MLA Citation Examples

Elements:

1. Author.
2. Title of Book.
3. Contributor,
4. Version,
5. Publisher,
6. Publication Date.

Format:

Author. Title of Book. Contributor, Version, Publisher, date.

Note: If the publisher's name includes "University" or "Press," abbreviate those, without periods, for example:

• Princeton UP, 2014.
• U of Pittsburgh P, 1994.

See specific examples below.

Note on publisher element:

• MLA citation style no longer includes the publisher's city, only the publisher's name. 
• If the publisher's name includes "University" or "Press," abbreviate those, without periods, for example:
  • Princeton UP, 2014.
  • U of Pittsburgh P, 1994.

Jans, Nick. The Last Light Breaking: Life among Alaska's Inupiat Eskimos. Alaska Northwest Books, 1993.

Miller, John, and Tim Smith, editors. Cape Cod Stories: Tales from Cape Cod, Nantucket, and Martha's Vineyard. Chronicle Books, 1996.

Please see the sample citation for a chapter or article in an anthology below for information on citing a component of an edited collection.

Wardle, Elizabeth, and Doug Downs, editors. Writing About Writing: A College Reader. 2nd ed., Bedford/St. Martin's, 2014.

Culliney, John L. Islands in a Far Sea: The Fate of Nature in Hawai'i. Rev. ed., U of Hawai'i P, 2006.

Green, Constance McLaughlin. Washington. Princeton UP, 1962-63. 2 vols.

In-text citation: (Green 1: 112-14)
"1" is the volume number and 112-14 are the page numbers in that volume.

Toibin, Colm. "Send My Roots Rain: Gerard Manley Hopkins." Not Less Than Everything, edited by Catherine Wolff, HarperOne, 2013, pp. 284-99.