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MLA Style Guide: Citing Books

Things to Include

Works Cited Page

  • Author
  • Title of book in italics
  • City of Publication
  • Publisher
  • Citations with more than one line of text should have a hanging indent of 1/2 inch or 5 spaces.

In-Text Citations

  • Should include author's information and the page number you are referencing

Basic Format for Books

Reference Page Format

Last Name, First Name. Title of Book. City of Publication, Publisher, Publication Date.

 

Reference Page Examples

Gleick, James. Chaos: Making a New Science. Penguin, 1987.

Gillespie, Paula, and Neal Lerner. The Allyn and Bacon Guide to Peer Tutoring. Allyn and Bacon, 2000.

 

In-Text Citations Example

(Gleick 10)

(Gillespie and Lerner 125)