Citing Sources
Citing Resources Using the MLA Style
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Citing essays, poems, and short stories
When using the MLA citation style to cite an essay, poem, or short story that
appears within an anthology or some other book collection, include the following
information:
- author(s) of the essay, poem, or short story
- full title of essay, poem, or short story
- full title of entire book
- editors or authors of entire book, if applicable
- place of publication
- publisher
- page numbers in which the essay, poem, or short story appears
Examples:
Kaufman, Bob. "Blues Note." The Beat Book. Ed. Anne Waldman.
Boston: Shambhala, 1996. 303.
Sedaris, David. "Jesus Shaves." Me Talk Pretty One Day.
Boston: Little Brown and Company. 2000.
174-186.
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