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Journalism: Book Sections

Work Cited Core Elements

Create your Works Cited list by using the template of core elements. List each relevant element for every source.

MLA 9 Core Elements 1 container

Basic Chapter Citation

MLA9 Book Chapter

Example | Chapter in Print Book

Chapter in EbookCover of The Activist Impulse

A Note on Publishers' Names

Abbreviate publishers' names, omitting business words (Co., Corp., Ltd., etc.). 

Abbreviate the names of academic presses, for example replace University Press with UP.

See the MLA Handbook 9th Edition, page 172 for more guidance.