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.
A print book means it's printed on paper. If you checked the book out of a library or bought it from a bookstore, it's print.
An eBook is a book you can read entirely online.
Author's Last Name, First Name. Title of Book: Subtitle if Any. Edition if given and is not first edition, Publisher Name often shortened, Year of publication.
| Works Cited List Example |
Kirsh, Steven J. Children, Adolescents, and Media Violence: A Critical Look at the Research. 2nd ed., Sage, 2006. |
| In-Text Citation Example |
(Author's Last Name Page Number) Example: (Kirsh 70) |
Last Name, First Name of First Author, and First Name Last Name of Second Author. Title of Book: Subtitle if Any, Edition if given and is not first edition, Publisher Name often shortened, Year of publication.
Note:Only the first author listed appears in "Last Name, First Name" format. Authors' names are separated by a comma. Before the last author to be listed, add the word "and."
| Works Cited List Example |
Wykes, Maggie, and Barrie Gunter. The Media and Body Image: If Looks Could Kill. Sage, 2005. |
| In-Text Citation Example |
(Author's Last Name and Author's Last Name Page Number) Example: (Wykes and Gunter 53) |
Last Name, First Name of First Author, et al. Title of Book: Subtitle if Any, Edition if given and is not first edition, Publisher Name often shortened, Year of publication.
Note: If you have three or more authors list only the first author's name followed by et al. instead of listing all authors names. For example Smith, John, et al. The first author is the first name listed on the work you are citing, not the first name alphabetically.
| Works Cited List Example |
Nickels, William, et al. Understanding Canadian Business. 9th ed., McGraw-Hill Ryerson, 2016. |
| In-Text Citation Example |
(First Author's Last Name et al. Page Number) Example: (Nickels et al. 5) |
Author's Last Name, First Name. Title of Book: Subtitle if Any. Edition if given and is not first edition, Publisher Name often shortened, Year of publication. Name of Library Database.
| Works Cited List Example |
Block, Bruce A. The Visual Story: Creating the Visual Structure of Film, TV and Digital Media. Focal P/Elsevier, 2008. ebrary. |
| In-Text Citation Example |
(Author's Last Name Page Number) Example: (Block 132) |
Last Name of First Author, First Name, and First Name Last Name of Second Author. Title of Book: Subtitle if Any, Edition if given and is not first edition, Publisher Name often shortened, Year of publication. Name of Library Database.
Note: Only the first author listed appears in "Last Name, First Name" format. Authors' names are separated by a comma. Before the last author to be listed, add the word "and."
| Works Cited List Example |
Jamsa, Kris, and Andy Anderson. HTML and Web Design: Tips and Techniques, McGraw- Hill/Osborne, 2002. EBSCO eBook and Audiobook Collection. |
| In-Text Citation Example |
(Author's Last Name and Author's Last Name Page Number) Example: (Jamsa and Anderson 22) |
Last Name of First Author, First Name, et al. Title of Book: Subtitle if Any, Edition if given and if not first edition, Publisher Name often shortened, Year of publication. Name of Library Database.
Note: If you have three or more authors you may choose to list only the first author's name followed by et al. instead of listing all authors names. For example Smith, John, et al. The first author is the first name listed on the work you are citing, not the first name alphabetically.
| Works Cited List Example |
Ziarek, Ewa Plonowska, et al. A Time for the Humanities: Futurity and the Limits of Autonomy, Fordham UP, 2008. EBSCO eBook and Audiobook Collection. |
| In-Text Citation Example |
(First Author's Last Name et al. Page Number) Example: (Ziarek et al. 75) |
Name of Corporate Author. Title of Book: Subtitle if Any, Edition if given and is not first edition, Publisher Name often shortened, Year of Publication.
Note: When a work is published by an organization that is also its author, begin the entry with the title, skipping the author element, and list the organization only as publisher.
| Works Cited List Example |
Calgary Educational Partnership Foundation. Employability Skills: Creating My Future, Nelson, 1996. |
| In-Text Citation Example |
(Name of Corporate Author Page Number) Example: (Calgary Educational Partnership Foundation 14) |
Last Name of editor, First Name, editor(s). Title of Book: Subtitle if Any. Edition if given and is not first edition, Publisher Name often shortened, Year of Publication.
| Works Cited List Example |
Matuz, Roger, editor. Contemporary Canadian Artists. Gale Canada, 1997. |
| In-Text Citation Example |
(Last name page number) Example: (Matuz 35) |
Learn more: See the MLA Handbook, pp. 22-23
Author's Last Name, First Name. Title of Book: Subtitle if Any. Edition if given and is not first edition, Publisher Name often shortened, Year of publication, Website Name, URL. Accessed Access Date.
| Works Cited List Example |
Henty, George Alfred. The Cat of Bubastes: A Tale of Ancient Egypt. Blackie and Son, 1889. HathiTrust Digital Library, babel.hathitrust.org/cgi/pt?id=mdp.39015073478847. Accessed 6 July 2016. |
| In-Text Citation Example |
(Author's Last Name Page Number) Example: (Henty 132) |
Name of Corporate Author. Title of Pamphlet: Subtitle if Any. Publisher Name, Year of Publication. Pamphlet.
Note: When a work is published by an organization that is also its author, begin the entry with the title, skipping the author element, and list the organization only as publisher.
| Works Cited List Example |
Bait and Switch Selling. Competition Bureau of Canada, 2014. Pamphlet. |
| In-Text Citation Example |
(Title) Example: (Bait and Switch Selling) |
Author's Last Name, First Name. "Title of Short Story, Essay, or Article." Title of Book: Subtitle if Any, edited by Editor's First Name and Last Name, Edition if given and is not first, Publisher Name often shortened, Year of publication, Page numbers of the essay, article, or short story.
| Works Cited List Example |
Ross, Colin. "The Story of Grey Owl." Fiction/Non-Fiction: A Reader and Rhetoric, edited by Garry Engkent and Lucia Engkent, 2nd ed., Thomson Nelson, 2006, pp. 327-333. Note: The first author's name listed is the author of the chapter/essay/short story. Note: If there is no editor given you may leave out that part of the citation. |
| In-Text Citation Example |
(Author's Last Name Page Number) Example: (Ross 332 ) |
Author's Last Name, First Name. Title of Book: Subtitle if Any. Edition if given and is not first edition, e-book or list type if known, Publisher Name often shortened, Year of publication.
Note: If you know the type of e-book you consulted, list the type.
| Works Cited List Example |
Smith, Zadie. On Beauty: A Novel. E-book, Hamish, 2005. Smith, Zadie. On Beauty: A Novel. Kindle ed., Hamish, 2005. |
| In-Text Citation Example |
(Author's Last Name Page Number) Example: (Smith 132) |
When no page numbers are listed on an ebook, cite the chapter number instead in your in-text citation.
Example: (Smith ch. 2).
| Number of Authors/Editors | In-Text Citation Example |
|---|---|
| Two |
(Author's Last Name and Author's Last Name Page Number) Example: (Case and Daristotle 57) |
| Three or more |
(Author's Last Name et al. Page Number) Example: (Case et al. 57) |