Citing a book - MLA

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Book: A written work or composition that has been published - typically

printed on pages bound together

Structure: Last, First M. Book. City published: Publisher, Year published. Print.

Front Cover
Book title

Mark Twain Author

Contributor information is found on the cover
or subsequent pages after

Page 2 The subsequent pages after the cover will have publication information

Publisher: Saddleback Educational Publishing

Omit descriptive words like Publishing and Co. from citation

Year Published: 1999

Look for the copyright date

City published: Irving

Citation: Twain, Mark. The Adventures of Tom Sawyer. Irving: Saddleback

Educational, 1999. Print.

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 Citing a published book found on a website - MLA
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Structure: Last, First M. Book. City published: Publisher, Year published.

Website. Web. Date accessed. <URL>.
*Note: URL is optional. Consult your teacher.

Website: Google books

Data accessed: Depends on the day

When did you access the source? Web sources may change and must be considered unique.

Note: When citing sources reproduced online from their print versions, it is not necessary to
include online information such as the website publisher or the date of electronic publication

Citation: Twain, Mark. The Adventures of Tom Sawyer. Irving: Saddleback

Educational, 1999. Google books. Web. 16 Mar. 2010.

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 Citing a published book found on a database - MLA
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Structure: Last, First M. Book. City published: Publisher, Year published.

Database. Web. Date accessed. <URL>.
*Note: URL is optional. Consult your teacher.

Database: Infobase Publishing eBooks City published: New York

Located on page 3

Data accessed: Depends on the day

Title
Author

Date of publication / Copyright

Publisher

Note: Many eBooks are reproduced from a print version. You can normally determine this if the
eBook has print publication information

Citation: Morem, Susan. 101 Tips for Graduates. New York: Ferguson, 2005.
Infobase Publishing eBooks. Web. 16 Mar. 2010.

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