CITING:
HOW TO CITE A BOOK IN MLA FORMAT
(MLA 5.6)
To cite a book in MLA format you
will need:
• Author(s)
• Title of Book
• Place of Publication
• Publisher
• Year of publication
• Edition (if provided)
The citation is arranged:
Author(s). Title. Edition. Place
of Publication: Publisher, Year of
Publication.
Examples:
McManus, Jane. Cuba’s Island
of Dreams: Voices from the Isle of
Pines and Youth. Gainesville: UP
of Florida, 2000.
Palmer, William J., and Neal Lerner. Dickens and New Historicism.
New York: St. Martin’s, 1997.
Muraski, Shikibu. The Tale of Genji. Trans. by Edward G. Seidensticker.
Rev. ed. New York: Vintage-Random, 1985.