Use ation marks around the title if it is part of a larger work, such as a chapter in a book, an article in a journal, or a page on a website. All main words in a title are capitalized. The same format is used in the list of works cited and in the text itself. When using the Scribbr MLA citation generator, correct formatting and. To cite a book in MLA style, include the author's name, title in italics and title case, edition if specified, publisher, and year of publication. If citing an e-book, add “e-book” or the specific format, for example “Kindle ed”. before the name of the publisher: Cogman, Geneviève. The invisible library. They are called group or corporate authors. If you are citing a chapter from a book that has an editor, the author of the chapter is listed first and is the name given in the in-text citation. Appointment. The format of all dates. If a source does not have an author, begin the MLA Works Cited entry with the title of the source. Use an abbreviated version of the title in your MLA in-text citation. If a source does not have a page number, you can use another locator, such as a chapter number or timestamp for a video or audio source, to identify the relevant passage in your in-text citation. If in MLA how you viewed the work in print, pdf online, html online will affect the citation. Book chapter citations always have a container which book the chapter or entry comes from, but ebooks can also have a database container. Provide DOIs or URLs when available for eBooks. DOIs are preferable to URLs and permanent links. In-text citation: name of the author of the chapter or article, page number. Example: Lawrence and Jans, Nick. The Last Light Breaks: Life Among Alaska's Inupiat Eskimos. Alaska Northwest Books, 1993. Miller, John and Tim Smith, editors. Cape Cod Stories: Tales from Cape Cod, Nantucket and Martha's Vineyard. If you are quoting commonly studied prose, do not include the page number in the citation. Instead, use line numbering and other act, scene, book, etc. divisions. of text. Arabic numerals are preferred. For more information, refer to the MLA manual. 22, pages 245-246. In text -60 OR Burns, reference list. If you are citing a chapter from a book of a novel or monograph, create an entry for the book as a whole and provide the book's DOI in the "Location" slot, because in MLA style, chapters of these types of works are not cited individually. If you want to include a DOI for a chapter in an anthology, include it in the “Location” location: