E-book (electronic book)

Works cited entry

Tolstoy, Leo. War and Peace. Trans. Richard Pevear and Larissa Volokhonsky. New York: Knopf, 2007. Nook file.

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  • Cite as you would a print book.

  • Include whatever publication information is available in the e-book.

  • For the medium at the end of the entry, give the type of electronic file, such as “Kindle file,” “PDF file,” or “Nook file.” Use “Digital file” if you are not sure of the file type.

Note on using a URL in a works cited entry

If your instructor requires a URL for Web sources, include the URL, enclosed in angle brackets, at the end of the entry.

Shiva, Vandana. “Bioethics: A Third World Issue.” NativeWeb. NativeWeb, n.d. Web. 22 Feb. 2006. <http://www.nativeweb.org/pages/legal/shiva.html>.

When a URL in a works cited entry must be divided at the end of a line, break it after a slash. Do not insert a hyphen.

Directory to MLA works cited models

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