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MLA Style Citations
: Books
Book Citation
Ermann, M. David, Mary B. Williams, and Michael S. Shauf, eds.
Computers, Ethics, and Society. New York: Oxford UP,
1997. Odell, Lee, et al. Elements of Language. Austin, TX:
Holt, Rinehart and Winston, 2001.
Sternberg, Elaine. Just Business: Business Ethics in Action.
New
York: Oxford UP, 2000.
Utah Association of Counties. Utah County Facts Book. Salt
Lake
City,UT: Utah Association of Counties, 1981.
Authors
- The first part of a book citation is the author(s), which is the
same for all formats of materials. See Authors
page for more information.
Book Title
- The title is the name of the work
- Underline the title and subtitle (Italics may be used but
underlining is recommended for clarity)
- Capitalize title according to conventions: Capitalize all words
except A, an, the, of, to, on, at and similar words that are capitalized
only if they appear at the the beginning of the title or subtitle
- End the title section with a period
- Underline does not continue under the period
Author.
Title.
Example:
Lester, Kent and Dave McGuerty. The Complete Guide to
Contracting Your Home.
Subtitle
- Some books have a subtitle that follows the title after a
colon (:)
- Capitalize the subtitle the same as a title
- Punctuate the title and subtitle as it appears except for the
addition of the colon between title and subtitle
Author.
Title: Subtitle.
Example:
Saslant, Katherine. The Brand-New House Book: Everything You
Need to Know About Planning, Designing, and Building a
Custom, Semi-Custom, or Production-Built House.
Edition
If there is an edition, it is added after the title and subtitle.
Do not list first editions unless there are subsequent editions
already in print.
The format is: 2nd ed., 3rd ed., etc.
Author.
Title. edition.
Example:
Lester, Kent and Dave McGuerty. The Complete Guide to
Contracting Your Home. 3rd ed.
Publication Information
- Publication information is listed after the author, title, and
edition
 Includes
the place of publication, publisher, and date of publication- This information is usually found on the front and back of a book's
title page
- A simple place to locate this information is in the library catalog
record for your book
Place of Publication
- Do not list states for commonly known cities such as
New York, Boston, Los Angeles, Chicago, etc.
- If state is needed, use the common two letter abbreviation (UT,
NY, CA, etc.)
- List countries only if needed for clarity
- If more than one place is listed, use only the first
- After place of publication put a colon ( : )
Author.
Title. Place of Publication:
Example:
Kardon, Redwood, Michael Casey, and Douglas Hansen. Code
Check: A Field Guide to Building a Safe House. 3rd ed.
Newtown, CT:
Publisher
- Omit common business and publishing industry names such as "Books","Press",
"Publisher", "Inc.", "Co.", and "Ltd."
- Place a comma After the Publisher
- University Press is abbreviated UP
Author.
Title. Place of Publication: Publisher,
Example:
Kardon, Redwood, Michael Casey, and Douglas Hansen. Code
Check: A Field Guide to Building a Safe House. 3rd
ed.
Newtown, CT: Taunton,
Year of Publication
- Do not include a copyright symbol (©) with the publication
date
- Include only the year of publication for book citations
- After the year put a period -- because that's the end of a book
citation
Author.
Title. Place of Publication: Publisher, Year of Publication.
Example:
Kardon, Redwood, Michael Casey, and Douglas Hansen. Code
Check: A Field Guide to Building a Safe House. 3rd ed.
Newtown, CT: Taunton, 2000.
For situations
not covered by these examples,
see the MLA Style Manual at the library Reference Desk.
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