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 Entry." Title of Encyclopedia or Dictionary, edited by Editor's First Name Editor's Last Name, Edition if not the first edition, vol. #, Publisher, Year of Publication, pp. xx-xx.
Works Cited
Zaidman, Laura M. "The Day of the Locust." Cyclopedia of Literary Characters, edited by Frank N. Magill, rev. ed., vol. 1, Salem Press, 2015, p. 583.
In-Text
(Zaidman 583)
MLA Handbook, 9th ed., pp. 69-70 and 327-28.
Basic Format
Author's Last Name, First Name. "Title of Entry." Title of Encyclopedia or Dictionary, Publisher, Publication Date or Last Update Date, URL.
Works Cited
Stockdale, Nancy. "Foodways and Cultural Borrowing and Adaptation along the Silk Road." Daily Life through History, ABC-CLIO, 2017, dailylife2.abc-clio.com/Search/Display/1941842.
In-Text
(Stockdale)
MLA Handbook, 9th ed., p. 328.
Basic Format
"Title of the article/entry." Title of the Publication, Edition, Publisher, Date, page.
Works Cited
"Larboard, N. and Adj." The Canadian Oxford Dictionary, 2nd ed., Oxford UP, 2004, p. 861.
In-Text
(Canadian Oxford Dictionary)
MLA Handbook, 9th ed., pp. 327-28.