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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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