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MLA (9th ed.): Print Books - Example Citations

Provides example citations used in works cited pages.

Book with One Author

Fujita, Rodney M. Heal the Ocean: Solutions for Saving Our Seas. New Society, 2003.

Book with Two Authors

Chaires, Robert H., and Bradley S. Chilton. Star Trek Visions of Law and Justice. Adios Press, 2003.

Book with Three or More Authors

Use only the first author's name, followed by et al.  (Latin for "and others" ; there is no period after et, there is a period after al.)

Dubeck, Leroy W., et al. Science in Cinema: Teaching Science Fact through Science Fiction Films. Teachers College Press, 1988.

Book With Individually Authored Chapters / Edited by One Person

Rothman, Hal. “Water and the Future of Las Vegas.” Water in the West: A High Country News Reader, edited by Char Miller, Oregon State UP, 2002, pp. 242-44.

Book with Edition Statement

Badke, William. Research Strategies: Finding Your Way through the Information Fog. 6th ed., iUniverse, 2017.
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