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<h2><span class="bodytitle">How Do I Cite a Book Using MLA 7th Edition?<br /></span></h2>
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<p class="bodytext">The 7th edition now requires that titles of books are italicized, not underlined. In addition, the medium of publication (print) should be listed after the date of publication.</p>
<p class="bodytext"><strong>Basic Format</strong></p>
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<p class="bodytext">Author’s name. <em>Title of the book</em>. Place of publication: Name of publisher, Year of publication. Medium of publication (Print).</p>
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<p class="bodytext"><strong>A Book with One Author/Editor</strong></p>
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<p class="bodytext">Showalter, Elaine. <em>Sister's Choice</em>. New York: Oxford UP, 1991. Print.</p>
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<p class="bodytext"><strong>Two or More Books by the Same Author/Editor</strong><br /> (NOTE: Works listed under the same name are alphabetized by title.)</p>
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<p class="bodytext">Showalter, Elaine, ed. <em>The New feminist criticism</em>. New York: Pantheon, 1985. Print.</p>
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<p class="bodytext">---. <em>Sister's choice.</em> New York: Oxford UP, 1991. Print.</p>
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<p><strong>A Book with Two or More Authors/Editors</strong><br /> (NOTE: Only the first author/editor’s name should be listed with the last name appearing first for the purpose of alphabetizing on the Works Cited; the other authors will be listed as “first name last name.”)</p>
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<li class="bodytext">Bilken, Sari and Diane Pollard, eds. <em> Gender and Education</em>. Chicago: U of Chicago P, 1993. Print.</li>
<li>Nelson, Candice, David Dulio, and Stephen Medvic, eds. <em>Shades of Gray</em>. Washington, D.C.: Brookings, 2002. Print.</li>
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<p><strong>A Book with Four or More Authors/Editors</strong><br /> (NOTE: Only the first author/editor's name should be listed with "et al" submitted in place of the other names.)</p>
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<li>Kolodny, Robert, et al. <em>Textbook of Human Sexuality for Nurses</em>. Boston: Little, Brown, 1979. Print.</li>
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<p><strong>A Book by a Corporate Author</strong></p>
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<li>American Psychological Association. <em>Casebook on Ethical Standards of Psychologists. </em> Washington, D.C.: American Psychological Association, 1974. Print.</li>
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<p><strong>A Multivolume Work</strong></p>
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<li>Cayton, Mary, and Peter W. Williams, eds. <em>Encyclopedia of American Cultural & Intellectual History.</em> 3 vols. New York: Charles Scribner's Sons, 2001. Print.</li>
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<p><strong>A Second or Later Edition</strong></p>
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<li>Altick, Richard, and John J. Fenstermaker. <em>The Art of Literary Research</em>. 4th ed. New York: Norton, 1993. Print.</li>
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<p><strong>An Article or Chapter in an Anthology</strong></p>
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<li>Magny, Claude-Edmonde. "Faulkner or Theological Inversion." <em>Faulkner: A Collection of Critical Essays</em>. Ed. Robert Penn Warren. Englewood Cliffs: Prentice-Hall, 1966. 66-78. Print.</li>
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<p><strong>If your source does not appear in this guide or for further information or examples, consult the</strong> <em>MLA Handbook for Writers of Research Papers</em> <strong>(Call Number: Ref</strong> <strong>LB2369 .G53 2003</strong><strong>) available in the Ready Reference Collection at the Information Desk or in the Reference Collection. You can also refer to the Instruction Office's <a href="/id0904f67a801fb0a7">list</a> of resources; we specifically recommend <a href="http://owl.english.purdue.edu/handouts/research/r_mla.html" target="_blank">Purdue's Online Writing Lab</a> (OWL). You can also contact the SIUE <a href="http://www.siue.edu/IS/WRITING/" target="_blank">Writing Center</a> or visit <a href="http://www.mla.org/" target="_blank">MLA</a>'s site.</strong></p>
<p>Updated April 10, 2009</p>