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EMPOWER - Module 10 - Citing Sources with MLA

Book Citations...

 

General Book Citation Format

  • Author. Title. Publisher, Date.
    • i.e. Drezner, Daniel. Theories of International Politics and Zombies. Princeton UP, 2011.

 

Book Citations - Special Circumstances

2 Authors

  • 1st Author Surname, First Name, and 2nd Author First Name Surname. Title. Edition, Publisher, Date.
    • i.e. Preiss, Byron, and John Betancourt. The Ultimate Zombie. Dell Publishing, 1993.

3+ Authors

  • 1st Author Surname, First Name, et al. Title. Edition, Publisher, Date.
    • i.e. Reece, Jane B., et al. Campbell Biology. 9th ed., Benjamin Cummings, 2011.

Book with Editors

  • 1st Editor Surname, First Name, and 2nd Editor First Name Surname, editors. Title. Edition, Publisher, Date.
    • i.e. Boyle, Kirk, and Daniel Mrozowski, editors. The Great Recession in Fiction, Film and Television: Twenty-first-century Bust Culture. Lexington Books, 2013.

Chapter/Work from a Book

  • Author Surname, First Name. "Title of Chapter/Work." Title of Container Book, edited by Editor First Name Surname, Publisher, Date, pp. XX.
    • i.e. Fernandes, Clinton. “Two Tales of Timor.” Zombie Myths of Australian Military History: The 10 Myths That Will Not Die, edited by Craig Stockings, UNSW P, 2011, pp. 213-33.

eBook Citations...

 

eBook Found in Library Databases or Other Websites
  • Author Surname, First Name. eBook Title. Publisher, Date. Database Name, URL Location.
    • i.e. Austin, John. So Now You’re a Zombie: A Handbook for the Newly Undead. Chicago Review P, 2010. EBSCOhost, search.ebscohost.com.
eBook From an eReader Device
  • Author Surname, First Name. eBook Title. E-book ed., Publisher, Date.
    • i.e. Walker, Ruth, et al. Zombies in the Academy. E-book ed., Intellect, 2013.



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