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MLA Citation Style 9th Edition: Books & eBooks

eBooks from Library Databases
Works Cited List Citation

Author's Last Name, First Name. Title of Book: Subtitle if Any. Edition if given and is not first edition, Publisher Name often shortened, Year of publication. Name of Library Database.


Examples:

One Author

Block, Bruce A. The Visual Story: Creating the Visual Structure of Film, TV and Digital Media. Focal P/Elsevier, 2008. ebrary.


Two Authors

Jamsa, Kris, and Andy Anderson. HTML and Web Design: Tips and Techniques. McGraw- Hill/Osborne, 2002. EBSCO eBook and Audiobook Collection.


Three or more authors

Ziarek, Ewa Plonowska, et al. A Time for the Humanities: Futurity and the Limits of Autonomy. Fordham UP, 2008. EBSCO eBook and Audiobook Collection.
In-Text Citation

(Last Name Page Number)

 

Examples: 

(Block 25)

(Jamsa and Anderson 37)

(Ziarek et al. 41)
eBook Viewed Online

Use this template if you are citing an eBook that you viewed directly from a website.

 

Works Cited List Citation

Author's Last Name, First Name. Title of eBook: Subtitle if Any. Website, Sponsoring Organization if given, Year of Publication, URL.


Examples:

One Author

Anderson, Catherine. Essentials of Linguistics. Open Library, eCampus Ontario, 2018, openlibrary.ecampusontario.ca/catalogue/item/?id=890fb2bb-f721-422e-88a8-121e045a19c3.


Two Authors

Miller, Michele, and Anne Greenhoe. Transition with Purpose: Pathways from English Language to Academic Study. Open Library, eCampus Ontario, 2018, openlibrary.ecampusontario.ca/catalogue/item/?id=32d44c9a-9a65-413a-af20-5cb6b5d9a176.


Three or more authors

Illowsky, Barbara et al. Introductory Statistics. OpenStax, Rice University, 2021, openstax.org/details/books/introductory-statistics.


Edited

Martin, Ann Smart, editor. Creators, Collectors & Communities : Making Ethnic Identity Through Objects. Open Library, eCampus Ontario, 2017, openlibrary.ecampusontario.ca/catalogue/item/?id=27d7a65b-a1e6-4b8f-9c4d-dc5d24feae12.
In-Text Citation

(Last Name Page Number)

 

Note: If there are no page numbers, use the chapter number in your in-text citation.

 

Examples: 

(Anderson ch. 2)

(Miller and Greenhoe 76)

(Illowsky et al. ch. 5)

(Martin ch. 4)
eBook Downloaded From a Website (e.g., PDF)

Use this template if you are citing an eBook that you have downloaded from a website such as the PDF version of the book.

 

Works Cited List Citation

Author's Last Name, First Name. Title of eBook: Subtitle if Any. Website, Sponsoring Organization if given, Year of Publication, URL. PDF download.


Example:

Schneider, Jenifer Jasinski. The Inside, Outside, and Upside Downs of Children's Literature: From Poets and Pop-ups to Princesses and Porridge. Open Library, eCampus Ontario, 2016, openlibrary.ecampusontario.ca/catalogue/item/?id=b542c130-899c-4178-a5b0-43204d4b9f28. PDF download.
In-Text Citation

(Last Name Page Number)

 

Example: (Schneider 24)
eBook Accessed from an App (e.g., Kindle, EPUB)

Use this template if you are citing an eBook that doesn't have a URL and that you have accessed using an app, such as Kindle eBooks.

 

Works Cited List Citation

Author's Last Name, First Name. Title of Book: Subtitle if Any. Edition if given and is not first edition, e-book ed., Publisher, Year of Publication. 


Example:

Haig, Matt. The Midnight Library. e-book ed., Harper Avenue, 2020.
In-Text Citation

(Last Name ch. Chapter Number)

 

Example: (Haig ch. 3)
Print Books
Works Cited List Citation

Author's Last Name, First Name. Title of Book: Subtitle if Any. Edition if given and is not first edition, Publisher Name often shortened, Year of Publication.


Examples:

One Author

Sun, Jonny. Goodbye, Again: Essays, Reflections, and Illustrations. Harper Perennial, 2021.


Two Authors

Burke, Tarana, and Brené Brown. You Are Your Best Thing: Vulnerability, Shame Resilience, and the Black Experience. Random House, 2021.


Three or more authors

Pomeroy, Sarah B. et al. A Brief History of Ancient Greece: Politics, Society, and Culture. 4th ed., Oxford UP, 2019.


With author and editor

Twain, Mark. A Connecticut Yankee in King Arthur's Court. Edited by M. Thomas Inge, Oxford UP, 2008.


With editor(s) only

Glazebrook, Allison, and Christina Vester, editors. Themes in Greek Society and Culture: An Introduction to Ancient Greece. Oxford UP, 2017.
In-Text Citation

(Last Name Page Number)

 

Examples: 

(Sun 27)

(Burke and Brown 39)

(Pomeroy et al. 42)

(Twain 64)

(Glazebrook 56)
Short Stories, Essays, Chapters, Poems, or Articles From a Book (Anthology or Collection)

Use this template if you are citing a short story, essay, poem, or article from a book. You may also use this template if you are citing a chapter from a book where chapters have different authors.

Note: If all chapters in the book have been written by the same person, include the citation to the entire book in your works cited list. See examples for citing a print book or eBook.

 

Works Cited List Citation

Last Name of Author of short story/article/chapter/poem, First Name. "Title of Short Story." Title of Book, edited by First Name Last Name if given, Publisher, Year of Publication, pp. PageNumbers.


Example:

Murakami, Haruki. "Charlie Parker Plays Bossa Nova." First Person Singular, Bond Street Books, 2021, pp. 50-74.
In-Text Citation

(Last Name Page Number)

 

Example: (Murakami 52)