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MLA Style: Books

Authored book with edition statement

Robin, Corey. The Reactionary Mind: Conservatism from Edmund Burke to Donald Trump. 2nd ed., Oxford UP, 2018.

Narrative citation: Robin . . . (13)

Parenthetical citation: (Robin 13)

Authored book with optional inclusion of book series title

Bendor, Jonathan B. Bounded Rationality and Politics. U of California P, 2010. The Aaron Wildavsky Forum for Public Policy 6.

Narrative citation: Bendor . . . (14)

Parenthetical citation: (Bendor 14)

Frenette, Marc, et al. The Postsecondary Experience and Early Labour Market Outcomes of International Study Permit Holders. Statistics Canada, 2019. Analytical Studies Branch Research Paper Series 431, publications.gc.ca/pub?id=9.878962&sl=0.

Narrative citation: Frenette et al . . . (16)

Parenthetical citation: (Frenette et al. 16)

Book republished in translation

Mankell, Henning. Quicksand: What it Means to be a Human Being. Translated by Laurie Thomson with Marlaine Delargy, Vintage Books, 2017.

Narrative citation: Mankell . . . (119, 121-22)

Parenthetical citation: (Mankell 119, 121-22)

Edited book

Pojar, Jim, and Andy MacKinnon, editors. Plants of Coastal British Columbia, including Washington, Oregon & Alaska. Lone Pine, 1994.

Narrative citation: Pojar and MacKinnon . . . (65, 67)

Parenthetical citation: (Pojar and MacKinnon 65, 67)

Authored book with a DOI

Jaccard, Mark. The Citizen's Guide to Climate Success: Overcoming Myths that Hinder Progress. Cambridge UP, 2020, doi:10.1017/9781108783453.

Narrative citation: Jaccard . . . (195-96)

Parenthetical citation: (Jaccard 195-96)

Authored book without a DOI from the eBook Collection on EBSCOhost

Bendor, Jonathan B. Bounded Rationality and Politics. U of California P, 2010. EBSCOhostsearch.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&db=nlebk&AN=547413&site=ehost-live&scope=site.

Narrative citation: Bendor . . . (14)

Parenthetical citation: (Bendor 14)

Authored book with optional inclusion of book series title

Bendor, Jonathan B. Bounded Rationality and Politics. U of California P, 2010. The Aaron Wildavsky Forum for Public Policy 6, search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&db=nlebk&AN=547413&site=ehost-live&scope=site.

Edited book without a DOI, with a nondatabase URL

Bush, Elizabeth, and Donald S. Lemmen, editors. Canada's Changing Climate Report. Government of Canada, 2019, publications.gc.ca/collections/collection_2019/eccc/En4-368-2019-eng.pdf

Narrative citation: Bush and Lemmen

Parenthetical citation: (Bush and Lemmen)

Volume of a multivolume work

Royal Commission on Aboriginal Peoples. Report of the Royal Commission on Aboriginal Peoples. Looking Forward, Looking Back, vol. 1, Canada Communication Group – Publishing, 1996, publications.gc.ca/pub?id=9.819007&sl=0.

Narrative citation: Royal Commission on Aboriginal Peoples . . . (383)

Parenthetical citation: (Royal Commission on Aboriginal Peoples 383)