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MLA Style Citations : Chapters or Articles in Books

  • For articles or chapters written by different authors within an edited book
  • List author and title of article first, then book information
  • For a book with one editor, use Ed., more than one editor, use Eds.
  • Do not invert editor's name
  • Follow publication information with the beginning and ending pages of the article (e.g. 223-54.)

    Author's Last Name, First Name Middle Initial. "Title of Article." Eds.

Editor #1 First Name Last Name, and Editor #2 First Name Last Name.

Title of Book. Place of Publication: Publisher, Year. Pages.

Examples:

Meiland, Jack. "The Difference Between High School and College." Ed. Russel K. Durst. You Are Here: Readings on Higher Education for College Writers. Upper Saddle River, NJ: Prentice Hall, 2003. 104-14.

Grealy, Lucy. "Fear Itself." Eds. Tammy Roberts, et al. The Broadview Anthology of Expository Prose. Peterborough, Ontario: Broadview, 2002. 450-61.

Author

  • The first part of an article citation is the author(s), which is the same for all formats of materials. See Authors page for more information.
  • The author in this citation should be the author of the article or chapter, not the editor of the book
  • Multiple authors are handled exactly the same as in all other formats. rticle citation is the author(s), which is the same for all formats of materials. See Authors page for more information.

Article or Chapter Title

  • Article titles are the same in all formats
  • The article or chapter title is capitalized according to conventions
  • The article or chapter title is placed within quotation marks
  • There is a period, within the quotation marks, at the end of the article title
  • An article or chapter subtitle is handled the same as a book title except it is inside quotation marks

    Author. "Article or Chapter Title."

Example:

Grealy, Lucy. "Fear Itself."

Editor(s)
  • The editor(s) of the book are listed after Ed. for a single editor
  • If there are two or three editors, use Eds.
  • If there are more than three (3) editors, list the first and the phrase et al (see below for example)
  • Editors names are not inverted in these citations (first name is first, last name is last)
  • End the editor section with a period

    One Editor
    Author. "Title." Ed. Editor's First Name Editor's Middle Initial Editor's Last Name.

    Two Editors
    Author. "Title." Eds. Editor #1 First Name Editor #1 Middle Initial Editor #1 Last Name, and     Editor #2 First Name Editor #2 Middle Initial Editor #2 Last Name.

    Three Editors
    Author. "Title." Eds. Editor #1 First Name Editor #1 Middle Initial Editor #1 Last Name, Editor #2 First Name Editor #2 Middle Initial Editor #2 Last Name, and Editor #3 First Name Editor #3 Middle Initial Editor #3 Last Name.

More Than Three Editors
Author. "Title." Ed. Editor's First Name Editor's Middle Initial Editor's Last Name, et al.

Examples:

One Editor
Meiland, Jack. "The Difference Between High School and College." Ed. Russel K. Durst.

More Than Three Editors
Grealy, Lucy. "Fear Itself." Eds. Tammy Roberts, et al.

Title of Book

  • The title of the book is formatted exactly as it is in a book citation
  • The title of the book is underlined
  • If there is edition information, it follows the title
  • A period follow the book title section
  • See book citations for more complete information on the title and publication information

    Author. "Title." Ed. Editor. Title of Book.

    Examples:

    Meiland, Jack. "The Difference Between High School and College." Ed. Russel K. Durst. You Are Here: Readings on Higher Education for College Writers.

    Grealy, Lucy. "Fear Itself." Eds. Tammy Roberts, et al. The Broadview Anthology of Expository Prose.

    Publication Information: Place

  • The place of publication is formatted exactly as it is in a book citation
  • The place is followed by a colon ( : )

    Author. "Title." Ed. Editor. Title of Book. Place of Publication:

    Examples:

    Meiland, Jack. "The Difference Between High School and College." Ed. Russel K. Durst. You Are Here: Readings on Higher Education for College Writers. Upper Saddle River, NJ:

    Grealy, Lucy. "Fear Itself." Eds. Tammy Roberts, et al. The Broadview Anthology of Expository Prose. Peterborough, Ontario:

    Publication Information: Publisher

  • The name of the publisher is formatted exactly as it is in a book citation
  • The place is followed by a comma ( , )

    Author. "Title." Ed. Editor. Title of Book. Place of Publication: Publisher,

    Examples:

    Meiland, Jack. "The Difference Between High School and College." Ed. Russel K. Durst. You Are Here: Readings on Higher Education for College Writers. Upper Saddle River, NJ: Prentice Hall,

    Grealy, Lucy. "Fear Itself." Eds. Tammy Roberts, et al. The Broadview Anthology of Expository Prose. Peterborough, Ontario: Broadview,

    Publication Information: Place of Publication

  • The place of publication is formatted exactly as it is in a book citation
  • The place is followed by a period

    Author. "Title." Ed. Editor. Title of Book. Place of Publication: Publisher, Date.

    Examples:

    Meiland, Jack. "The Difference Between High School and College." Ed. Russel K. Durst. You Are Here: Readings on Higher Education for College Writers. Upper Saddle River, NJ: Prentice Hall, 2003.

    Grealy, Lucy. "Fear Itself." Eds. Tammy Roberts, et al. The Broadview Anthology of Expository Prose. Peterborough, Ontario: Broadview, 2002.

Page Numbers

  • Page numbers of the particular work are listed last
  • Beginning and ending page numbers are listed
  • Do not use abbreviations for pages such as p., pp. pg., pgs.
  • Page numbers are followed by a period
  • Write the page numbers in the fewest digits possible (e.g. not 44-49, but 44-9; not 301-323, but 302-23)

Author. "Title." Ed. Editor. Title of Book. Place of Publication: Publisher, Date. Pages.

Examples:

Meiland, Jack. "The Difference Between High School and College." Ed. Russel K. Durst. You Are Here: Readings on Higher Education for College Writers. Upper Saddle River, NJ: Prentice Hall, 2003. 104-14.

Grealy, Lucy. "Fear Itself." Eds. Tammy Roberts, et al. The Broadview Anthology of Expository Prose. Peterborough, Ontario: Broadview, 2002. 450-61.
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