Chapter 27. MLA Documentation

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MLA MODELS 27B-3 Book parts, excerpts,
and selections
14. BOOK PART
Author Title of book part Title of book
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Mason, Bobbie Ann. “Detroit Skyline, 1949.” “Shiloh” and Other Stories.
New York: Colophon-Harper, 1982. 34-52.
IN-TEXT NOTE: (Mason 36)
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Publication information
(Place: Publisher,Year. Pages.)
When using only part of a book, create an entry for the book itself, inserting
the title of the selection just before the title of the book. After the book’s
publication information, provide the pages where the selection appears.
Some book parts are cited differently, especially those not written by the
book’s main author(s):
• Is the selection an introduction, preface, forward, or afterward?
Describe the type of selection after the name of the selection’s author(s)
or title (if any). See Models 15, 16
• Is the selection by someone other than the book’s author? List the
selection’s author(s) first, then its title, the book’s title, and the book’s
author(s) as a secondary acknowledgment, all before the publication
details and pages. See Model 16
• Is the selection from an anthology? List the selection’s author(s) first,
then the title of the selection. Name editors or compilers after the title
of the book. See Model 17
• Is the selection an article from a reference work? For well-known
reference works, omit page numbers. secondary acknowledgments, volume
information, place, and publisher. But provide this information
for less familiar reference works. Always list edition and year. See Models
18, 19, 87