Citing Book Titles In Mla

Modernism orientalism and james joyce s araby.

Citing book titles in mla. Revised on january 24 2020. Conclude with an indication of the document type e g phd dissertation. A chapter of a book an article in a journal or a page on a website.

Translated or edited books. A book film journal or website. Last name first name.

Additional information is needed when citing. Still i wouldn t recommend underlining a book s title. Notice that the title of the book is italicized.

Publisher of the book. A book about a short story notice that the entire title is italicized. The main elements of a dissertation citation are the same as those for a book.

Books on websites or books in databases. Instead italicize the titles. In mla a basic book citation includes the following information.

Name of e book device. However ap style the guide used by journalists suggests putting titles in quotation marks not italicization. In mla style source titles appear either in italics or in quotation marks.