MLA format for book entries
1. MLA format for book entries
a. Last Name (of the author), First Name. Book Title. Location (of the Publisher):
Publisher, year.
Eg.
Karlen, Arno. Man and Microbes. New York: Simon and Schuster, 1996.
b. When you have more than two authors…
Last Name (of the first author), First Name, and First Name Last Name (of the second
Author). Book Title. Location (of the Publisher): Book Title. Location (of the Publisher): Publisher, year.
Eg.
Lechte, John, and Maria Margaroni. Julia Kristeva: Live Thoery. London:
Continuum, 2004.
Guan, Yi, Hume Field, Gavin JD Smith, and Honglin Chen. Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome. Malden: Blackwell Publishing, 2005.
c. When you have more than four authors…
Eg.
Flint, S. J., et al. Principles of Virology: Molecular Biology, Pathogenesis, and
Control. Washington, D. C.: ASM Press, 2000.
d. When you are citing from a book article…
Last Name (of the author), First Name. “Article Title.” Book Title. Eds. First
Name Last Name (of the editors). Location (of the Publisher), Publisher: year.
pn.
Eg.
Fan, Yun, and Ming-chi Chen. “Taiwan’s Societal Crisis During SARS.” SARS:
Reception and Interpretation in Three Chinese Cities. Eds. Deborah Davis
and Helen Siu. London: Routledge, 2007. 147-64.
e. When the book you are citing is translated from a language other than English
Eg.
Deleuze, Gilles. Pure Immanence: Essays on a Life. Trans. Anne Boyman. New York: Zone Books, 2001.
