MLA requires you to abbreviate the months in your publication date. Abbreviate them like this (add the period!
January = Jan.
February = Feb.
March = Mar.
April = Apr.
May = May
June = June
July = July
August = Aug.
September = Sept.
October = Oct.
November = Nov.
December = Dec.
| Print Book | |
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Components Author Last name, Author First Name. |
Example Boyle Terry. The Tortilla Curtain. Viking, 1977. |
| Print Book With Two Authors | |
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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: Doyle, James, and David Johnson. The Quesadilla Drapes. Viking, 1995.
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| Print Book with Three or More Authors | |
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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. |
| eBook | |
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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 | |
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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 | |
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Components
Author Last Name, First Name. "Title of Entry." Encyclopedia or Dictionary, Publisher, Publication or Update Date, URL.
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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 | |