MLA format for citing a BOOK you use during research

Author (Last name, First name) ______________________________________________

Book Title ______________________________________________________________

Place of publication _______________________________________________________

Publisher _______________________________________________________________

Year of publication _______________________ Pages used _______________________

Sample Citations

One author listed:

Fixx, James F. The Complete Book of Running. New York: Random House, 1977.

No authors listed:
The World Almanac and Book of Facts 2004. New York: World Almanac Books, 2004.

More than two authors:

Balanchine, George, and Francis Mason. 101 Stories of the Great Ballets. New York: Doubleday, 1975.

(If there are more than three authors, give the name of the first author only. Place a comma after the author’s first name and add et al. )

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