Mla 8th edition has simplified the rule for citing multiple authors.
Mla for mat for two authors.
The american health empire.
The modern language association mla handbook is currently in its 8th edition and has significantly standardized how scholars document their sources while formatting their papers.
Author surname first name et al.
Three or more authors are all treat the same way using the words et al.
These rules apply to all types of source including journal articles websites and books.
Multiple authors in a bibliography entry.
Ehrenreich barbara and john ehrenreich eds.
Mla modern language association style is most commonly used to write papers and cite sources within the liberal arts and humanities.
Fee elizabeth and daniel m.
Book with two authors or editors p.
This is not an abbreviation.
Mla modern language association style is most commonly used to write papers and cite sources within the liberal arts and humanities.
If you re writing a research paper in the humanities or liberal arts you may be formatting your citations using the modern language association mla style.
To correctly cite the author always begin the citation with the author s last name a comma and the rest of the name as it appears on the source.
How to format author names in mla 8.
202 the general format below refers to a book with two authors.
If you are dealing with two editors or compilers instead of two authors insert the names of the editors in place of the the authors names followed by editors without the quotation marks see ex ample.
This style requires a full citation to sources used in a works cited page at the end of your paper as well as parenthetical in text citations whenever a source is paraphrased or quoted directly.
The burdens of.
Like apa style mla format uses parenthetical in text citations to guide the reader to a more complete listing of source information on the works cited page.
This resource updated to reflect the mla handbook 8 th ed offers examples for the general format of mla research papers in text citations endnotes footnotes and the works cited page.
As a requirement academic professors require their students to submit their documents and sources in a similar fashion.
For the example of two authors below naomi oreskes name is listed first ahead of erik m.
Power profits and politics.
When more than one person has authored a text typical bibliography entries will appear as follows.
Modern language association mla formatting is typically used in liberal arts and the humanities.
This resource updated to reflect the mla handbook 8 th ed offers examples for the general format of mla research papers in text citations endnotes footnotes and the works cited page.
