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MLA 9 Citation Style: Textbook With One Author

WCCC Student's Guide to MLA 9

MLA Citation -- Cengage Textbook With One Author

Works Cited List Format

Last name of author, First name of author. Title of Book. Edition (if any), Publisher, Date. Platform, URL.

     Accessed Date.

In-Text Citation Format

(Author’s Last Name p. #*)

 

*If the page number is not available, you should include either the chapter number or the section number.  Also, the in-text citation should be just the number and should not include p.


Works Cited List Example

Spielvogel, Jackson J. Western Civilization. 10th ed., Cengage Learning, 2018. MindTap,   

     ng.cengage.com/static/nb/ui/evo/index.html?

     eISBN=9781305952331&id=415046904&snapshotId=1032288&dockAppUid=16&nbId=1032288&.

     Accessed 15 Jan. 2019.

In-Text Citation Example

(Spielvogel ch. 1)

MLA In-Text Citations

When writing an MLA paper using citations, you use two types of citations: 

  1. in-text (or parenthetical) citation
  2. Works Cited citation. 

These citations are directly linked.  Any in-text citation should reflect a citation in your Works Cited page at the end of your MLA paper.

The in-text citation is a brief reference to your source which then leads your reader to your Works Cited page for the full citation.  

A Word About Punctuation

The punctuation in your citations does matter.  Make sure you pay attention to where the periods and commas are in the examples. 

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