Print Book
Two Author Example:
List authors in order as they appear in book. List first author name with Last name, first name format; subsequent author names appear in normal order, first name last name format.
eBook (from library catalog or database)
eBook [read with e-book reader device (e.g. Kindle or Nook)]
eBook (from general website)
Example:
MLA considers the "e-book" identifier specifically for eBooks read with an eBook reader device. If you are citing from an eBook found on a general website with a URL, use web site citation format.
Example:
Citations for books without an author begin with the book Title. The references are included alphabetically with other resources on your Works Cited page.
Subsequent Edition
Note: Publisher names should be shortened. As in the examples below Oxford UP is short for Oxford University Press.
Work Prepared by an Editor
Book Chapter/Article from a Book
Note: When listing page number(s) of chapters or section of a edited book, use "p." for single page references and "pp." for entire chapter/section page range.
Encyclopedia/Reference Book
Note: When citing a single volume of a multi-volume work, include "vol." with the volume number after the book title or editor name.
Book Introduction, Preface, Foreward or Afterword
Note: Write the name of the author of selection your are citing at beginning of citation. Place name of selection in normal font followed by a period (".") before book title in italics followed with word, "by" and author of the work before publisher.
Poem or Short Story
Bible
Government Publication
Dissertation/Thesis