MLA 8: Print or In-Hand
Book:
Author’s Last Name, Author’s First Name. Title of Source. Publisher, Publication Date.
Example Citation:
Hemingway, Ernest. A Farewell to Arms. Scribner, 2012.
Chapter from a Book:
Author's Last Name, Author's First Name. "Title of Source." Title of Container, Other Contributors, Publisher, Publication Date, Page Numbers.
Example Citation:
Kipling, Rudyard. "The Man Who Would Be King." The Portable Kipling, edited by
Irving Howe, Penguin Books, 1982, pp. 28-67.
A Reprinted Critical Essay from an Anthology/Collection:
Author's Last Name, Author's First Name. "Title of Source." Title of Container, Other Contributers, Publisher, Publication Date, Page Numbers. Source Series Title. Originally published in Original Source Title/Journal, volume, number, Original Publication Date.
Example Citation:
Hume, Kathyrn. "Eat or Be Eaten: H.G. Wells's Time Machine." H.G. Wells, edited
by Harold Bloom, Chelsea House, 2005, pp. 35-51. Bloom's Modern Critical
Views. Originally published in Philological Quarterly, vol. 69, no. 2,
1990.
Author’s Last Name, Author’s First Name. Title of Source. Publisher, Publication Date.
Example Citation:
Hemingway, Ernest. A Farewell to Arms. Scribner, 2012.
Chapter from a Book:
Author's Last Name, Author's First Name. "Title of Source." Title of Container, Other Contributors, Publisher, Publication Date, Page Numbers.
Example Citation:
Kipling, Rudyard. "The Man Who Would Be King." The Portable Kipling, edited by
Irving Howe, Penguin Books, 1982, pp. 28-67.
A Reprinted Critical Essay from an Anthology/Collection:
Author's Last Name, Author's First Name. "Title of Source." Title of Container, Other Contributers, Publisher, Publication Date, Page Numbers. Source Series Title. Originally published in Original Source Title/Journal, volume, number, Original Publication Date.
Example Citation:
Hume, Kathyrn. "Eat or Be Eaten: H.G. Wells's Time Machine." H.G. Wells, edited
by Harold Bloom, Chelsea House, 2005, pp. 35-51. Bloom's Modern Critical
Views. Originally published in Philological Quarterly, vol. 69, no. 2,
1990.