MLA 9 Citation Style: Anthology or Edited Book

Works Cited Format

 

Last name, First name, editor. Title of Book. Edition* (if any), Publisher, Date.

 

In-Text Citation Format 

 

(Editor’s Last Name p. #*)

 

* Please note, the in-text citation should be just the number itself and should not include the p., as in the example below.

 

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Works Cited Example

 

Kirszner, Laurie G., and Stephen R. Mandell, editors. Literature: Reading, Reacting, Writing.  Compact 9^th

     ed.*, Cengage Learning, 2017.

 

 

In-Text Citation Example 

 

(Kriszner and Mandell 13)

 

*Sometimes the edition may include a qualifier, such as shorter edition or portable edition. When citing an anthology itself, you should include the qualifier before the edition number. For example: Compact 9^th ed.

When you have more than three editors, you cite as you would a book with more than three authors--First author’s information followed by et al. in both the Works Cited and the in-text citation.

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