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MLA 9th Edition: Chapters, Short Stories and Pamphlets

Short Story, Chapter or Article from a Book

Author's Last Name, First Name. "Title of Short Story, Essay, or Article." Title of Book:

Subtitle if Any, edited by Editor's First Name and Last Name, Edition if given

and is not first, Publisher Name often shortened, Year of publication, 

Page numbers of the essay, article, or short story. 

Works Cited List Example 

  Ross, Colin. "The Story of Grey Owl." Fiction/Non-Fiction:

A Reader and Rhetoric, edited by Garry Engkent and Lucia 

Engkent, 2nd ed., Thomson Nelson, 2006, pp. 327-333. 

  Note: The first author's name listed is the author of the chapter

/essay/short story.

  Note: If there is no editor given you may leave out that part of the citation.

In-Text Citation Example  

  (Author's Last Name Page Number)

  Example: (Ross 332 )

Pamphlet

Name of Corporate Author. Title of Pamphlet: Subtitle if Any. Publisher Name,

Year of Publication. Pamphlet.

 Note: When a work is published by an organization that is also its author, begin the entry with the title, skipping the author element, and list the organization only as publisher.

 

Works Cited List Example 

 Bait and Switch Selling. Competition Bureau of Canada,

2014. Pamphlet.

In-Text Citation Example

 (Title)

 Example: (Bait and Switch Selling)