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

Title page

Use the author, title, and publication information from the Title page, which comes
on the subsequent pages after the cover

Book title

Author

Publisher

City published

Year published
If not on the title page, look on the copyright page

Citation:

James, Henry. The Ambassadors. Rockville: Serenity, 2009. 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

Date 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: James, Henry. The Ambassadors. Rockville: Serenity, 2009. 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

Date accessed: Depends on the day

Title
Author

Use title from the title page of the book

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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