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Citation Guide from NU Library

MLA Style - Books

This is only a quick guide. How you cite your source depends on many factors, such as the number of authors, whether it is a translation of another work, or whether you found it in print or online. Please see the more information links that follow the example!

Book

In-Text Citation - Basic Format:

(lastname pagenumber)
Note that there is no comma!

In-Text Citation - Example: 

Many successful businesses have been founded by people in their teens and 20s (Johnson 187).

Johnson found that many successful businesses have been founded by people in their teens and 20s (187).

 

Works Cited List - Basic Format:

AuthorLastName, AuthorFirstName. Title of Book. City of Publication [if published before 1900], Publisher, Publication Date.

Works Cited List - Example:

Johnson, Andre. Young Entrepreneurs. Penguin, 2019.

 

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