When you're finding books for your research, make note of the author name(s), book title, publication date, publisher, and place of publication.
The medium of publication for all “hard copy” books is Print.
For each type of source in this guide, both the general form and a specific example will be provided.
The following format will be used:
Parenthetical Citation - entry that appears in the body of your paper.
Works Cited - entry that appears at the end of your paper.
Information on citing and several of the examples were drawn from the MLA Handbook (7th ed.).
Numbers in parentheses refer to specific pages in the manual.
General Format
In-Text Citation:
(Author Surname et al. page number)
OR
(Author Surname, Author Surname, Author Surname, and Author Surname page number)
Works Cited:
Author Surname, First Name, et al. Book Title: Subtitle. Place of Publication: Publisher, Year. Medium.
OR
Author Surname, First Name, Author First Name Surname, Author First Name Surname, and Author First Name Surname. Book Title: Subtitle. Place of Publication: Publisher, Year. Medium.
Example
In-Text Citation:
(Pound et al. 54)
OR
(Pound, Dionne, Myers, and Musson 54)
Works Cited:
Pound, Richard W., et al., eds. The Fitzhenry and Whiteside Book of Canadian Facts and Dates. Markham: Fitzhenry & Whiteside, 2005. Print.
OR
Pound, Richard W., Richard Dionne, Jay Myers, and James Musson, eds. The Fitzhenry and Whiteside Book of Canadian Facts and Dates. Markham: Fitzhenry & Whiteside, 2005. Print.