How do you do citations?

How you cite a source in MLA style depends upon the type of source used and whether you are including it as an in-text citation or in a list of works cited. Following are how to cite a source in a list of works cited.

If the source is a book in print with a single author:

Last name, first name middle initial. Book title (in italics). City: Publisher, year. Print.

If the source is a book in print with multiple authors:

Last name, first name, First name last name, first name last name, and first name last name. Book title (in italics). City: Publisher, year. Print.

If the source is an edited book in print:

Editor last name, first name, ed. Book name (in italics). City: Publisher, year. Print.

If the source is a chapter, article, or essay in an edited book:

Last name, first name. "title of chapter/article/essay." Book name (in italics). Ed. (editor names) first name last name. City: Publisher, year. Page numbers. Print.

If the source is a journal article in print:

Last name, First name middle initial. "Article name." Journal name (in italics) volume number.issue number (year): page numbers. Print.

If the source is a journal article in from an online database:

Last name, First name middle initial. "Article name." Journal name (in italics) volume number.issue number. Name of online database (in italics). Web. Date accessed.

To do an in-text citation, they are structured as follows:

(Author's last name page(s) cited).

If there are no page numbers in the source, then do not include a page number in your in-text citation and use only the author's last name.