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MLAStyleCitingsourcesBooksOneauthorFortheWorksCitedPagePepin,RonaldE.LiteratureofSatireintheTwelfthCentury.Lewiston:EdwinMellenP,1988.•Asecondline(ifnecessary)wouldbeindentedapproximatelyhalfaninch.Leaveoffanytitlesordegreesassociatedwithaname(Ph.D.,Sir,orevenSaint[unlessSaintispartoftheauthor'sname]).AJr.orIII,etc.,goesafterthefullnameandisenclosedincommas:Pepin,TheophilusW.,III,Literature.…Iftheyearofpublicationisnotindicatedinthefrontmaterialofthebook,usethemostrecentcopyrightdate.Ifyourauthorisresponsibleformorethanonebook(orotherpublication)inyourWorksCitedpage,usethreehyphensinsteadofrepeatingthatperson'sname.Forinstance,immediatelyfollowingthelistingabove,theentrybelow---,trans.WritingsofBernardofClunywouldindicatethatRonaldE.Pepinisthetranslatorofthisbook.(Useed.toindicatethatheistheeditorofatext.)Donotusethethree-hyphensdeviceiftheauthor'snameisusedincombinationwithanotherauthor(co-author).•In-textCitation•AccordingtoPepin,virtuallyanyonecouldfindhimselftheobjectofsatiricalwritinginthetwelfthcentury(18).•or,ifyouwereactuallyquotinglanguage,notparaphrasing:•AccordingtoPepin,virtuallyanyonecouldfindhimselftheobjectofsatiricalwritinginthetwelfthcentury(18).•Or,whentheauthorisnotidentifiedinthetext...(Let'ssaythatwe'reusinganideafromMs.Anzaldua'stext,butwe'renotgoingtorevealhernameatthispointinourtext,whichmeansweneedtoincludeitintheparentheticalcitation.)•Anzaldua,Gloria.Borderlands/LaFrontera:TheNewMestiza.SanFrancisco:Spinsters/AuntLute,1987.•IndefianceoftheAztecrulers,themacehvales(thecommonpeople)continuedtoworshipfertilityandagriculturalfemaledeities(Anzaldua33).•Twoormoreauthors:•FortheWorksCitedPage•Metheny,N.M.,andW.D.Snively.Nurses'HandbookofFluidBalance.Philadelphia:Lippincott,2003.•Notethatonlythefirstauthor'snameisreversed(lastnamefirst).Subsequentnamesaregivenfirst-name-first.•Darling,C.W.,R.E.Pepin,andL.B.Gates.AHistoryofUsedBookstoresinCambridge,England.Cambridge,Eng.:CambridgeUP,1987.In-textCitationThephbalanceiscriticalinbody-fluidcrisiscontrol(MethenyandSnively15).•Fourormoreauthors:•Hereyouhaveachoice.Youmaychoosetouseonlythefirstnamelistedonthebook'stitlepage,followedbyetal.,anabbreviationfortheLatinphraseetalii,whichmeansandothers.(Donot,however,underlineoritalicizeetal.inyourcitation.)Ifyouprefer,however,youmaylistalltheauthorsinthesameorderastheyappearonthebook'stitlepage.Forabookthathasmorethanfoureditors,however,useonlythenameofthefirsteditorlistedonthetitlepagefollowedbyet.al.•FortheWorksCitedPage•Shields,J.,etal.ByzantineIntrigue:TheHistoryofEnglishAlley.Hartford:MerganserP,2003.•orShields,J.,Darling,C.W.,Villa,V.B.,andFarbman,E.ByzantineIntrigue:TheHistoryofEnglishAlley.Hartford:MerganserP,2004.In-textCitationDuringthelate1990s,whatwasalreadyknownasEnglishAlleyalsobecameknownasahotbedofbyzantineintrigue(Shieldsetal.170).AnAnonymousBookorCorporateAuthor•FortheWorksCitedPage•NationalBoostersofSmallAppliances.Hair-DryerSafetyandtheThree-ProngedPlug.NewYork:BoosterPress,2000.•ToiletTrainingandtheFeralChild.Philadelphia:Franklin,2000.•DonotuseAnonymousorAnontoalphabetizepublicationswithoutalistedauthor.Ignorethearticlesa,an,andtheandalphabetizeasthetwoabovearelisted,NcomingbeforeT.PartofaBook•Whencitingaforeword,introduction,preface,afterword,etc.(Pleasenotethespellingofthesewords!),beginyourcitationwiththenameofthepersonwhowrotetheforeword(orwhateveritis),thenthewordForeword(orwhateveritis),notunderlinedoritalicized,followedbythetitleofthework,itsauthorandtheotherpublicationinformation(includingthepagenumbersthatincludethepieceyouareciting):•FortheWorksCitedPage•Pepin,RonaldE.Foreword.TheSaintsofDiminishedCapacity:SelectedPoems,1972-2000.ByCharlesDarling.Hartford:CapitalPress,2003.ii-ix.•(IfCharlesDarlinghadwrittenhisownforeword,onlyhislastnamewouldappearafterthewordBy.)Usethissamepatternforanintroduction,preface,orafterword.Iftheintroductionorforewardhasanactualtitle,includethattitleinquotationmarksbetweentheauthor'snameandthewordForewardorIntroduction(orwhatever):•Pepin,RonaldE.Excellence:ANewChapterinPost-ModernAmericanVerse.Foreword.TheSaintsofDiminishedCapacity:SelectedPoems,1972-2000.ByCharlesDarling.Hartford:CapitalPress,2003.ii-ix.EditedBooksandTranslations•EditedBook:•FortheWorksCitedPage•Shelley,Mary.Frankenstein.1831.Ed.JohannaM.Smith.Boston:BedfordBooksofSt.Martin'sPress,1992.•Ifyourcitationsprimarilyrefertotheworkoftheeditor(JohannaSmith,inthiscase),totheeditor'snotesorintroduction,etc.,usetheeditor'snametoalphabetizetheentry,asfollows:•Smith,JohannaM.,ed.Frankenstein.ByMaryShelley.1831.Boston:BedfordBooksofSt.Martin'sPress,1992.EditedBooksandTranslationsIn-textCitationAnin-textcitationforthesebookswouldworkthesameasasimilarcitationfromotherbooks,exceptthatyouwouldusetheeditor/translator'sname.Ifyourreferenceisabibliographyorotherkindofcompilationofresources,usetheabbreviationcomp.(forcompiler)insteadoftrans.ored.Translation:•FortheWorksCitedPage•Ifyoureferprimarilytothetranslationitself,usetheauthor'snameastheprimaryresource,followedbythenameofthetransl