Source
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MLA Format with Example
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One author
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Last Name of Author, First Name. Title of Book.
City of Publication:
Publisher, Year of
Publication.
Clancy, Tom. Clear and
Present Danger. New York: Berkley Books, 1989.
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Two or three authors
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Last Name of Author, First Name (1st
author), First Name Last Name (2nd author), and
First Name Last Name (3rd author). Title. City of Publication: Publisher,
Year.
Crisfield, Deborah W., and
Mark Gola. Winning Soccer for Girls. New York: Facts on
File,
2002.
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More than three authors
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Last Name, First Name (1st author), et.
al. Title of Book. City of Publication:
Publisher,
Year
of Publication.
Kieran, John , et al. The Story of the Olympics. Philadelphia: J. B. Lippencott Co., 1977.
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Book with an editor
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Last
Name of Editor, First Name, ed. Title of Book. City of Publication: Publisher,
Year of
Publication.
Bloom, Harold, ed. Langston
Hughes. New York:
Chelsea House Publishers, 1989.
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Literary work included in
an anthology or collection (essay, short story, poem, play, etc.)
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Last Name, First Name of Author of Work.
“Title of Work.” Title of Book. Editor First
Name
Last Name. City of Publication:
Publisher, Year of Publication. Page
Numbers.
Hurston, Zora Neale.
“The Gilded Six-Bits.” Calling the Wind: Twentieth-Century
African-American
Short Stories. Ed. Clarence Major. New
York: HarperCollins
Publishers,
1993. 69-78.
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Article in a well-known
reference work, encyclopedia, or dictionary
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Last Name, First Name of
Author of Article (if given). “Title of Article.” Title of
Reference Book.
Edition of Book (if given). Year of Publication.
Deese, David A. “Persian Gulf War.” World Book. 2001 ed.
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Article in a reference work
or encyclopedia that is not well-known
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Last Name, First Name of
Author of Article (if given). “Title of Article.” Title of
Reference Book.” Ed. Editor’s First Name Last Name
(if given). Volume Number
(if given). City of Publication: Publisher, Year of Publication.
Hillstrom, Laurie Collier.
“Dave Matthews Band.”
Contemporary Musicians.
Ed. Sean
Pollock. Vol. 18. Detroit: Gale, 1997.
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