The MLA 9th ed. does not provide rules for citing specific types of resources. They provide a universal set of guidelines for any type of material based on the core elements. The examples provided in this guide were created by a Langara College librarian and follow this format.
Basic Format
Author's Last Name, First Name. "Title of Short Story, Essay, or Article." Title of Book, edited by Editor's First Name Editor's Last Name, Edition if not the first, Publisher, Publication Date, pp. xx-xx.
Works Cited
Rossi, Aparecido Donizete. "The Gothic in Kate Chopin." Kate Chopin in Context: New Approaches, edited by Heather Ostman and Kate O'Donoghue, Palgrave Macmillan, 2015, pp.65-82.
Brant, Beth. "Coyote Learns a New Trick." An Anthology of Canadian Native Literature in English, edited by Daniel David Moses and Terry Goldie, Oxford UP, 1992, pp. 148-50.
In-Text
Parenthetical: (Rossi 71)
Narrative: Brant (149)
MLA Handbook, 9th ed., pp. 145-54, and 317.
Basic Format
Author's Last Name, First Name. "Title of Short Story, Essay, or Article."Title of Book, edited by Editor's First Name Editor's Last Name, Volume/Edition if not the first, Publisher, Publication Date, pp. xx-xx.
Works Cited
From a Journal:
Walker, Warren S. "The Unresolved conflict in 'The Garden Party.'" Short Stories for Students, edited by Ira Mark Milne, vol. 8, Gale, 2000, pp. 65-7. Originally published in Modern Fiction Studies, vol. 3, no. 4, 1957, pp. 354-58.
From a Book:
Hanson, Clare, and Andrew Gurr. "The Stories 1921-22: Sierre and Paris." Short Stories for Students, edited by Ira Mark Milne, vol. 8, Gale, 2000, pp. 63-65. Originally published in Katherine Mansfield, St. Martin's, 1981, pp. 95-139.
In-Text
(Walker 65)
(Hanson and Gurr 64)
Works Cited
"The Garden Party: Historical Context." Short Stories for Students, edited by Ira Mark Milne, vol. 8, Gale, 2000, p. 55.
In-Text
(Garden 55)
MLA Handbook, 9th ed., pp. 318-9, regarding citing a source previously published in another source.
Basic Format
Author of the section's Last Name, First Name. Introduction/Preface/Foreword/Afterword. Title of Book, by Author's First Name Last Name, Publisher, Date of Publication, pp. xxx-xxx.
Works Cited
Gottlieb, Susannah Young-ah. Introduction. Reflections on Literature and Culture, by Hannah Arendt, Stanford UP, 2007, pp. xi-xxxi.
In-Text
(Gottlieb xxiv)
MLA Handbook, 9th ed., p. 318.
Basic Format
Author's Last Name, First Name. Title of the Play. Title of the Collection/Anthology. Translated by First Name Last Name, Publisher, Year, pp. xx-xx.
Works Cited
Ibsen, Henrik. A Doll's House. Four Major Plays. Translated by James McFarlan, Oxford UP, 2008, pp. 1-88.
In-Text
(Ibsen 28)
MLA Handbook, 9th ed., p. 317.
Basic Format
Author's Last Name, First Name. "Title of Article." Title of Course Pack, edited by Instructor's First Name Last Name, Name of Institution, Publication Date, pp. xx-xx. Course Pack.
Works Cited
Haraway, Donna. "The Persistence of Vision." A Critical and Cultural Theory Coursepack, edited by Lynn Ruscheinsky, Langara College, 2011, pp. 60-67. Originally published in The Visual Culture Reader, edited by Nicholas Mirzoeff, Routledge, 1998, pp. 191-98. Course Pack.
In-Text
(Haraway 62)
MLA Handbook, 9th ed., p. 341.