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MLA Citation Guide (9th ed.)

Single Authored Books

Example: Johns, Jessica. Bad Cree: A Novel. HarperCollins, 2023.
Elements: Author. Title of source. Publisher, publication date.

Multi-authored Books

Example: Berg, Insoo Kim, and Therese Steiner. Children’s Solution Work. 1st ed., W.W. Norton, 2003.
Elements: Authors. Title of container, version, publisher, publication date. 

Edited and/or Translated Books

Example: Brettschneider, Marla, et al., editors. LGBTQ Politics : A Critical Reader. New York UP, 2017.
Elements: Editors. Title of source. Publisher, publication date.

Anthologies or Collections

Example: Hawk, Shane, and Theodore C. Van Alst, editors. Never Whistle at Night : An Indigenous Dark Fiction Anthology. Random House Canada, 2023.
Elements: Editors. Title of source. Publisher, publication date.

Graphic Novels and Illustrated Books

Graphic Novel

Example: LaBoucane-Benson, Patti. The Outside Circle: A Graphic Novel. Art by Kelly Mellings, House of Anansi Press, 2015.
Elements: Author. Title of source. Contributor, publisher, publication date.


Illustrated Book 

Example: Alderman, Naomi. The Power. Illustrated by Marsh Davies, Little Brown & Co., 2021.
Elements: Author. Title of source. Contributor, publisher, publication date.

eBooks

Example: MLA Handbook. 9th ed., e-book ed., Modern Language Association of America, 2021.
Elements: Title of source. Version, publisher, publication date. 
 
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