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.
Author Surname, First Name. Book Title: Subtitle. Edition. Place of Publication: Publisher, Year. Medium.
Deutschmann, Linda. Deviance and Social Control. 3rd ed. Scarborough: Nelson Thompson Learning, 2002. Print.