| PATTERN FOR BOOKS IN PAPER FORMAT | SAMPLE CITATIONS |
| Book: Single Author
Author. Title. Place: Publisher, Date. Medium. |
Gladwell, Malcolm. The Tipping Point: How Little Things Can Make a Big Difference. Boston: Little, Brown, and Company, 2000. Print. |
| Book: Two Authors
First Author, and Second Author. Title. Place: Publisher, Date. Medium. |
Gorman, Lyn, and David McLean. Media and Society Into The 21st Century. Chichester: Wiley-Blackwell, 2009. Print. |
| Book: Three Authors
First Author, Second Author, and Third Author. Title. Place: Publisher, Date. Medium. |
Laliberte, Norman, Alex Mogelon, and Beatrice Thompson. Pastel, Charcoal, and Chalk Drawing. New York: Van Nostrand Reinhold Company, 1973. Print. |
| Book: More than Three Authors
Author, et al. Title. Place: Publisher, Date. Medium. |
Baker, Margaret, et al. Controlling Movement: A Therapeutic Approach to Early Intervention. Gaithersburg : Aspen Publishers, 1991. Print. |
| Book: No Author
Title. Edition (if given). Place: Publisher, Date. Medium. |
MLA Handbook for Writers of Research Papers. 7th ed. New York: The Modern Language Association of America, 2009. Print. |
| Book with Group Author
Group Name. Title. Edition (if given). Place: Publisher, Date. Medium. |
American Psychological Association. Publication Manual of the American Psychological Association. 6th ed. Washington: APA, 2010. Print. |
| Book with Editor(s)
Editor(s), eds. Title. Edition (if given). Place: Publisher, Date. Medium. |
Volf, Miroslave, Ghazi bin Muhammad, and Melissa Yarrington, eds. A Common Word. Grand Rapids: William B. Eerdmans Publishing Company, 2010. Print. |
| Selection from an Anthology
Author (if given). “Title of Anthologized Work.” Title of Book. Ed. Editor(s). Edition (if given). Place: Publisher, Date. Page #(s). Medium. |
Shakespeare, William. “King Lear.” The Norton Anthology of English Literature. Ed. Stephen Greenblatt and M. H. Abrams. 5thed. New York: W. W. Norton & Company, 2006. 1143-1223. Print. |
| Selection from a Multi-Volume Series Author (if given). “Title of Anthologized Work.” Title of Book. Ed. Editor(s). Vol. # (if given). Edition (if given). Place: Publisher, Date. Page #(s). Medium | Baggott, Julianna. “Literary Murder.” The Best Creative Nonfiction. Ed. Lee Gutkind. Vol. 3. New York: W.W. Norton & Company, 2009. 11-20. Print. |
| Signed article in Reference Book
Author. “Title.” Title of Reference Work. Ed. Editor(s). Edition (if given). Vol. # (if given). Place: Publisher, Date. Medium. |
Holman, F. Alan. “Evolution of the Reptiles.” Grzimek’s Animal Life Encyclopedia. Ed. Michael Hutchins. 2nd ed. Vol. 7. Farmington Hills: Gale Group, 2003. Print. |
| Article in General Encyclopedia
Author (if given). “Title of Selection.” Title of Reference Work. Edition. Medium. |
Hartman, Marvis E. “Nylon.” World Book. 2005 ed. Print. |
| Government Publication
Govt Agency. Sub-Agency[ies] (if any). Title. Place: Publisher, Date. Medium. |
Bureau of Statistics. Treasury Department. Statistical Abstract of the United States. Washington: GPO, 2006. Print. |
| Book with Author and IllustratorAuthor. Title. Illus. Illustrator’s name. Place: Publisher, Date. Medium. | McMillan, Bruce. The Problem with Chickens. Illus. Gunnella. Boston: Houghton Mifflin Company, 2005. Print. |
| Book with Author and Illustrator: Stress on Illustrator Contribution
Illustrator’s name, illus. Title. By Author’s Name. Place: Publisher, Date. Medium. |
Gunnella, illus. The Problem with Chickens. By Bruce McMillan. Boston: Houghton Mifflin Company, 2005. Print. |
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