Basic format for a book (from a database) (MLA)

Works cited entry

Goldsmith, Oliver. The Vicar of Wakefield: A Tale. Philadelphia, 1801. America’s Historical Imprints, infoweb.newsbank.com.ezproxy.bpl.org/.

Explain

Give as much of the following information as is available:

  • Begin as you would for any book or book-length work, giving whatever publication information is available in the source.
  • Add the title of the database, italicized.
  • Give a DOI or permalink, if available; otherwise, use a shortened URL of the database.
  • If the publication information for the book does not include a date, give the date of posting before the URL.

NOTE: When a URL must be divided at the end of a line, break it only after a slash or a double slash or before any other mark of punctuation. Do not insert a hyphen at the end of the line.