Books

This guide is for the 9th edition of the MLA Handbook (2021).

In the publisher's name leave out words like Company (Co.), Corporation, Inc., or Ltd. Abbreviate Press (“P”) and University (“U”). For books published before 1900, use city in place of publisher, otherwise only add city when it may help locate a book published in an unexpected place or by an unfamiliar publisher outside North America. For multiple publishers, separate publisher names with a /

Print Book

Author Lastname, Firstname. Title of Book.

Publisher/s, year of publication.

Grenfell, Wilfred Thomason. Adrift on an Ice

Pan. Creative Publishing, 1992.

Tocque, Philip. Newfoundland: As It Was, And

As It Is In 1877. Toronto, 1878.

Reeves, John. History of the Government of

the Island of Newfoundland. S. R.

Publishers / Johnson Reprint, 1967.

Book with 2 Authors

Penney, A. R., and Fabian Kennedy. A History

of the Newfoundland Railway: 1881-

1988. H. Cuff Publications, 2003.

Book with 3 or More Authors

Start with the 1st author listed followed by “et al.” which is Latin for "and others."

Katona, Steven K., et al. A Field Guide to the

Whales, Porpoises, and Seals from

Cape Cod to Newfoundland. 4th ed.,

Smithsonian Institution P, 1993.

Edited Book

Add the descriptive label "editor" or “editors"

MacEdward, Leach, editor. Folk Ballads and

Songs of the Lower Labrador Coast.

Queen’s Printer / National Museum of

Canada, 1965.

Edited Book (Editor in addition to an author)

After the title, add "Edited by" followed by the editor's first and last name/s.

Seary, E. R. Place Names of the Northern

Peninsula. Edited by Robert Hollett and

William J. Kirwin, ISER, 2000.

Chapter/Article in an Edited Book

Chapter Author. "Title of Article." Title of Book,

edited by Editor Name/s, Publisher/s, year,

pp. page #s.              

Handcock, W. Gordon. “English Migration to

Newfoundland.” Peopling of Newfoundland:

Essays in Historical Geography, edited by

John J. Mannion, ISER, 1977, pp. 15-48.

Translated Book

After the title, add "Translated by" followed by the translator's Firstname Lastname.

Carrier, Roch. La Guerre, Yes Sir!. Translated

by Sheila Fischman, Anansi, 1970.

E-Book

Include a DOI (preferred) proceeded by “https://doi.org/” or a URL. For URLs you can omit “http://”.

Author Lastname, Firstname. Title of Book.

Publisher/s, year. Title of Database or

Website, DOI or URL.

Hubbard, Jennifer Mary. A Science on the Scales:

The Rise of Canadian Atlantic Fisheries

Biology, 1898-1939. U of Toronto P, 2006.

desLibris, www-deslibris-ca.qe2a-proxy.

mun.ca/ID/418777.

Wakeham, P. J.  A Book of Newfoundland Stories.

Long Brothers, 1954. Memorial U of

Newfoundland Digital Archives Initiative,

collections.mun.ca/PDFs/cns/

ABookOfNewfoundlandStories.pdf.

Edition of a Book (other than the first)

Add the number of the edition after the title and after the name of any editors or translators.

Butt, Kirk R. Early Settlers of Bay St. George.

2nd ed., Boonen Books, 2007.

Volume of a Book

Add the volume number after the title, and after the edition.

Parsons, Robert. Lost at Sea. Vol. 2, Creative

Publishers, 1992.

 

For more examples, see the MLA Handbook 9th edition, in reference and on reserve at the library, call number: LB 2369 M53 2021.