Last name first, then first and middle names. Avoid initials if possible. End with a period.
"Are You My Mother?"
The title & subtitle are separated by a colon. Capitalize the first and last words of the title and subtitle, and all proper nouns and important words. Place review title & subtitle in quotations.
Review of ,
Proceed title with the words Review of and follow rules of capitalization stated above. Italicize title. Separate from author with a comma.
by Vendela Vida.
Precede name with the word 'by,' then first name and last. End with a period.
Italicize. Follow rules of capitalization listed above and end with a comma.
31 Dec. 2016,
If weekly, day of month followed by abbreviation of month. Year is followed by a comma to separate it from the page numbers.
p. 10.
If page numbers of article run consecutively, separate beginning and ending page numbers with a hyphen. Precede with pp. if more than one page or p. if it is only one page. End the citation with a period. If the pages do not run consecutively, then indicate beginning page of the article followed by a + sign.
th edition.]
In-Text:
(Powers 10)
Works Cited:
NOTE: If a review is untitled, include a title which incorporates the work that is being reviewed:
Home General Guidelines In-Text Reference Works Cited Books One Author or Editor Multiple Authors or Editors Author and Editor Author and Translator Organization as Author Anonymous Work Chapter from an Edited Work Introduction, Preface, Foreword, or Afterword Multivolume Work Edition Other than the First Dictionary or Encyclopedia E-Book Articles Journal Article Magazine Article Newspaper Article Book Review Websites Basic Webpage Blog Post Tweet Audiovisual Media Video Recording Sound Recording YouTube Video Other Sources Interview or Personal Communication Lecture or Presentation Thesis or Dissertation Scripture Indirect Source Government Document Plagiarism
Book review - no title, book review - title refers to book being reviewed, book review - title doesn't refer to book being reviewed, abbreviating months.
In your Works Cited list, abbreviate months as follows:
January = Jan. February = Feb. March = Mar. April = Apr. May = May June = June July = July August = Aug. September = Sept. October = Oct. November = Nov. December = Dec.
Spell out months fully in the body of your paper.
Note : For your Works Cited list, all citations should be double-spaced and have a hanging indent.
A "hanging indent" means that each subsequent line after the first line of your citation should be indented by 0.5 inches.
Author's Last Name, First Name. Review of Title of Book: Subtitle if Any , by Book Author's First Name Last Name. Name of Journal , vol. Volume Number, no. Issue Number, Date of Publication, pp. First Page Number-Last Page Number. Name of Database . doi: DOI Number if Given.
Note : If the book review is from a source other than an article in the library's database, view the appropriate section in the MLA guide to determine how to cite the source after the name of the book's author.
Works Cited List Example | Khovanova, Tanya. Review of , by Edward Frenkel. , vol. 45, no. 3, May 2014, pp. 230-231. . doi: www.jstor.org/stable/10.4169/college.math.j.45.3.230. |
In-Text Citation Example | (Author's Last Name Page Number) Example: (Khovanova 230) |
Learn more: See the MLA Handbook , pp. 28-29
Author's Last Name, First Name. "Title of Review." Name of Journal , vol. Volume Number, no. Issue Number, Date of Publication, pp. First Page Number-Last Page Number. Name of Database . doi: DOI Number if Given.
Note : If the book review is from a source other than an article in the library's database, view the appropriate section on the MLA guide to determine how to cite the source.
Works Cited List Example | Grosholz, Emily R. "Book Review: by Danielle Macbeth." , vol. 7, no. 1, Jan. 2017, pp. 263-275, . doi: 10.5642/jhummath.20170120. |
In-Text Citation Example | (Author's Last Name Page Number) Example: (Grosholz 264) |
Author's Last Name, First Name. "Title of Review." Review of Title of Book: Subtitle if Any, by Book Author's First Name Last Name . Name of Journal , vol. Volume Number, no. Issue Number, Date of Publication, pp. First Page Number-Last Page Number. Name of Database . doi: DOI Number if Given.
Works Cited List Example | Rodriques, Elias. "Lonesome for our Home." Review of " by Zora Neale Hurston , vol. 306, no. 18, 18 June 2018, pp. 35-39. . |
In-Text Citation Example | (Author's Last Name Page Number) Example: (Rodriques 35) |
In your works cited list, abbreviate months as follows:
January = Jan. February = Feb. March = Mar. April = Apr. May = May June = June July = July August = Aug. September = Sept. October = Oct. November = Nov. December = Dec.
Spell out months fully in the body of your paper.
Note : For your Works Cited list, all citations should be double spaced and have a hanging indent.
A "hanging indent" means that each subsequent line after the first line of your citation should be indented by 0.5 inches.
Author's Last Name, First Name. Review of Title of Book: Subtitle if Any , by Book Author's First Name Last Name. Name of Journal , vol. Volume Number, no. Issue Number, Date of Publication, pp. First Page Number-Last Page Number. Name of Database . doi: DOI Number if Given.
Note : If the book review is from a source other than an article in the library's database, view the appropriate section on the MLA guide to determine how to cite the source after the name of the book's author.
Works Cited List Example | Khovanova, Tanya. Review of , by Edward Frenkel. , vol. 45, no. 3, May 2014, pp. 230-231. . doi: www.jstor.org/stable/10.4169/college.math.j.45.3.230. |
In-Text Citation Example | (Author's Last Name Page Number) Example: (Khovanova 230) |
Learn more: See the MLA Handbook , pp. 28-29
Author's Last Name, First Name. "Title of Review." Name of Journal , vol. Volume Number, no. Issue Number, Date of Publication, pp. First Page Number-Last Page Number. Name of Database . doi: DOI Number if Given.
Note : If the book review is from a source other than an article in the library's database, view the appropriate section on the MLA guide to determine how to cite the source.
Works Cited List Example | Grosholz, Emily R. "Book Review: by Danielle Macbeth." , vol. 7, no. 1, Jan. 2017, pp. 263-275, . doi: 10.5642/jhummath.20170120. |
In-Text Citation Example | (Author's Last Name Page Number) Example: (Grosholz 264) |
Author's Last Name, First Name. "Title of Review." Review of Title of Book: Subtitle if Any, by Book Author's First Name Last Name . Name of Journal , vol. Volume Number, no. Issue Number, Date of Publication, pp. First Page Number-Last Page Number. Name of Database . doi: DOI Number if Given.
Works Cited List Example | Rodriques, Elias. "Lonesome for our Home." Review of " by Zora Neale Hurston , vol. 306, no. 18, 18 June 2018, pp. 35-39. . |
In-Text Citation Example | (Author's Last Name Page Number) Example: (Rodriques 35) |
Review with a title.
Reviewer. Review of Title of Work , by Author. Title of Journal , vol. #, no. #, date, pp. #-#. Title of Database , DOI or URL.
Conn, David R. Review of The World as We Knew It: Dispatches from a Changing Climate , by Amy Brady and Tajja Isen. Library Journal , vol. 147, no. 4, Apr. 2022, p. 104. EBSCOhost , ezproxy.umgc.edu/login?url=https://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&db=ehh&AN=155859448&site=eds-live&scope=site.
Reviewer. "Title of Review." Review of Title of Work , by Author. Title of Journal , vol. #, no. #, date, pp. ##-##. Title of Database , DOI or URL.
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+. ProQuest , ezproxy.umgc.edu/login?url=https://www.proquest.com/docview/433471566?accountid=14580.
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The general MLA 9 formatting for books is:
Work Cited List: Last Name, First Name. Title of Book. Publisher, Publication Date.
In-Text: (Author Last Name page number of quote or idea).
Last Name, First Name. Title of Book. Publisher, Publication Date.
(Author Last Name page number).
Kirsh , Steven J. Children, Adolescents, and Media Violence: A Critical Look at the Research. Sage, 2006.
When a book has two authors , order the authors in the same way they are presented in the book.
Last Name, First Name of First Author, and First Name Last Name of Second Author. Title of Book. Publisher, Publication Date.
(First Author Last Name page number).
Wykes , Maggie, and Barrie Gunter. The Media and Body Image: If Looks Could Kill. Sage, 2005.
If there are three or more authors , list only the first author followed by the phrase et al. (Latin for "and others") in place of the subsequent authors' names.
Last Name, First Name of First Author, et al. Title of Book . Publisher, Publication Date.
(First Author Last Name, et al. page number).
Nickels, William, et al. Understanding Canadian Business . McGraw-Hill Ryerson, 2016.
(Nickel, et al)
Last Name of Editor, First Name, editor(s). Title of Book . Publisher, Publication Date.
Matuz, Roger, editor. Contemporary Canadian Artists . Gale Canada, 1997.
format.
Last Name, First Name. "Title of Essay." Title of Collection, e dited by Editor's Name(s), Publisher, Year, Page range of entry.
(Last Name page number)
Ross, Colin. "The Story of Grey Owl." Fiction/Non-Fiction: A Reader and Rhetoric, edited by Garry Engkent and Lucia Engkent , Thomson Nelson, 2006, pp. 327-333.
Note: The first author's name listed is the author of the chapter/essay/short story. If there is no editor given you may leave out that part of the citation.
Name of Corporate Author. Title of Book. Publisher, Publication Date.
Calgary Educational Partnership Foundation. Employability Skills: Creating My Future, Nelson, 1996.
Note : When a work is published by an organization that is also its author, begin the entry with the title, skipping the author element. List the organization as publisher.
Last Name, First Name. Title. Date.
Hocking, Amanda. Fate. 2010.
(Hocking 10).
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Books are written works or compositions that have been published. They are no longer restricted to paper and have evolved into the online realm.
Below are examples of how to cite different types of books in MLA 9. If you need a different citation style, there is also a guide on citing a book in APA .
Works Cited | |
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Structure | Author’s last name, First name. . Publisher, Year published. |
Example | James, Henry. Serenity, 2009. |
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In-text Citation | |
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Structure | (Author Last Name Page #) OR Last Name (Page #) |
Example | (Henry 33) OR Henry (33) |
Many books are now found online. Popular sites or databases that hold e-books include Google Books, Project Gutenberg, and EBSCO.
Works Cited | |
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Structure | Author’s last name, First name. . Publisher, Year published. , URL. |
Example | Austen, Jane, and Seth Grahame-Smith. . Quirk, 2015. , books.google.com/books?id=x5xPaPeZzmUC&lpg=PP1&dq=zombies&pg=PP1#v=onepag e&q=zombies&f=false. |
Cite your book
*Keep “https:” at the beginning of the URL only when citing a DOI.
Digital sources with no page numbers means that no page numbers should be included in the in-text citation.
In-text Citation | |
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Structure | (Last Names) OR Last Names |
Example | (Austen and Grahame-Smith) OR Austen and Grahame-Smith |
E-Readers are electronic devices that display e-books. Kindles and Nooks are some of the more popular e-readers available today. Individuals can purchase or borrow e-books and read them on their e-readers.
Works Cited | |
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Structure | Author’s last name, First name. . E-book ed., Publisher, Year published. Name of e-reader device. |
Example | Doer, Anthony. . E-book ed., Scribner, 2014. Kindle. |
Cite your ebook
Since the page numbers of an e-book can vary across e-reader, text preferences, and other factors, you should not include a page number. This is because a consistent page number does not exist. You can include section numbers (sec., secs.) or chapter numbers (ch., chs.) instead, if they exist and you feel it would be helpful.
In-text Citation | |
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Structure | (Last Names, Chapter or Section #) OR Last Names (Chapter or Section #) |
Example | (Austen and Grahame-Smith, ch. 1) OR Austen and Grahame-Smith (ch. 1) |
Works Cited | |
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Structure | Author’s Last name, First name. Translated by OR Edited by First name Last name, Publisher, Year published. |
Example | Murakami, Haruki. . Translated by Alfred Birnbaum, Vintage Books, 2015. |
In-text Citation | |
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Structure | (Last Name Page #) OR Last Names (Page #) |
Example | (Murakami 27) OR Murakami (27) |
Works Cited | |
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Structure | Author’s Last name, First name. “Title of chapter or section.” , edited by First name Last name, Publisher, Year published, page number(s). |
Example | Montrose, Louis. “Elizabeth Through the Looking Glass: Picturing the Queen’s Two Bodies.” , edited by Regina Schulte, Berghahn, 2006, pp. 61-87. |
*In the above citation example, The Body of the Queen: Gender and Rule in the Courtly World, 1500-2000 is an edited book that features a chapter by Louis Montrose. The title of the chapter that he wrote is found in quotation marks (“Elizabeth Through the Looking Glass: Picturing the Queen’s Two Bodies”).
In-text Citation | |
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Structure | (Last Name Page #) OR Last Name (Page #) |
Example | (Montrose 62) OR Montrose (62) |
Works Cited | |
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Structure | 1st Last Name, First Name, and 2nd First Name Last Name. . Publisher, Year published. |
Example | Charaipotra, Sona, and Dhonielle Clayton. . HarperTeen, 2016. |
In-text Citation | |
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Structure | (1st Last Name and 2nd Last Name Page #) OR 1st Last Name and 2nd Last Name (Page #) |
Example | (Charaipotra and Clayton 63) OR Charaipotra and Clayton (63) |
Works Cited | |
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Structure | 1st Last Name, First Name, et al. . Publisher, Year published. |
Example | Matthews, Graham, et al. Ashgate, 2009. |
*et al. is Latin for “and others.”
In-text Citation | |
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Structure | (1st Last Name et al. Page #) OR 1st Last Name et al. (Page #) |
Example | (Matthews et al. 17) OR Matthews et al. (17) |
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In the works cited: If the organization is the author and publisher, don’t include an author and start the citation with the book’s title. If the author and publisher are different, use the organization name as the author.
When the chapter’s author is different from the book’s editor or author. Chapters are usually cited when you use anthologies, multi-volume sets, or a foreword/afterword written by someone other than the book’s main author.
Place the author’s last name and the quote chapter number in parenthesis after the borrowed quote or information. Example: “Feeling that Peter was on his way back, the Neverland had again woke into life” (Barrie ch. 5).
MLA is the style most often used in literature, language, history, art and theater subjects.
If any important information is missing (e.g., author’s name, title, publishing date, URL, etc.), first see if you can find it in the source yourself. If you cannot, leave the information blank and continue creating your citation.
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To cite a book with multiple authors in MLA style, you need to have basic information including the authors, publication year, book title, and publisher. The templates for in-text citation and works-cited-list entry of a book written by multiple authors and some examples are given below:
In-text citation template and example:
Citation in prose:
For sources with two authors, use both full author names in prose (e.g., Harold Napoleon and Richard Harris). For sources with three or more authors, use the first name and surname of the first author followed by “and others” or “and colleagues” (e.g., Harold Napoleon and others). In subsequent citations, use only the surname of the first author followed by “and others” or “and colleagues” (e.g., Napoleon and others).
First mention: Harold Napoleon and colleagues…. or Harold Napoleon and others ….
Subsequent occurrences: Napoleon and colleagues…. or Napoleon and others ….
Parenthetical:
In parenthetical citations, use only the author’s surname (e.g., Napoleon). For sources with two authors, use two surnames (e.g., Napoleon and Harris). For sources with three or more author names, use the first author’s surname followed by “et al.”
….(Napoleon et al.)
Works-cited-list entry template and example:
The title of the book is given in italics and title case.
Surname, F. M., et al. Title of the Book . Publisher, Publication Date.
Napoleon, Harold, et al. Yuuyaraq the Way of the Human Being: With Commentary . University of Alaska, 1996.
Use only the first author’s name in surname–first name order in the entry and follow it with “et al.”
A book is a printed copy, whereas an e-book is an online version and is available via different electronic media (e.g., epub and Kindle).
To cite a print book in MLA format, you need to know the names of the authors, the title of the book, publisher name, publication date, and page range (optional). You need the same information to cite an e-book, however, you will not include page numbers unless they are the same as those in the print version of the book. MLA mostly treats citations for print books and e-books the same, except for noting that the e-book version is being cited within the entry.
The templates and examples for in-text citations and works cited list entries for a book and an e-book are provided below:
In-text citation template and example for a book:
Author Surname
(Author Surname Page)
(Damasio 7)
Works cited list entry template and example:
Surname, First Name. Title of the Book . Publisher, Publication Date, Page range.
Damasio, Antonio. Emotion, Reason and the Feeling Brain . Penguin, 1994.
In-text citation template and example for an e-book:
(Author Surname)
Author’s Surname, First Name. Title of the Book . E-book ed., Publisher, Publication Date.
Davis, Barbara. The Keeper of Happy Endings . E-book ed., Lake Union Publishing, 2021.
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To cite a book, you need a brief in-text citation and a corresponding reference listing the author’s name, the title, the year of publication, and the publisher. The order and format of information depends on the citation style you’re using. The most common styles are APA , MLA , and Chicago style .
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Citing a book in mla style, citing a book in apa style, citing a book in chicago style, where to find source information in a book, frequently asked questions about citations.
An MLA book citation includes the author’s name , the book title (in italics, capitalized headline-style), the edition (if specified), the publisher, and the year of publication. If it’s an e-book , write “e-book” (or a more specific description, e.g. “Kindle ed.”) before the publisher name.
The corresponding in-text citation lists the author’s last name and the page number of the passage cited.
MLA format | Author last name, First name. : Subtitle. Edition, Publisher, Year. |
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Donaldson, Bruce. . 3rd ed., Routledge, 2017. | |
(Donaldson 73) |
You can also use our free MLA Citation Generator to create your book citations.
Citing a book chapter in mla.
To cite a book chapter , first give the author and title (in quotation marks) of the chapter cited, then information about the book as a whole and the page range of the specific chapter.
The in-text citation lists the author of the chapter and the page number of the relevant passage.
MLA format | Author last name, First name. “Chapter Title.” : Subtitle, edited by Editor name, Publisher, Year, pp. Page range. |
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Nussbaum, Martha C. “Legal Reasoning.” , edited by John Tasioulas, Cambridge University Press, 2020, pp. 59–77. | |
(Nussbaum 65) |
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An APA Style book citation lists the author’s last name and initials, the year of publication, the title and any subtitle (in italics, capitalizing only the first word), the edition (if specified), and the publisher. Add a DOI or URL to the end of the entry if available (e.g. for e-books or books accessed online ).
In an in-text citation, state the author’s last name and the publication year, and a page number if you need to show the location of a specific quote or paraphrase .
APA format | Author last name, Initials. (Year). : Subtitle (Edition). Publisher. DOI or URL |
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Donaldson, B. (2017). (3rd ed.). Routledge. | |
(Donaldson, 2017, p. 73) |
You can also use our free APA Citation Generator to automatically generate your book citations. Search for a title, DOI, or ISBN to retrieve the details.
Citing a book chapter in apa.
To cite a book chapter , list information about the chapter first, followed by information about the book, including the book’s editor(s) and the chapter’s page range within the book.
The author of the chapter, not the editor of the book, is listed in the in-text citation.
APA format | Author last name, Initials. (Year). Title of chapter. In Editor initials. Last name (Ed. or Eds.), : Subtitle (pp. Page range). Publisher. |
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Nussbaum, M. C. (2020). Legal reasoning. In Tasioulas, J. (Ed.), (pp. 59–77). Cambridge University Press. | |
(Nussbaum, 2020, p. 65) |
Chicago notes and bibliography style uses footnotes to cite sources instead of parenthetical citations. These notes refer to a bibliography at the end giving full source details.
A Chicago bibliography entry for a book includes the author’s name, the book title and subtitle, the edition (if stated), the location and name of the publisher, and the year of publication. For an e-book , add the e-book format (e.g. “Kindle”) at the end.
Chicago format | Author last name, First name. : Subtitle. Edition. Place of publication: Publisher, Year. E-book format. |
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Donaldson, Bruce. . 3rd ed. Abingdon-on-Thames: Routledge, 2017. | |
1. Bruce Donaldson, , 3rd ed. (Abingdon-on-Thames: Routledge, 2017), 35. 2. Donaldson, , 73. |
Chicago also has an alternative style, Chicago author-date . You can see examples of book citations in this style here .
To cite a book chapter , start with the author and the title of the chapter (in quotation marks), then give the title (in italics) and editor of the book, the page range of the chapter, the location and name of the publisher, and the year of publication.
Chicago format | Author last name, First name. “Chapter Title.” In : Subtitle, edited by Editor first name Last name, Page range. Place of publication: Publisher, Year. |
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Nussbaum, Martha C. “Legal Reasoning.” In , edited by John Tasioulas, 59–77. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 2020. | |
1. Martha C. Nussbaum, “Legal Reasoning,” in , ed. John Tasioulas (Cambridge: Cambridge University Press), 60. 2. Nussbaum, “Legal Reasoning,” 65. |
All the information you need for a book citation can usually be found on the book’s title page and copyright page. The main things you’re looking for are:
You should also check if the book specifies an edition (e.g. 2nd edition, revised edition) and if any other contributors are named (e.g. editor, translator).
The image below shows where to find the relevant information on the title and copyright pages of a typical book.
The main elements included in all book citations across APA , MLA , and Chicago style are the author, the title, the year of publication, and the name of the publisher. A page number is also included in in-text citations to highlight the specific passage cited.
In Chicago style and in the 6th edition of APA Style , the location of the publisher is also included, e.g. London: Penguin.
When a book’s chapters are written by different authors, you should cite the specific chapter you are referring to.
When all the chapters are written by the same author (or group of authors), you should usually cite the entire book, but some styles include exceptions to this.
Check if your university or course guidelines specify which citation style to use. If the choice is left up to you, consider which style is most commonly used in your field.
Other more specialized styles exist for certain fields, such as Bluebook and OSCOLA for law.
The most important thing is to choose one style and use it consistently throughout your text.
The abbreviation “ et al. ” (Latin for “and others”) is used to shorten citations of sources with multiple authors.
“Et al.” is used in APA in-text citations of sources with 3+ authors, e.g. (Smith et al., 2019). It is not used in APA reference entries .
Use “et al.” for 3+ authors in MLA in-text citations and Works Cited entries.
Use “et al.” for 4+ authors in a Chicago in-text citation , and for 10+ authors in a Chicago bibliography entry.
When you want to cite a specific passage in a source without page numbers (e.g. an e-book or website ), all the main citation styles recommend using an alternate locator in your in-text citation . You might use a heading or chapter number, e.g. (Smith, 2016, ch. 1)
In APA Style , you can count the paragraph numbers in a text to identify a location by paragraph number. MLA and Chicago recommend that you only use paragraph numbers if they’re explicitly marked in the text.
For audiovisual sources (e.g. videos ), all styles recommend using a timestamp to show a specific point in the video when relevant.
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The most basic entry for a book consists of the author’s name, the book title, the publisher’s name, and the year of publication. This guide gives examples and guidance according to the 9th edition of the MLA Handbook .
Last Name, First Name. Book Title . Publisher Name, Year Published.
Smith, John M. The Sample Book . BibMe Publishers, 2008.
Smith, John, Jr. The Sample Book . BibMe Publishers, 2008.
For a book written by two authors, both names are listed in the order they appear on the title page.
Smith, John, and Jane Doe. The Sample Book . BibMe Publishers, 2008.
For books with three or more authors, include only the first author’s name in the citation, followed by a comma and the abbreviation “et al.”
Smith, John, et al. The Sample Book . BibMe Publishers, 2008.
Smith, John M. The Sample Book: Let’s Learn to Cite . BibMe Publishers, 2008.
After the book title is the publisher’s name, a comma, then the year the book was published.
Where do you find this information? Generally, you will find the publication information on the title page of the book. If it is not available there, it may be on the copyright page.
Abbreviations for publisher names
Publisher names should be abbreviated where appropriate.
Omit articles (e.g., A, An) and business titles (e.g., Co., Corp., Inc., Ltd.). For example:
If the publisher is an academic or university press, with the words “university” and “press” (in any language), abbreviate “U” for “university” and “P” for “press” in the publisher’s name. This will distinguish the publisher from the university, which may publish independently of the publisher in question. (e.g., Oxford UP).
Smith, John. The Sample Book . Iowa State UP, 2008.
If you are citing a specific contribution to a book, such as an afterword, foreword, introduction, or preface, do the following:
Smith, John. Introduction. The Sample Book . BibMe, 2008, pp. 12-20.
Smith, John. “Unique Introduction Title.” The Sample Book . BibMe, 2008, pp. 12-20.
When a book has no edition number or name, it is generally a first edition and no indication is needed. If the book you’re citing does show a later edition than its first, you should indicate the new edition in your citation. You will usually find edition details, including the date, on the title page or the copyright page.
Smith, John. The Sample Book . Rev. ed., BibMe, 2008.
Smith, John. The Sample Book . 2nd ed., BibMe, 2008.
Write ordinal numbers (e.g., 2nd) without a superscript.
You don’t need to include a source’s printing details, such as reprint details, in the source’s works-cited list entry. You may include an edition number as discussed above.
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As per the MLA Handbook , titles used in p arenthetical citations may be shortened or abbreviated if they are longer than a few words.
SHORTENED TITLES
Long titles can be shortened to the first noun phrase, first punctuation mark, or at the end of the first clause.
ABBREVIATED TITLES
Abbreviating titles can be helpful and more concise when citing multiple works by a single author. Abbreviated titles should only be used in parenthetical citations. In prose, MLA suggests sticking to a shortened form of the title instead.
Common Abbreviations (Shakespeare, Chaucer, Bible)
Appendix 1 of the MLA Handbook provides a list of common academic abbreviations to be used in parenthetical citations. Some standard references include works by established classical authors like Shakespeare and Chaucer and books in the Bible.
Single-Word Abbreviations
You can also come up with your own straightforward abbreviations if needed. For single-word titles, use the first syllable followed by a period.
Multiple-Word Abbreviations
For titles containing multiple words, you may abbreviate. Your abbreviation should consist of the first letter of each capitalized word. Be sure to use the full title on first reference and introduce the abbreviation in parentheses immediately afterward.
As per Section 6 of the MLA Handbook , 9 th edition, if a book you are citing is part of a multivolume work, the volume number should be mentioned in the full reference in your works cited page. The placement of the volume number may change depending on if the books are individually titled and/or if you are citing one book or the entire collection.
Author’s Last Name, First Name. Book Title. Edition no., vol. no., Publisher, year of publication.
Pinksmith, Tom. The Secret Life of Koalas . 2nd ed., vol. 1, Oxford UP, 2003.
If you are referring to the the entire multivolume set, mention the number of volumes at the end of the citation instead.
Author’s Last Name, First Name. Book Title. Edition no., Publisher, year(s) of publication. # vols. in set.
Pinksmith, Tom. The Secret Life of Koalas . 2nd ed., Oxford UP, 2003-21. 7 vols.
As per Appendix 2 of the MLA Handbook , 9 th edition, a foreword, afterword, or introduction should be cited as a book chapter. If the chapter doesn’t have a unique name, write the label in regular roman text (not italicized or in quotation marks) immediately following the name(s) of the author(s). If the introduction, foreword, or afterword does have a separate title, use its title within quotation marks instead of the label in your citation.
The citation should also include the title of the book in italics, the publisher, year of publication, and the page range details for the section being cited.
Author’s Last Name, First Name. Section Name or “Section Title.” Book Name , Publisher, year, pp. xx-xx.
Duncan, David. Preface. Introduction to Alchemy , Altruist Publications, 1967, pp. 23-46.
In MLA style, works that stand alone are italicized. The book title, website, and report are examples of such references. However, works that are a part of a main work, such as a chapter in a book or an article in a journal, are not italicized. Instead, they are enclosed in double quotation marks. As author names are included in citations, these elements are not added in in-text citations unless the names of the authors are not available for a source.
In cases in which italicization is not possible (e.g., handwriting and typewriting), then standalone works like book titles, websites, and reports should be underlined instead.
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Citing a book in MLA format can seem scary, but it’s quite straightforward. You just have to remember four parts of the citation entry and you’re good to go! Now, if you’re citing an eBook or a paragraph from a book, things can get slightly tricky. So let’s simplify things and learn how to cite a book in MLA format, with the help of plenty of examples!
We’ve also listed several variations of MLA in-text citations for books and added relevant examples. So whether you want to cite a translated book, reference book, or short story collection, we have the answer. Let’s start with the basic MLA book citation format.
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MLA citation for a book features four essential elements: author, book title, publisher, and publication date. If your book has an editor or translator, one more element gets added to the citation. Similarly, all you have to do is mention an additional detail while citing book chapters, alternate editions, volumes, and formats.
Here’s how to cite books in MLA style:
Author’s Last Name, First Name. Book Title . Publisher, Year of Publication.
Morrison, Toni. Paradise . Vintage, 1999.
Sometimes, you may need to add the city of publication for your book. This is only required if:
Here’s the modified MLA book citation:
Author’s Last Name, First Name. Book Title . City of Publication, Publisher, Year of Publication.
Karunatilaka, Shehan. The Seven Moons of Maali Almeida . London, Sort of Books, 2022.
Remember these details while writing your MLA citation for a book:
The MLA citation format for a book can vary based on elements like the number of authors, editions, and publication details. We’ve compiled some of the most common variations of the format and added corresponding MLA book citation examples. Take a look:
Author 1 Last Name, First Name, and Author 2 First Name Last Name. Book Title . Publisher, Year of Publication.
Abebe, Imani, and Zoish Wadia. Understanding Science . University Press, 2007.
(Abebe and Wadia 45)
Author 1 Last Name, First Name, et al. Book Title . Publisher, Year of Publication.
Johnson, Michael, et al. Environmental Studies . Nature Publishers, 2011.
(Johnson et al. 157)
Author’s Last Name, First Name. Book Title , edited by Editor’s First Name Last Name, Publisher, Year of Publication.
Adamu, Sydney. The Knife and the Board , edited by Jeremy Allen White, Harper Publication, 2023.
Editor’s Last Name, First Name, editor. Book Title . Publisher, Year of Publication.
Barnes, Steve, editor. The Art of Renaissance . Art Press, 2016.
(Barnes 102)
Author’s Last Name, First Name. “Chapter Title.” Book Title , edited by Editor’s First Name Last Name, Publisher Name, Year of Publication, page range.
Tufte, Edward. “Visual Confections: Juxtapositions from the Ocean of the Streams of Story.” Visual Explanations , edited by Robert Harris, Graphics Press, 1997, pp. 121–136.
(Tufte 128)
Organization Name. Book Title . Edition (if applicable), Publisher (if different from the organization), Year of Publication.
World Health Organization. Global Health and Aging . 2011.
(World Health Organization 45)
Author’s Last Name, First Name. Book Title . Translated by Translator’s First Name Last Name, Publisher, Year of Publication.
Kafka, Franz. The Metamorphosis . Translated by Stanley Corngold, Bantam Classics, 1972.
(Kafka 102)
Author’s Last Name, First Name. Book Title . Publisher, Year of Publication. Title of the Website or Database, URL (without the http:// or https://).
Austen, Jane. Pride and Prejudice . Penguin Classics, 2008. Google Books, books.google.com/books?id=s1gVAAAAYAAJ.
(Austen 118)
Author’s Last Name, First Name (if available). “Title of Entry.” Book Title , edited by Editor’s First Name Last Name, edition (if not the first), volume number, Publisher, Year of Publication, page number(s).
“Hemisphere.” Merriam-Webster’s Collegiate Dictionary , 11th ed., Merriam-Webster, 2003, p. 582.
(Merriam-Webster’s Collegiate Dictionary 582)
Author’s Last Name, First Name. “Title of Work.” Title of Collection , edited by Editor’s First Name Last Name, Publisher, Year of Publication, page range.
Poe, Edgar Allan. “The Tell-Tale Heart.” The Complete Tales and Poems of Edgar Allan Poe , edited by James Harrison, Barnes & Noble Books, 2004, pp. 368–372.
Now that we’ve covered the citation format, here are some bonus tips:
An MLA in-text citation includes the author’s last name and the page number(s) from which the quotation or paraphrase is taken, all enclosed in parentheses.
Here is how to format an in-text citation for a book:
(Author’s Last Name page number)
(Jordan 234)
This format will change depending on your quotation and writing preferences. Take a look:
Strunk emphasizes the need for writers to indicate who is speaking (72).
In the essay, Robinson explains how “schools kill creativity” (39).
(Author’s Last Name, Book Title page number)
(Austen, Pride 165)
Note that the book title in the in-text citation is always a shortened version. So, Pride and Prejudice in our MLA book citation example is shortened to just Pride .
(Author 1 Last Name and Author 2 Last Name page number)
(Kent and Khan 49)
(Author Last Name et al. page number)
(Wei et al. 45)
( Book Title page number)
( The Noble Quran 2:1–6)
Note that the verse number is mentioned instead of the page number. This is done in the case of unconventional books.
If you’ve already mentioned the book title in your writing, the page number will suffice.
The Epic of Gilgamesh is an ancient Mesopotamian poem that tells the story of the hero Gilgamesh and his quest for immortality (10).
(Editor’s Last Name page number)
(Wintour 34)
(Organization’s Name page number)
(World Health Organization 469)
(Author’s Last Name page number rage)
(Zamfir 123–25)
(Author’s Last Name page number 1, page number 2, page number 3)
(Zamfir 123, 130, 145)
Remember these details while writing your MLA in-text citation:
So that concludes our guide on MLA citation for books! We hope it helped you understand how to cite a book in MLA style. When you know the principle behind the citation style, you don’t have to rely on an online tool!
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MLA style was created by the Modern Language Association of America. It is a set of rules for publications, including research papers.
There are two parts to MLA: In-text citations and the Works Cited list.
In MLA, you must "cite" sources that you have paraphrased, quoted or otherwise used to write your research paper. Cite your sources in two places:
MLA 9th edition provides 9 core elements to complete any works cited entry. It is your job to try to fill in these core elements with the information you have about a source. If any element is missing or not applicable, you can skip that element.
The 9 Core Elements
(1) Author. (2) “Title of Source.” (3) Title of Container , (4) Other contributors, (5) Version, (6) Number, (7) Publisher, (8) Publication date, (9) Location.
For sources that are part of a larger work, you include core element (2) “Title of Source.” ( e.g. journal articles from a journal, essays or chapters from a book, webpages from a website)
For sources that are self-contained, you skip core element (2). (e.g. books, websites, or journals)
Other contributors includes people such as editors, translators, or directors.
Example 1. A source found within a larger work (a journal article)
Guillen, Jorge. "Does Financial Openness Matter in the Relationship Between Financial Development and Income Distribution in Latin America?" Emerging Markets Finance & Trade , vol. 52, no. 5, 2016, pp. 1145-1155. Business Source Complete, https://do.org/10.1080/1540496X.2015.1046337.
(1) Guillen, Jorge. (2) "Does Financial Openness Matter in the Relationship Between Financial Development and Income Distribution in Latin America?" (3) Emerging Markets Finance & Trade , (4) (5) (6) vol. 52, no.5, (7) (8) 2016, (9) pp. 1145-1155.
Example 2. A self-contained source (a book)
Kirsh, Steven J. Children, Adolescents, and Media Violence: A Critical Look at the Research. 2nd ed., Sage, 2006.
(1) Kirsh, Steven J. (2) (3) Children, Adolescents, and Media Violence: A Critical Look at the Research. (4) (5) 2nd ed., (6) (7) Sage, (8) 2006. (9)
Note on Publisher Information:
According to p. 165 of the MLA Handbook , you don’t need to include publisher information for:
Access Date: The date you last looked at a source. Do not provide an access date for sources from library databases. Access dates should be added to the end of citations for online sources that lack a publication date, or if a publication has been removed or appears to have been altered.
Citation : The details about one source you are citing.
Citing : The process of acknowledging the sources of your information and ideas.
In-Text Citation : A brief note in your paper or essay at the point where you use information from a source to indicate where the information came from. An in-text citation should always match more detailed information that is available in the Works Cited List.
Paraphrasing : Taking information that you have read and putting it into your own words.
Plagiarism : Taking the ideas or words of another person and using them as your own.
Quoting : Copying words of text originally published elsewhere. Direct quotations generally appear in quotation marks and end with a citation.
Works Cited List : Contains details on ALL the sources cited in a text or essay, and supports your research and/or premise.
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For an overview of the various ways to cite information in text in MLA style, see the Purdue OWL , which provides an overview of the basic in text citation formats.
Author's last name, Author's first name. Title of the Book. Location: Publisher Year. Medium of publication.
Davis, Michael. Street Gang: The Complete History of Sesame Street. New York: Viking, 2008. Print.
Hoobler, Dorothy, and Thomas Hoobler. The Crimes of Paris: A True Story of Murder, Theft, and Detection. New York: Little,
2009. Print.
Steinberg, Shirley R., and Joe L. Kincheloe, eds. Christotainment: Selling Jesus through Popular Culture. Boulder: Westview,
Haig, Matt. Brand Failures: The Truth About the 100 Biggest Branding Mistakes of All Time. London: Kogan
Page, 2003. ebrary . Web. 9 June 2009.
Two additional items are necessary for citing an electronic book: Name of the database or website (here, ebrary ), and the day you used the book, in date Month year order.
Citing books in mla.
How do you cite a book? What information do you need to include and where does it go? Citation Machine citing tools can help you easily create formatted citations for your research paper.
First, find your book using the search box above. The book’s author, title, or ISBN will work. If there are books with similar titles, authors, different editions, etc., you will be shown all possibilities, so you can choose the correct book. From there, the citing tools will automatically pull information on the source and help you create a citation.
Books aren’t just in print. They can be electronic, too. You can find them in online databases, websites, audiobooks, and other forms of media. Citation Machine citing tools can handle those, as well.
Collins, Suzanne. The Hunger Games. Scholastic, 2008.
If the focus was on the text, rather than the actual translation, cite the source like this:
Vila-Matas, Enrique. Never Any End to Paris. Translated by Anne McLean, New Directions, 2011.
If the focus was on the translation, include the translator’s name first in the citation.
McLean, Anne, translator. Never Any End to Paris. By Enrique Vila-Matas, New Directions, 2011.
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To cite a full textbook in print in MLA format, you’ll need to find the following pieces of information:
Place the pieces of information in this format:
Last name, First name of the author or Last name, First name, editor. Title of the Textbook. Version, Publisher, Year published.
If the textbook was compiled by an editor, use this format at the beginning of the citation:
Last name, First name, editor.
Examples of how to cite a textbook in print:
Lilly, Leonard S. Braunwald’s Heart Disease: Review and Assessment . 9th ed., Elsevier Saunders, 2012.
Cherny, Nathan, et al., editors. Oxford Textbook of Palliative Medicine . 5th ed., Oxford UP, 2015.
Citing an e-book (a digital book that lacks a URL and that you use software to read on a personal e-reader):
Alcott, Louisa May. Little Women. E-book ed., Barnes & Noble Classics, 2004.
In the “version” section of the citation, include “E-book ed.” to specify that you used an e-book version of a printed book.
You can also use the “final supplemental” section of the citation to specify the file type of the electronic edition of the work if you know the work varies by file format.
Alcott, Louisa May. Little Women. E-book ed., Barnes & Noble Classics, 2004. EPUB.
If you’re citing a book available from a website, here’s an example in MLA format:
Doyle, Arthur Conan. “A Scandal in Bohemia.” The Complete Sherlock Holmes, Internet Archive, archive.org/details/deysayan844_gmail_Cano/mode/2up?ref=ol&view=theater&q=119.
The website is the container, which is found in the third position of the citation, in italics.
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Author of Review's Last Name, First Initial. (Year of Publication). [Review of the book Title of Book: Subtitle if Any , by Book Author's First Initial. Second Initial if Given Last Name]. Name of Journal , Volume Number (Issue Number), first page number-last page number. https://doi.org/DOI-number (if given)
Works Cited List Example | McKinley, A. (2018). [Review of the book , by D. K. Rossmo]. , (1), 82-84. |
In-Text Citation Example | (Author's Last Name, Year of Publication, Page Number) Example: (McKinley, 2018, p. 83) |
For more information on how to cite Book Reviews in APA 7, refer to pages 334-335 of the Publication Manual of the APA located at the circulation desk.
Author of Review's Last Name, First Initial. (Year of Publication). Title of Review. [Review of the book Title of Book: Subtitle if Any , by Book Author's First Initial. Second Initial if Given Last Name]. Title of Website , URL
Works Cited List Example | Bell, M. S. (2006, December 31). Are you my mother? [Review of the book , by V. Vida]. , |
In-Text Citation Example | (Author's Last Name, Year of Publication) Example: (Bell, 2018) |
More than 100 reference examples and their corresponding in-text citations are presented in the seventh edition Publication Manual . Examples of the most common works that writers cite are provided on this page; additional examples are available in the Publication Manual .
To find the reference example you need, first select a category (e.g., periodicals) and then choose the appropriate type of work (e.g., journal article ) and follow the relevant example.
When selecting a category, use the webpages and websites category only when a work does not fit better within another category. For example, a report from a government website would use the reports category, whereas a page on a government website that is not a report or other work would use the webpages and websites category.
Also note that print and electronic references are largely the same. For example, to cite both print books and ebooks, use the books and reference works category and then choose the appropriate type of work (i.e., book ) and follow the relevant example (e.g., whole authored book ).
Examples on these pages illustrate the details of reference formats. We make every attempt to show examples that are in keeping with APA Style’s guiding principles of inclusivity and bias-free language. These examples are presented out of context only to demonstrate formatting issues (e.g., which elements to italicize, where punctuation is needed, placement of parentheses). References, including these examples, are not inherently endorsements for the ideas or content of the works themselves. An author may cite a work to support a statement or an idea, to critique that work, or for many other reasons. For more examples, see our sample papers .
Reference examples are covered in the seventh edition APA Style manuals in the Publication Manual Chapter 10 and the Concise Guide Chapter 10
Textual works are covered in Sections 10.1–10.8 of the Publication Manual . The most common categories and examples are presented here. For the reviews of other works category, see Section 10.7.
Data sets are covered in Section 10.9 of the Publication Manual . For the software and tests categories, see Sections 10.10 and 10.11.
Audiovisual media are covered in Sections 10.12–10.14 of the Publication Manual . The most common examples are presented together here. In the manual, these examples and more are separated into categories for audiovisual, audio, and visual media.
Online media are covered in Sections 10.15 and 10.16 of the Publication Manual . Please note that blog posts are part of the periodicals category.
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Title: | Smoke and Ashes: Opium's Hidden Histories |
Author: | Amitav Ghosh |
Audience: | General Public |
Difficulty: | Easy |
Publisher: | Farrar, Straus and Giroux |
Published: | 2024 |
Pages: | 416 |
"Smoke and Ashes: Opium’s Hidden Histories" is a sweeping and jarring work of how opium became an insidious capitalistic tool to generate wealth for the British Empire and other Western powers at the expense of an epidemic of addiction in China and the impoverishment of millions of farmers in India. The legacy of this “criminal enterprise,” as the author puts it, left lasting influences that reverberate across cultures and societies even today.
Written in engaging language, Smoke and Ashes is a scholarly follow-up to the author’s famous Ibis trilogy, a collection of fiction that uses the opium trade as its backdrop. In Smoke and Ashes , the author draws on his years-long research into opium supplemented by his family history, personal travels, cross-cultural experience, and expertise in works of historical verisimilitude. Composed over 18 chapters, the author delves into a diverse set of primary and secondary data, including Chinese sources. He also brings a multidimensional angle to the study by highlighting the opium trade's legacy in diverse areas such as art, architecture , horticulture, printmaking, and calligraphy. 23 pictorial illustrations serve as powerful eyewitness accounts to the discourse.
This book should interest students and scholars seeking historical analysis based on facts on the ground instead of colonial narratives. Readers will also find answers to how opium continues to play an outsize role in modern-day conflicts, addictions, corporate behavior, and globalism.
Amitav Ghosh’s research convincingly points out that while opium had always been used for recreational purposes across cultures, it was the Western powers such as the British, Portuguese, the Spaniards, and the Dutch that discovered its significant potential as a trading vehicle. Ghosh adds that colonial rulers, especially the British, often rationalized their actions by arguing that the Asian population was naturally predisposed to narcotics. However, it was British India that bested others in virtually monopolizing the market for the highly addictive Indian opium in China . Used as a currency to redress the East India Company (EIC)’s trade deficit with China, the opium trade by the 1890s generated about five million sterling a year for Britain . Meanwhile, as many as 40 million Chinese became addicted to opium. As the Chinese tried to control or prohibit opium's entry into the country, Britain waged two wars against it, forcing China not only to accept opium but also to cede control of Hong Kong and part of Shanghai.
Eastern India became the epicenter of British opium production. Workers in opium factories in Patna and Benares toiled under severe conditions, often earning less than the cost of production while their British managers lived in luxury. Ghosh asserts that opium farming permanently impoverished a region that was an economic powerhouse before the British arrived. Ghosh’s work echoes developmental economists such as Jonathan Lehne, who has documented opium-growing communities' lower literacy and economic progress compared to their neighbors.
Ghosh states that after Britain, “the country that benefited most from the opium trade” with China, was the United States. American traders skirted the British opium monopoly by sourcing from Turkey and Malwa in Western India. By 1818, American traders were smuggling about one-third of all the opium consumed in China. Many powerful families like the Astors, Coolidges, Forbes, Irvings, and Roosevelts built their fortunes from the opium trade. Much of this opium money, Ghosh shows, also financed banking, railroads, and Ivy League institutions. While Ghosh mentions that many of these families developed a huge collection of Chinese art , he could have also discussed that some of their holdings were most probably part of millions of Chinese cultural icons plundered by colonialists.
Ghosh ends the book by discussing how the EIC's predatory behaviors have been replicated by modern corporations, like Purdue Pharma, that are responsible for the opium-derived OxyContin addiction. He adds that fossil fuel companies such as BP have also reaped enormous profits at the expense of consumer health or environmental damage.
Perhaps one omission in this book is that the author does not hold Indian opium traders from Malwa, such as the Marwaris, Parsis, and Jews, under the same ethical scrutiny as he does to the British and the Americans. While various other works have covered the British Empire 's involvement in the opium trade, most readers would find Ghosh's narrative of American involvement to be eye-opening. Likewise, his linkage of present-day eastern India's economic backwardness to opium is both revealing and insightful.
Winner of India's highest literary award Jnanpith and nominated author for the Man Booker Prize, Amitav Ghosh's works concern colonialism, identity, migration, environmentalism, and climate change. In this book, he provides an invaluable lesson for political and business leaders that abdication of ethics and social responsibility has lasting consequences impacting us all.
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Author's Last Name, First Name. "Title of Review." Name of Journal, vol. Volume Number, no. Issue Number, Date of Publication, pp.First Page Number-Last Page Number. Name of Database. doi: DOI Number if Given.. Note: If the book review is from a source other than an article in the library's database, view the appropriate section on the MLA guide to determine how to cite the source.
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Citing a book chapter. Use this format if the book's chapters are written by different authors, or if the book is a collection of self-contained works (such as stories, essays, poems or plays).A similar format can be used to cite images from books or dictionary entries.If you cite several chapters from the same book, include a separate Works Cited entry for each one.
Title & subtitle of the periodical the review appears in: The New York Times Book Review, Italicize. Follow rules of capitalization listed above and end with a comma. Date of publication: 31 Dec. 2016, If weekly, day of month followed by abbreviation of month. Year is followed by a comma to separate it from the page numbers.
MLA Citation Style, 9th Edition: Book Review. Home; General Guidelines Toggle Dropdown. In-Text References ; Works Cited ; Books Toggle Dropdown. One Author or Editor ... Mayhem and the Invention of The Great Gatsby, by Sarah Churchwell, London Review of Books, 4 July 2013, pp. 9-11. NOTE: If a review is untitled, include a title which ...
Author's Last Name, First Name. "Title of Review." Name of Journal, vol. Volume Number, no. Issue Number, Date of Publication, pp.First Page Number-Last Page Number. Name of Database. doi: DOI Number if Given.. Note: If the book review is from a source other than an article in the library's database, view the appropriate section on the MLA guide to determine how to cite the source.
Author's Last Name, First Name. "Title of Review." Name of Journal, vol. Volume Number, no. Issue Number, Date of Publication, pp.First Page Number-Last Page Number. Name of Database. doi: DOI Number if Given.. Note: If the book review is from a source other than an article in the library's database, view the appropriate section on the MLA guide to determine how to cite the source.
Elements: Reviewer. Review of Title of Work, by Author.; Title of Journal,; Volume number, issue number, Publication Date, Page number(s). Title of Database,; DOI or ...
To create a basic works-cited-list entry for a book, list the author, the title, the publisher, and the publication date. You may need to include other elements depending on the type of book you are citing (e.g., an edited book, a translation) and how it is published (e.g., in print, as an e-book, online). Below are sample entries for books ...
Ross, Colin. "The Story of Grey Owl." Fiction/Non-Fiction: A Reader and Rhetoric, edited by Garry Engkent and Lucia Engkent , Thomson Nelson, 2006, pp. 327-333. (Ross 328) Note: The first author's name listed is the author of the chapter/essay/short story. If there is no editor given you may leave out that part of the citation.
Cite a book automatically in MLA. The 8 th edition of the MLA handbook highlights principles over prescriptive practices. Essentially, a writer will need to take note of primary elements in every source, such as author, title, etc. and then assort them in a general format. Thus, by using this methodology, a writer will be able to cite any ...
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Cite your book. *Keep "https:" at the beginning of the URL only when citing a DOI. Digital sources with no page numbers means that no page numbers should be included in the in-text citation. In-text Citation. Structure. (Last Names) OR Last Names. Example. (Austen and Grahame-Smith) OR Austen and Grahame-Smith.
A Review. To cite a review, include the title of the review (if available), then the phrase, "Review of" and provide the title of the work (in italics for books, plays, and films; in quotation marks for articles, poems, and short stories). Finally, provide performance and/or publication information.
To cite a book chapter, first give the author and title (in quotation marks) of the chapter cited, then information about the book as a whole and the page range of the specific chapter. The in-text citation lists the author of the chapter and the page number of the relevant passage. MLA format. Author last name, First name.
Italicize the full title of the book, including any subtitles, and follow it with a period. If the book has a subtitle, follow the main title with a colon (unless the main title ends with a question mark or exclamation point). Use title case. Example: Smith, John M. The Sample Book: Let's Learn to Cite.
Write the book title in the title case and italicize it. Don't italicize the period after the book title. Mention the city of publication if it's relevant. Separate the city of publication, publisher's name, and year of publication with commas. Add a hanging indent of 0.5 inches. Also read: How to Cite Sources in the MLA Format.
MLA 9th edition provides 9 core elements to complete any works cited entry. It is your job to try to fill in these core elements with the information you have about a source. If any element is missing or not applicable, you can skip that element. The 9 Core Elements. (1) Author. (2) "Title of Source.". (9) Location.
Page, 2003. ebrary . Web. 9 June 2009. Two additional items are necessary for citing an electronic book: Name of the database or website (here, ebrary ), and the day you used the book, in date Month year order.
Library Print Resources. Ask a library employee for help in locating these print books. MLA Handbook (9th ed.) by The Modern Language Association of America. Call Number: LB2369 .M52 2021 (Click title to see locations) ISBN: 9781603293518. Publication Date: 2021. MLA Handbook (8th ed.) by The Modern Language Association of America.
Lilly, Leonard S. Braunwald's Heart Disease: Review and Assessment. 9th ed., Elsevier Saunders, 2012. Cherny, Nathan, et al., editors. Oxford Textbook of Palliative Medicine. 5th ed., Oxford UP, 2015. E-books in MLA format: Citing an e-book (a digital book that lacks a URL and that you use software to read on a personal e-reader): Alcott ...
[Review of the book Title of Book: Subtitle if Any, by Book Author's First Initial. Second Initial if Given Last Name]. Name of Journal, Volume Number(Issue Number), first page number-last ... For more information on how to cite Book Reviews in APA 7, refer to pages 334-335 of the Publication Manual of the APA located at the circulation desk. ...
Also note that print and electronic references are largely the same. For example, to cite both print books and ebooks, use the books and reference works category and then choose the appropriate type of work (i.e., book) and follow the relevant example (e.g., whole authored book). Examples on these pages illustrate the details of reference formats.
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The legacy of this "criminal enterprise," as the author puts it, left lasting influences that reverberate across cultures and societies even today. Written in engaging language, Smoke and Ashes is a scholarly follow-up to the author's famous Ibis trilogy, a collection of fiction that uses the opium trade as its backdrop.
Cite them right is renowned as the most comprehensive yet easy-to-use guide to referencing text available to students and authors. Academics and teachers rely on the advice in Cite them right to guide their students in the skills of identifying and referencing information sources and avoiding plagiarism. Comprehensive and accessible, it provides readers with detailed examples of print and ...