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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.

Government Publication (174-177)

General Format (when the author is not a specific person) 
 
In-Text Citation:
(Government Name page number)
 
Works Cited:

Government Name. Name of Government Agency. Title: Subtitle. Place of Publication: Publisher, Year. Medium.

  
Example 
 
In-Text Citation:
(Industry Canada 25)
 
Works Cited:

Industry Canada. State of Retail: The Canadian Report 2010. Ottawa: Industry Canada, 2010. Print.