Books
| Type of Source: |
General Example: | Entry: |
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Single Author |
Gutman, Robert W. Mozart: A Cultural Biography. New York: Harcourt Brace, 1999. Print. |
5.5.2 |
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Anthology |
Rosenblum, Joseph, ed. The Greenwood Companion to Shakespeare: A Comprehensive Guide for Students. Westport, CT: Greenwood, 2005. Print. |
5.5.3 |
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Two or Three Authors |
Hock, Randolph, Mary Dean, and Gary Price. The Extreme Searcher’s Internet Handbook: A Guide for the Serious Searcher. Medford: CyberAge, 2004. Print. |
5.5.4 |
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Four or More Authors |
Davidson, William, et al. Retailing Management. New York: Wiley, 1988. Print. or Davidson, William, David Sweeney, Robert Stampfl, Fran Johnson. Retailing Management. New York: Wiley, 1988. Print. |
5.5.4 |
|
Corporate Author |
National Council of Teachers of Mathematics. The Fourth Yearbook. Ed. W.D. Reeve. New York: Little, 1929. Print. |
5.5.5 |
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Part of an Anthology |
Willson, Jr., Robert F. "William Shakespeare's Theater." The Greenwood Companion to Shakespeare: A Comprehensive Guide for Students. Ed. Joseph Rosenblum. Westport, CT: Greenwood, 2005. 47-64. Print. |
5.5.6 |
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Entry in a Reference Book |
"Agriculture." Webster's New World College Dictionary. 3rd ed. 1997. Print. "Stanza." Dictionary of Poetic Terms. Denton, Texas: U of North Texas P, 2003. Print. |
5.5.7 |
| Introduction, Preface, Foreward, or Afterword |
Rizvi, Gowher, and Guido Bertucci. Foreword. Decentralizing Governance: Emerging Concepts and Practices. Ed. G. |
5.5.8 |
|
No Author |
NAICS Desk Reference: The North American Industry Classification System Desk Reference. Indianapolis: JIST Works, 2000. Print. |
5.5.9 |
|
Scholarly Edition |
Austen, Jane. Northanger Abbey. Eds. Barbara M. Benedict and Deirdre Le Faye. New York: Cambridge UP, 2006. Print. |
5.5.10 |
|
Translation |
Calvino, Italo. Why Read the Classics? Trans. Martin McLaughlin. New York: Vintage, 2000. Print. |
5.5.11 |
|
Second or Subsequent Edition |
Walker, Douglas. The Geoscience Handbook. 4th ed. Alexandria, Virginia: American Geological Institute, 2006. Print. |
5.5.13 |
|
Multivolume Work |
Smith, Drew E. History of Poland. Vol. 2. New York: Dover, 1958. Print. Smith, Drew E. History of Poland. 3 vols. New York: Dover, 1958. Print. |
5.5.14 |
|
Series |
Dean, Nathaniel, ed. African Americans in Mathematics. New York: Greenwood Society, 2000. Print. Discrete Math. and Theoretical Comp. Sci. |
5.5.15 |
|
Republished Book |
Austen, Jane. Sense and Sensibility. 1811. New York: Cambridge UP, 2006. Print. |
5.5.16 |
| Dissertation | Ripley, Ruth M. "Neural Network Models for Breast Cancer Prognosis." Diss. Oxford University, 1998. Print. |
5.5.26 |
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Multiple Parts of an Anthology |
Barrett, Rachel. "Shakespeare's Women." Rosenblum 41-44. Rosenblum, Joseph, ed. The Greenwood Companion to Shakespeare: A Comprehensive Guide for Students. Westport, CT: Greenwood, 2005. Print. Willson, Jr., Robert F. "William Shakespeare's Theater." Rosenblum 47-64. |
5.3.6 |
For additional examples and explanations, see pages 148-181 in the MLA Handbook.
Librarian Info |
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