Mla Book Citation 8th Edition

Works cited list example.

Mla book citation 8th edition. For two authors reverse only the first name followed by and and the second name in normal order e. To cite a textbook in a reference entry in mla style 8th edition include the following elements. Checklist sample papers and template.

As a rule one should format headers to the right margin. In text citations general points. Mla modern language association style is most commonly used to write papers and cite sources within the liberal arts and humanities.

Mla 8 citations the general pattern. How to cite a book in mla. Basically headers should consist of the writer s surname and the corresponding page number.

Citations will be very similar to physical book citations. In april 2016 mla replaced its seventh edition resources with a new eighth edition. If the author s name is not mentioned in the sentence cite both the name and the page number.

Citing a newspaper magazine or journal print and online mla 8th edition. Give the last name and name as presented in the source e. Revised on november 20 2020.

Give the last name and name as presented in the source e. Published on june 28 2019 by shona mccombes. 8th ed the modern language association of america 2016.