Love, Catherine E., et al., editors. Webster's New World Italian Dictionary. Concise ed., Prentice Hall, 1992.
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Kelly, John. The Great Mortality: An Intimate History of the Black Death, the Most Devastating Plague of All Time. HarperCollins Publishers, 2005.
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Hirshberg, Edgar W. John D. MacDonald. Twayne Publishers, 1986. Twayne's United States Authors Series 486.
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Eberstadt, Mary. “Eminem Is Right.” The Blair Reader: Exploring Issues and Ideas, edited by Laurie G. Kirszner and Stephen R. Mandell, 9th ed., Pearson, 2017, pp. 181-87.
Author(s) of Single Work (if listed). “Complete Title of Single Work.” Complete Title of Anthology, Editor(s) of Anthology, Edition (if listed), Publisher, Year of Publication, Page(s) Where Single Work Appears.
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Include the words edited by when listing editor(s) of an anthology: edited by Susan A. Radwell.
Follow the rules for authors regarding how many editors to list (e.g., edited by Sarah K. Post et al. if your anthology has three or more editors).
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In certain cases, especially in the case of textbooks, your book may have authors listed instead of editors and may still include a section of readings by multiple other authors. This is the case with the current English text, Everyone's an Author. Cite an individual work from this type of book as follows:
Pinker, Steven. “Mind over Mass Media.” Everyone's an Author with Readings, by Andrea Lunsford et al., 2nd ed., W. W. Norton, 2017, pp. 1029-32.
Hattenhauer, Darryl. Shirley Jackson's American Gothic. State U of New York P, 2005. Ebook Central, site.ebrary.com.libpro.pittcc.edu/lib/pittcc/detail.action?docID=10594959.
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If you use the "Cite Book" button next to your e-book in Ebook Central (and choose "MLA"), you will get the following citation to copy and paste:
Hattenhauer, Darryl. Shirley Jackson's American Gothic, State University of New York Press, 2003. ProQuest Ebook Central, http://ebookcentral.proquest.com/lib/pittcc-ebooks/detail.action?docID=3408604.
There are a number of errors in this citation (highlighted in yellow); here is what it should look like when properly cited in MLA 8th:
Hattenhauer, Darryl. Shirley Jackson's American Gothic. State U of New York P, 2003. Ebook Central, ebookcentral.proquest.com/lib/pittcc-ebooks/detail.action?docID=3408604.
If you use the "Cite" feature, compare your citation carefully to the example shown and change as necessary. Look at the e-book itself and the information provided with it to find anything that may be missing. Pay special attention to italicization and punctuation. Remember to remove the initial "http://" from the URL.
Note on database names: It is best to use the specific database name if known, but it is also acceptable to use the name of the company that produced the database if you are not sure. For this example, any of these database names would be acceptable: ProQuest Ebook Central, Ebook Central, or ProQuest.
You will also need to check spacing and font. Citations may not paste with the correct font. Spacing between words and/or line spacing may not be correct.
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