MLA (Modern Language Association) style is most commonly used to write papers and cite sources within the liberal arts and humanities. This resource, updated to reflect the MLA Handbook (8 th ed.), offers examples for the general format of MLA research pa

Cite your book. In the above citation example, the book, The Body of the Queen: Gender and Rule in the Courtly World, 1500-2000 is an edited book that features a chapter by Louis Montrose. The title of the chapter that he wrote is found in quotation marks

E-books and online books. The citation format for an e-book depends on how you accessed it. Books accessed online. If you accessed the book via a website or database, use the standard MLA book citation format, followed by the name of the website or databa