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IL Tutorial: MLA Examples

MLA Examples

If you use a book with the following title page and verso (the page after the title page)

Title page

Verso (the page after the Title page)



        

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you would refer to the MLA Handbook to find the entry on citing a book by a single author:

5.5 Citing Nonperiodical Print Publications

5.5.2 A Book by a Single Author

"One of the most common items in students' works-cited lists is the entry for a book by a single author. Such an entry characteristically has three main divisions:"

Author's name Title of the book Publication information

 

After reading the complete section in the MLA Handbook, you would prepare the following citation for your works-cited page:

Weasel, Lisa H. Food Fray: inside the Controversy over Genetically Modified Food. New York: Amacom-American Management Association, 2009. Print.

 

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