Mla Format Book Citation Example

The in text citation gives the author s last name and a page number in parentheses.

Mla format book citation example. Print books whole example book 1 author. Scribbr mla citation generator. Example book 3 authors edition.

Title of container contributors version numbers publisher year of publication. Rottmann alexander and nici pederzolli. Add translated by and follow with the name s of the translator s.

The basic form for a book citation is. Last name first name. In this case for the mla format ebook citation with a particular edition you must add a shortened number with the ed part with a comma afterward.

Give the last name and name as presented in the source e. Guidelines for referring to the works of others in your text using mla style are covered throughout the mla handbook and in chapter 7 of the mla style manual. Author s last name page number.

Acoustic qualities of the caves. If relevant also include the names of any editors or translators the edition and the volume. Basic book format the author s name or a book with a single author s name appears in last name first name format.

Example book 2 authors. Watson john and john watson. To cite a translated book in a reference entry in mla style 8th edition include the following elements.