Author. Title of Book. Publisher, Date.
Ni, Peimin. Confucius: The Man and the Way of Gongfu. Rowman and Littlefield, 2016.
(Ni)
See page 313 in the MLA Handbook.
Author. Title of Book. xth ed., Publisher, Date.
Gendrich, Cynthia M., and Stephen Archer. Theatre: Its Art and Craft. 7th ed., Rowman and Littlefield, 2017.
(Gendrich and Archer)
See page 315 in the MLA Handbook.
Author. Title of eBook. Edition, Publisher, Date. Database, URL.
Author. Title of eBook. Edition, Publisher, Date. Website, URL.
Reynolds, Andy. The Tour Book: How to Get Your Music on the Road. 2nd ed., Course Technology, 2012. Ebook Central, ebookcentral.proquest.com/lib/sfcollege-ebooks/detail.action?docID=3136550.
Werner, E. T. C. Myths and Legends of China. 1922. George G. Harrap & Co., 2005. Project Gutenberg, www.gutenberg.org/files/15250/15250-h/15250-h.htm.
(Reynolds 81)
(Werner)
See page 316 in the MLA Handbook.
Editor, editor(s). Title of Book. Publisher, Date.
Back, Youngsun, and Philip J. Ivanhoe, editors. Traditional Korean Philosophy: Problems and Debates. Rowman & Littlefield, 2017.
Chopin, Kate. The Complete Works of Kate Chopin. Edited by Per Seyersted, Louisiana State UP, 1969.
(Back and Ivanhoe)
(Chopin)
See page 314 in the MLA Handbook.
Author of Chapter. "Title of Chapter." Title of Book, edited by Editors, Edition, Volume, Publisher, Date, pp. X-X.
Sharpe, Thomasina H. "Later Life Sexuality." Sex and Sexuality, edited by Richard D. McAnulty and M. Michele Burnette, vol. 1, Praeger, 2006, pp. 133-151.
(Sharpe 136)
See page 318 in the MLA Handbook.
Author of Work. "Title of Work." Title of Book, edited by Editors, Edition, Volume, Publisher, Date, pp. X-X.
Spiotta, Dana. "Jelly and Jack." The Best American Nonrequired Reading 2016, edited by Rachel Kushner, Houghton Mifflin Harcourt, 2016, pp. 39-56.
Poe, Edgar Allan. "The Pit and the Pendulum." 1842. The Complete Tales & Poems of Edgar Allan Poe, introduction by Wilbur S. Scott, Castle Books, 2002, pp. 237-246.
In the Poe example, an original publication date (1842) is provided after the title of the short story.
(Spiotta 42)
(Poe 239)
See pages 317 and 319 in the MLA Handbook.
Author of Entry. "Title of Entry." Title of Book, edited by Editors, Edition, Volume, Publisher, Date, pp. X-X.
Orme, Nicholas. "Christianity, Cornwall." The Celts: History, Life, and Culture, edited by John T. Koch and Antone Minard, vol. 1, ABC-CLIO, 2012, pp. 192-193.
(Orme 192)
See pages 327-328 in the MLA Handbook.
Use for online Internet reference books, or information from Credo Reference, Ferguson's Career Guidance Center, Health and Wellness (from the Books & Fact Sheets area), and Salem Online.
Author of Entry. "Title of Entry." Title of Book, edited by Editors, Edition, Volume, Publisher, Date. Database OR Website, URL.
"Allusions, Biblical." All Things Chaucer: An Encyclopedia of Chaucer's World, edited by Shannon L. Rogers, Greenwood Press, 2007. Credo Reference, search.credoreference.com/content/entry/abcchaucer/allusions_biblical/0.
In this example, no author entry is provided, so the citation begins with the title of the entry.
("Allusions")
See pages 327-328 in the MLA Handbook.
Author. Title of Text. Illustrated by Illustrators, Publisher, Date.
Frank, Anne. Anne Frank's Diary: The Graphic Adaptation. Adapted by Ari Folman, illustrated by David Polonksy, Pantheon, 2018.
(Frank)
See page 315 in the MLA Handbook.
Author of Criticism. "Title of Criticism." Title of Book, edited by Editors, Edition, Volume, Publisher, Date, pp. X-X. Originally published in Journal Title, vol. X, no. X, Date, pp. X-X.
Schroeder, Natalie. "Stephen King's Misery: Freudian Sexual Symbolism and the Battle of the Sexes." Contemporary Literary Criticism, edited by Jeffrey W. Hunter, vol. 244, Thomson Gale, 2008, pp. 50-55. Originally published in Journal of Popular Culture, vol. 30, no. 2, 1996, pp. 137-48.
(Schroeder 52)
See page 318 in the MLA Handbook.
Author of Essay. "Title of Essay." Title of Book, edited by Editors, Edition, Volume, Publisher, Date, pp. X-X. Series name.
Winter, Marcus A. "More Charter Schools Should Be Opened." Charter Schools, edited by Margaret Haerens and Lynn M. Zott, Greenhaven Press, 2012, pp. 169-179. Opposing Viewpoints.
Note: If the series was numbered, the number would follow the series name. For example, if the series name was Miller Handbooks and the book was number 4 in this series, the series name would read Miller Handbooks 4.
(Winter 170)
See pages 315 and 318 in the MLA Handbook.
Title of Text. Edition, Publisher, Date.
You may also have a more specialized title or author, which can be included.
The Holy Qur'an. Translated by Abdullah Yusuf Ali, Wordsworth Editions, 2000.
The Priests for Equality. The Inclusive Bible: The First Egalitarian Translation. Rowman and Littlefield, 2007.
(The Holy Qur'an, 56.17-18)
(The Priests for Equality, 1 Cor. 3.10)
See pages 247 and 339 in the MLA Handbook.
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