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About Citing Books

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.

Work in an Anthology (157-160)

General Format 
 
In-Text Citation:
(Author Surname page number)
   
Works Cited:

Author Surname, First Name. "Title of Chapter." Book Title: Subtitle. Ed. Editor First Name Surname. Place of Publication: Publisher, Year. Page Range of Chapter. Medium.

 
Example
 
In-Text Citation:
(Imai 202) 
 
Works Cited:

Imai, Junihiko. “Globalization and Asian Political Culture.” Human Portraits and Behavioral Inquiries. Eds. Gary M. O'Bireck and Sheila A. O'Bireck. Toronto: Canadian Scholars P, 2002. 200-226. Print.