Friday, November 8, 2019
MLA Referencing â⬠How to Cite a Book
MLA Referencing ââ¬â How to Cite a Book MLA Referencing ââ¬â How to Cite a Book MLA referencing, as developed by the Modern Language Association, is a way of citing sources in academic writing, commonly used within the liberal arts and humanities. Books, on the other hand, are papery things with pages that live in libraries. Theyââ¬â¢re usually full of words, sometimes with a few pictures. These things. You can put them on shelves, too. You probably knew that already, but we thought it was best to clarify. Now thatââ¬â¢s settled, in todayââ¬â¢s blog post, we explain how to reference a book with MLA citations, which is an essential skill if your college uses this referencing system. In-Text Citations MLA referencing uses parenthetical citations, but the format differs slightly from the ââ¬Å"authorââ¬âdateâ⬠system you might know if youââ¬â¢ve used APA or Harvard citations before. The only things you need to give in an MLA citation are the authorââ¬â¢s surname and the relevant page number(s) for the passage youââ¬â¢re referencing: Geographical latitude is a ââ¬Å"major determinantâ⬠of growing conditions (Diamond 189). If the author is named in the text, simply give page numbers after the relevant passage: According to Diamond, latitude is a ââ¬Å"major determinantâ⬠of growing conditions (189). When citing two books by the same author, moreover, youââ¬â¢ll need to differentiate between different sources. To do this in MLA, give a shortened title in the citation alongside the other information: According to Diamond, latitude is a ââ¬Å"major determinantâ⬠of growing conditions (Guns, Germs Steel 189). This effects how societies rise and fall (Diamond, Collapse 44-45). Note that thereââ¬â¢s a comma between the author name and shortened title when both are given in parentheses. You should also italicize book titles in citations, just in the main text. Reference List/ MLA referencing requires all cited sources to be added to a ââ¬Å"â⬠page at the end of your document. The information to include here for a print book is as follows: Surname, First Name. Title of Book. Publisher, Year of Publication. In the case of the book cited above, Guns, Germs Steel, this would appear as: Diamond, Jared. Guns, Germs Steel: A Short History of Everybody for the Last 13,000 Years. Vintage Books, 1997. The names here are reversed so that sources can be listed alphabetically by author surname. If a book written by more than one person, you only need to reverse the first authorââ¬â¢s names. When citing multiple books by the same author, order them alphabetically by title, but only give the authorââ¬â¢s names for the first entry, using three hyphens and a period for subsequent sources: Diamond, Jared. Collapse: How Societies Choose to Fail or Succeed. Penguin, 2006. -. Guns, Germs Steel: A Short History of Everybody for the Last 13,000 Years. Vintage Books, 1997.
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