Remember that all lines after the first line of each entry in your reference list should be indented one-half inch from the left margin. This is called hanging indentation. All text is double-spaced. Sometimes the formatting on webpages like this do not show the correct format.
Basic Format
Last Name, First Name. Title of Book. Publisher, Publication Date.
Book with one author
Gleick, James. Chaos: Making a New Science. Penguin, 1987.
Henley, Patricia. The Hummingbird House. MacMurray, 1999.
For more book examples, visit the OWl at Purdue MLA website.
*All examples are taken directly from the OWL, The Purdue OWL. Purdue U Writing Lab, 2016.
Remember that all lines after the first line of each entry in your reference list should be indented one-half inch from the left margin. This is called hanging indentation. All text is double-spaced. Sometimes the formatting on webpages like this do not show the correct format.
Basic Format
Last Name, First Name. Title of Book. Publisher, Publication Date.
Remember that all lines after the first line of each entry in your reference list should be indented one-half inch from the left margin. This is called hanging indentation. All text is double-spaced. Sometimes the formatting on webpages like this do not show the correct format.
Basic Format
Last Name, First Name. Title of Book. Publisher, Publication Date.
Remember that all lines after the first line of each entry in your reference list should be indented one-half inch from the left margin. This is called hanging indentation. All text is double-spaced. Sometimes the formatting on webpages like this do not show the correct format.
Basic Format
Last Name, First Name. Title of Book. Publisher, Publication Date.