Books
MLA SOURCE MAP: Books
Take information from the book’s title page and copyright page (on the reverse side of the title page), not from the book’s cover or a library catalog.
- 1 Author. List the last name first. End with a period. For variations, see models 2–5.
- 2 Title. Italicize the title and any subtitle; capitalize all major words. End with a period.
- 3 City of publication and publisher. If more than one city is given, use the first one listed. For foreign cities, add an abbreviation of the country or province (Cork, Ire.). Follow it with a colon and a shortened version of the publisher’s name (Oxford UP for Oxford University Press). Follow it with a comma.
- 4 Year of publication. If more than one copyright date is given, use the most recent one. End with a period.
- 5 Medium of publication. End with the medium (Print) followed by a period.
A citation for the book on p. 417 would look like this:
Title and copyright pages from The Value of Nothing by Raj Patel. Copyright © 2009 by Picador. Reprinted by permission of Picador.