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Book MLA Works Cited

Associations, corporations, agencies, government departments and organizations are considered authors when there is no single author
List editions other than the first
When more than one city is listed for the same publisher, use only the first city.
For university presses, use U for University and P for Press, e.g., Princeton UP.

Format:

Last, First, and First M. Last. Title of Book. Edition [if other than first]. City of Publication: Publisher, Year published. Print.

American Allergy Association. Allergies in Children. New York: Random, 1998. Print.
Crowley, Sharon. Ancient Rhetorics for Contemporary Students. 3rd ed. New York: Pearson/Longman, 2004. Print.
Gillespie, Paula. The Allyn and Bacon Guide to Peer Tutoring. Boston: Allyn, 2000. Print.
Wysocki, Anne Frances, et al. Writing New Media: Theory and Applications for Expanding the Teaching of Composition. Logan: Utah State UP, 2004. Print.

When citing an entire book that lists editors on its title page, insert the editor's name in the place where the authors' names are now, followed by , ed (if only one editor), , eds (if more than one editor is listed)

Format:

Last, First, ed. Title of Book. Edition [if other than first] City: Publisher, Year published. Print.

Lucas, John S., ed. Aquaculture: Farming Aquatic Animals and Plants. Oxford: Blackwell, 2004. Print.

Cite as you would any other book. Add "Trans." (the abbreviation for translated by) and follow with the name(s) of the translator(s).

Format:

Last, First. Title of Book. Trans. First Last. City: Publisher, Year published. Print.

Foucault, Michel. Foucault, Michel. Madness and Civilization: A History of Insanity in the Age of Reason. Trans. Richard Howard. New York: Vintage-Random House, 1988. Print.

The editor is listed after the book title, with the abbreviation 'Ed.' before the name (even for more than one editor)

Format:

Last, First. "Title of Chapter." Title of Book. Ed. First Last and First Last. City: Publisher, Year published. pp-pp. Print.

Naremore, James. "Hitchcock at the Margins of Noire." Alfred Hitchcock: Centenary Essey. Ed. Richard Allen and S. Ishii-Gonzalès. London, England: BFI, 1999. 263-77. Print.
Wysocki, Anne Frances, Cynthia L. Selfe, and Geoffrey Sirc. "my chapter." Writing New Media: Theory and Applications for Expanding the Teaching of Composition. Logan: Utah State UP, 2004. Print.

URLs are no longer required. Only include URL if reader will be unlikely to find book otherwise or teacher requires it.
Library Database: Provide the same information as you would for a printedbook and add the name of the database in italics, and indicate the publication medium as Web and the date of access.

Format:

Last, First M. Book Title. Edition City: Publisher, Year published. Database Name. Web. Date accessed.

Cook, David. "Global Radical Islam." Understanding Jihad. Berkeley: U of California P, 2004. 129-98. NetLibrary. Web. 5 Nov. 2009.