Basic Format
LastName, Firstname. Book Title. Publisher, year.
| Type of book | In text citation example | Works cited page example |
| Print book | (Ware 11). | Ware, Ruth. The Women in Cabin 10. Scout Press, 2016. |
| Chapter/Essay from Book/Anthology | (Atwood 257). |
Atwood, Margaret. “Happy Endings.” Backpack Literature: An Introduction to Fiction, Poetry, Drama, and Writing, edited by X.J. Kennedy and Dana Gioia, 5th ed., Pearson, 2016, pp. 256-59. |
| Dictionary (no author, online) | ("Grit"). |
“Grit.” Merriam-Webster. 2018, merriam-webster.com/dictionary/grit. |
| Encyclopedia (with author, print) | (Holzer 311). | Holzer, Harold. “Lincoln, Abraham.” The World Book Encyclopedia, 2017, pp. 310-326. |
| Online book (entry in book, corporate or organization as author) | (U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics). | United States, Bureau of Labor Statistics. “Librarians.” Occupational Outlook Handbook, U.S. Dept. of Labor, 12 Mar. 2018, www.bls.gov/ooh/education-training-and-library/librarians.htm#tab-1. |
| Online book in a database | (Wills 76) | Wills, John. Disney Culture. Rutgers University Press, 2017. EBSCOhost, db19.linccweb.org/login?url=http://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&db=nlebk&AN=1455687&site=ehost-live. |