MLA List of Works Cited for Different Types of Books
This MLA guide provides detailed instructions on how to format citations for various types of books, including those authored by a corporate entity, edited books, works with both an author and an editor, translated works, books without listed authors, editions, and republished books. Each entry includes specific formatting guidelines and examples to help you accurately cite books in your research papers following the Modern Language Association (MLA) style.
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MLA List of Works Sited BOOKS Sixth- (Book by a corporate Author) In Text: Canada was the first nation to ratify the treaty (Canada. Dept. of Foreign Affairs and International Trade 17). Works Cited: Canada. Dept. of Foreign Affairs and International Trade. Freedom From Fear: Canada's Foreign Policy for Human Security. Ottawa: DFAIT, 2002. Print.
MLA List of Works Sited BOOKS Seventh-( Book with an editor) Begin with the editor s name. For one editor, use ed. (for editor ) after the name; for multiple editors, use eds. (for editors ). Lago, Mary, Linda K. Hughes, and Elizabeth MacLeod Walls, eds. The BBC Talks of E. M. Forster, 1929-1960. Columbia: U of Missouri P, 2008. Print.
MLA List of Works Sited BOOKS Eighth-(Book with an author and an editor) Give the author's name (in inverted order) before the title; give the editor's name (in normal order) after it, receded by the abbreviation "Ed." (for edited by")
MLA List of Works Sited BOOKS Ninth-(Translated Work) Give the author's name (in inverted order) before the title; give the Translator's name (in normal order) after it, receded by the abbreviation "Trans." (for Translated by") Scirocco, Alfonso. Garibaldi: Citizen of the World. Trans. Allan Cameron. Princeton: Princeton UP, 2007. Print.
MLA List of Works Sited BOOKS Tenth- (Book without a listed author) Alphabetize the book by the first significant word in the title (omit the articles "a","an", and "the"). Waterstone's Guide to Books.London: Waterstone,1981.Print.
MLA List of Works Sited BOOKS Eleventh-(Book edition,if not the first) Place the abbreviated edition number ("Rev. ed." Or "2nd ed.") after the period following the title. Auletta, Ken. The Underclass. 2nded. Woodstock: Overlook, 2000. Print.
MLA List of Works Sited BOOKS Twelfth-(Republished book) Place the original publication date after the title. Separate it from the publication information with a period. Faulkner, William. The Sound and the Fury.1929. New York:Vintage-Random,1946. Print.
MLA List of Works Sited BOOKS Thirteenth- (Multivolume Series) List the total number of volumes after the title of the work.Use Arabic nemerals. If you used only one volume of the series, identify that volume after the title. You may add the complete number of volumes at the end of the entry. Sewall,Richard B. The Life of Emily Dickenson. Vol 1. New York:Farrar,1974.2 vols. Print.
MLA List of Works Sited BOOKS Fourteenth-(Selection in an anthology or edited book) Give the author and title of the selection and then the title of the collection or athology in which it appears and the editor of the volume (proceeded by "Ed."). Include the page numbers of the selection at the end of the entry. Gordimer, Nadine. "The Bridegroom." African Short Stories. Ed. Chinua Acheba and C. L. Innes. London:Heinemann, 1985.155-63. Print.
MLA List of Works Sited BOOKS Fifteenth-( Article in a Reference Book) If the article is signed begin with the author's name; if it is unsigned, begin with its title, followed by the title of the work. If the articles in the reference work are listed alphabetically, omit the volume number and page number. Levison,Sanford. "Supreme Court." The Reader's Guide to American History.Ed.Eric Foner and John A. Garraty.Boston: Houghton,1991. Print.
MLA List of Works Sited BOOKS Sixteenth-(Forward, introduction, preface, or afterward) If the book part has a title, include it in quotation marks immediately after the author s name and before the label for the book part. Ozick, Cynthia. Portrait of the Essay as a Warm Body. Introduction. The Best American Essays 1998. Ed. Ozick. Boston: Houghton, 1998. xv-xxi. Print.
MLA List of Works Sited BOOKS Seventeenth-(Dissertation) For an unpublished dissertation, enclose the title in quotation marks. Follow with the name of the degree- granting institution and the date. Marks, Barry Alan. "The Idea of Propaganda in America." Diss. U of Minnesota, 1957. Print.
