MLA 8th Style Guide: Book

Print Book

Format

Author(s). Title of Book. Publisher, Publication Year.

Example

Kozol, Jonathan. Fire in the Ashes. Crown Publishers, 2012.

eBook

Format

Author(s). Title of Book. Publisher, Publication Year. Title of Database or Website, URL.

Example

Reynolds, Andy. The Tour Book: How to Get Your Music on the Road. Course Technology, 2012. Safari ProQuest, ezproxy.library.csn.edu/login?url=http://proquest.safaribooksonline.com/?uiCode=ccsn&xmlId=9781435459540.

Common Exceptions

If you have two or three authors, include all names.

Example

Fainaru-Wada, Mark and Steve Fainaru. League of Denial: The NFL, Concussions, and the Battle for Truth. Crown, 2013.


If there are more than three authors, you may write all the names, or just the first author’s name followed by et al.

Example

Upgren, Arthur R., et al. Many Skies: Alternative Histories of the Sun, Moon, Planets and Stars. Rutgers UP, 2005.