BOOK – PRINT

Information you need:

· Name of author(s)

· Title of book (include sub-title, if one appears on the title page)
Place of publication (city and state; if city is well-known , just use city

· Name of publisher

· Copyright date (from back of title page)

· Page numbers

· Medium (Print)

Examples:

Book with one author:

Salins, Peter D.  Assimilation, American Style.  New York: Basic Books, 1997. Print.

In text citation: (Author last name page number(s)) Example: (Salins 235)

Book with two authors:

Reverse the name of the first author only.

Yans-McLaughlin, Virginia and Marjorie Lightman. Ellis Island and the Peopling of America: The Official Guide.  New York: The New Press, 1997. Print.

Book with an editor:

Character Above All. Ed. Robert A. Wilson. New York: Simon and Schuster, 1995. Print.

In text citation: (author’s last names page number(s)) Example: (Yans-Mclaughlin and Lightman 451)

If there are three authors, separate the names with commas. If there are more than three authors, list the first author, and use et al.

Adapted from:

Hacker, Diana. Research and Documentation Online. Bedford/St. Martins, 2009. Web. 21 Oct. 2009. <http://image.mail.bfwpub.com/lib/feed1c737d6c03/m/1/Hacker_MLA2009Update.pdf>.