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MLA 9th Edition Citations Guide

Print Book
Components Author Last name, Author First Name. Title of the Book with All Words Capitalized: Subtitle of the Book also With All Words Capitalized. edition (if applicable). editors (if available) Publisher, Date of Publication.	Example Bardugo, Leigh. Ninth House. Flatiron Books, 2019.

Print Book With Two Authors
Components Author 1 Last name, First Name and Author 2 First Name Last Name. Title of the Book with All Words Capitalized: Subtitle of the Book also With All Words Capitalized. edition (if applicable), editors (if available), Publisher, Date of Publication.	Example: Cohen, Morris R., and Ernest Nagel. An Introduction to Logic and Scientific Method. Harcourt, Brace, and World Inc., 1934.

Print Book with Three or More Authors
Components First Author Last name, First name, et al. Title of the Book with All Words Capitalized: Subtitle of the Book also With All Words Capitalized. edition (if applicable), editors (if available), Publisher. Date of Publication.	Example Smith, John, et al. Sometimes the Wind Blows South. Quick-McGraw. 2020.

Chapter of a Print Book
Components Author Last name, Author First Name. "Chapter Title With All Words Capitalized: Chapter Subtitle With All Words Capitalized." Title of the Book with All Words Capitalized: Subtitle of the Book also With All Words Capitalized. edition (if applicable). editors (if available), Publisher, Date of Publication.	Example Nietzsche, Friedrich. "The Way of the Creator." Thus Spake Zarathustra. Translated by Thomas Common, revised by H. James. Birx, Prometheus Books, 1993.

Print Book in Translation
Components Author Last name, Author First Name. Title of the Book with All Words Capitalized: Subtitle of the Book also With All Words Capitalized. Translated by Translator First and Last Name. edition (if applicable), editors (if available), Publisher, Date of Publication.	Example Nietzsche, Friedrich. Thus Spake Zarathustra.Translated by Thomas Common, revised by H. James. Birx, Prometheus Books, 1993.

eBook
Components Author Last name, Author First Name. Title of eBook. E-book ed. edition (if applicable), editors (if available). Publisher. Date of Publication. Database, DOI/URL	Example Hannigan, Tim. Brief History of Indonesia : Sultans, Spices, and Tsunamis: The Incredible Story of Southeast Asia’s Largest Nation. E-book ed. Tuttle Publishing, 2015. EBSCOhost, https://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&db=nlebk&AN=1568825&site =ehost-live.
Note: If you have more than one author, follow the format for the author of the print book examples above.

Audiobook
Components Author Last name, First Name. Title of Audiobook Narrated by Full First and Last Name audiobook ed. unabridged ed. Publisher. Publication Date	Example Lee, Harper. To Kill a Mockingbird. Narrated by Sissy Spacek, audiobook ed., unabridged ed., HarperAudio, 8 July 2014.
Note: If the audiobook was released in a different year from the text version, treat the book as republished and add (Original work published year). Ex: (Original work published 2010)

Encyclopedia or Dictionary
Components Author Last Name, First Name. "Title of Entry." Encyclopedia or Dictionary, Publisher, Publication or Update Date, URL.	Example "Sino-Japanese War of 1894-1895." New World Encyclopedia, 15 Mar 2017, www.newworldencyclopedia.org.
Note: If the entry has no author, begin your citation with the title