bourassa, eds. Feminist Literature. 2nd ed. Syracuse, NY: Norton, 2005. Print.
Selection from an Anthology Author (if given). “Title of Anthologized Work.” Title of Book. Ed. Editor(s). Edition (if given). Place: Publisher, Date. Page #(s). Medium.	Steinbeck, John. “The Red Pony.” Literature of the Land. Ed. Betty Carter and Charleen Marsh. 3rd ed. Boone, CO: Steiner P, 2008. 234-56. Print.
Selection from a Multi-Volume Series Author (if given). “Title of Anthologized Work.” Title of Book. Ed. Editor(s). Vol. # (if given). Edition (if given). Place: Publisher, Date. Page #(s). Medium.	Epstein, William H. “John Cleland.” Dictionary of Literary Biography: British Novelists, 1660-1800: Part 1: A-L. Ed. Martin C. Battestin. Vol. 39. Detroit: Gale Research, 1985. 101-12. Print.
Selection from an Anthology, Reprinted in a Multi-Volume Series Author (if given). “Title of Anthologized Work.” Title of Book. Ed. Editor(s). Edition (if given). Place: Publisher, Date. Page #(s). Rpt. in Series Title. Ed. Editor(s). Vol. # (if given). Place: Publisher, Date. Page #(s). Medium.	Eurgubian, Janice. “Arthur Miller’s Triumph.” 20th Century Drama. Ed. Bonita Sefcovic and Roy Marsh. 2nd ed. Boston: Twayne, 1995. 95-103. Rpt. in Short Story Criticism. Ed. Justin Karr. Vol. 45. Farmington Hills, MI: Gale Group, 2001. 189-93. Print.
Article from Journal (Issues Paged Separately) Reprinted in a Multi-Volume Series Author (if given). “Article Title.” Journal Title Volume.Issue (Year): Page #(s). Rpt. in Series Title. Ed. Editor(s). Vol. # (if given). Place: Publisher, Date. Page #(s). Medium.	Carter, Trudy. “Jean Toomer’s Vision.” Journal of Black Literature 14.3 (2005): 125-37. Rpt. in Poetry Criticism. Ed. Lawrence J. Trudeau. Vol. 61. Detroit: Thomson Gale, 2005. 349-67. Print.
Signed article in Reference Book Author. “Title." Title of Reference Work. Vol. # (if given). Ed. Editor. Edition (if given). Place: Publisher, Date. Medium.	Simco, Cheryl. “Ospreys.” Grzimek’s Encyclopedia. Vol. 7. Ed. Bernhard Grzimek. 5th ed. New York: Reinhold, 2008. Print.
Article in General Encyclopedia Author (if given). “Title of Selection.” Title of Reference Work. Edition. Medium.	“Thailand.” Encyclopedia Britannica. 2008 ed. Print.
Government Publication Govt Agency. Sub-Agency[ies] (if any). Title. Place: Publisher, Date. Medium.	United States. Dept. of Labor. Bureau of Labor Statistics. Housing Survey, 1998-2008 (Bulletin 2263). Washington: GPO, 2009. Print.