MLA 9th Citation Guide

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. 

Works Cited List Example	Kirsh, Steven J. Children, Adolescents, and Media Violence: A Critical Look at the Research. 2nd ed., Sage, 2006.
In-Text Citation Example	(Author's Last Name Page Number)  Example: (Kirsh 70)

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

  Note:Only the first author listed appears in "Last Name, First Name" format. Authors' names are separated by a comma. Before the last author to be listed, add the word "and."

Works Cited List Example	Wykes, Maggie, and Barrie Gunter. The Media and Body Image: If Looks Could Kill. Sage, 2005.
In-Text Citation Example	(Author's Last Name and Author's Last Name Page Number)  Example: (Wykes and Gunter 53)

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

  Note: If you have three or more authors list only the first author's name followed by et al. instead of listing all authors names. For example Smith, John, et al. The first author is the first name listed on the work you are citing, not the first name alphabetically.

Works Cited List Example	Nickels, William, et al. Understanding Canadian Business. 9th ed., McGraw-Hill Ryerson, 2016.
In-Text Citation Example	(First Author's Last Name et al. Page Number) Example: (Nickels et al. 5)

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

 Note: When a work is published by an organization that is also its author, begin the entry with the title, skipping the author element, and list the organization only as publisher.

Works Cited List Example	Calgary Educational Partnership Foundation. Employability Skills: Creating My Future, Nelson, 1996.
In-Text Citation Example	(Name of Corporate Author Page Number)   Example: (Calgary Educational Partnership Foundation 14)

Author's Last Name, First Name. "Title of Article." Name of Journal, vol. Volume Number, no. Issue Number, Year, pp. Page Number. Title of Course Package, compiled by Instructor's First Name Last Name, Seneca College, pp. page numbers in course package. Course Package.

Works Cited List Example	Marlow, Susan. "Gender and Entrepreneurship." International Journal of Entrepreneurial Behaviour and Research, vol.19, no.1, 2013, pp. 114-124. BUS101: Cultural Entrepreneurship: A Reader, compiled by Estelle Williams, Seneca College, 2015, pp. 32-42. Course Package.
In-Text Citation Example	(Author's Last Name Page Number)  Example: (Marlow 34)

Author's Last Name, First Name. "Title of Short Story." Title of Course Package, compiled by Instructor's First Name Last Name, Seneca College, Year of Publication, pp. page numbers in course package. Course Package.

Works Cited List Example	Enberg, Susan. "Wednesday Rain." 2014. EAC150: College English, compiled by Walter Dey, Seneca College, 2015, pp. 5-32. Course Package.
In-Text Citation Example	(Author's Last Name Page Number)  Example: (Enberg 7)

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.

Works Cited List Example	Block, Bruce A. The Visual Story: Creating the Visual Structure of Film, TV and Digital Media. Focal P/Elsevier, 2008. ebrary.
In-Text Citation Example	(Author's Last Name Page Number)  Example: (Block 132)

Last Name of First Author, First Name, and First Name Last Name of Second Author. 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. 

  Note: Only the first author listed appears in "Last Name, First Name" format. Authors' names are separated by a comma. Before the last author to be listed, add the word "and."

Works Cited List Example	Jamsa, Kris, and Andy Anderson. HTML and Web Design: Tips and Techniques, McGraw- Hill/Osborne, 2002. EBSCO eBook and Audiobook Collection.
In-Text Citation Example	(Author's Last Name and Author's Last Name Page Number)  Example: (Jamsa and Anderson 22)

Last Name of First Author, First Name, and First Name Last Name of Second Author. 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. 

  Note: If you have three or more authors you may choose to list only the first author's name followed by et al. instead of listing all authors names. For example Smith, John, et al. The first author is the first name listed on the work you are citing, not the first name alphabetically.

Works Cited List Example	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 Example	(First Author's Last Name et al. Page Number) Example: (Ziarek et al. 75)

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, Website Name, URL. Accessed Access Date.

Works Cited List Example	Henty, George Alfred. The Cat of Bubastes: A Tale of Ancient Egypt. Blackie and Son, 1889. HathiTrust Digital Library, babel.hathitrust.org/cgi/pt?id=mdp.39015073478847. Accessed 6 July 2016.
In-Text Citation Example	(Author's Last Name Page Number)  Example: (Henty 132)

Name of Corporate Author. Title of Pamphlet: Subtitle if Any. Publisher Name, Year of Publication. Pamphlet.

 Note: When a work is published by an organization that is also its author, begin the entry with the title, skipping the author element, and list the organization only as publisher.

 

Works Cited List Example	Bait and Switch Selling. Competition Bureau of Canada, 2014. Pamphlet.
In-Text Citation Example	(Title)  Example: (Bait and Switch Selling)

Author's Last Name, First Name. "Title of Short Story, Essay, or Article." Title of Book: Subtitle if Any, edited by Editor's First Name and Last Name, Edition if given and is not first, Publisher Name often shortened, Year of publication, Page numbers of the essay, article, or short story. 

Works Cited List Example	Ross, Colin. "The Story of Grey Owl." Fiction/Non-Fiction: A Reader and Rhetoric, edited by Garry Engkent and Lucia Engkent, 2nd ed., Thomson Nelson, 2006, pp. 327-333.    Note: The first author's name listed is the author of the chapter/essay/short story.   Note: If there is no editor given you may leave out that part of the citation.
In-Text Citation Example	(Author's Last Name Page Number)   Example: (Ross 332 )