Multiple authors more than three required information. List the author s last name followed by a page number. Sbl style guide bibliography john brown university. Commentary samples in mla style northwestern college. This information and several of the examples were drawn from a manual for writers of research papers, theses, and dissertations 8th edition. Two authors are separated by a comma after the first author and the word. A commentary from the christian classics ethereal library web. Mla style is a system for documenting sources in scholarly writing.
Mla citation book with 3 or more authors, 8th edition duration. Matthew, a commentary on his literary and theological art. In one of the most vivid prophetic visions in the bible, ezekiel saw what seemed to be four living creatures, each with the faces of a man, a lion, an ox, and an. If you are citing an editors or translators note for a work listed under the authors name, create a workscitedlist entry for the work as a whole and key your intext citation to the first element of the entrythat is, the authors name. Cite your singleauthor commentary that is part of a. Two locations williams alludes to this premise 639, 145. List the first author last name first followed by the first and middle names followed by a comma. Citing a reference with multiple editors is a bit tricky, as.
Examples lakoff and johnson 42 hare, moran, and koepke 22628 for a work with four or more authors, use only the first author s. Hemingway when there is no author, the author is unknown, or the author is not the first element listed in the corresponding works cited citation, use the first element listed in the citation in the intext citation instead. Here are some examples for citing one or more authors. Mla citation book with 2 authors, 8th edition youtube. If your instructor requires a url, look for the permalink icon in the article description and place the url generated after the name of the. It is likely that you will frequently encounter books that are written by multiple authors. For a work with two or three authors, include all the names, either in your text sentence or in parentheses. If an entire edited book with authored chapters is cited, the editor is listed as the author with the abbreviation ed. Ever since the advent of the internet, books havent remained restricted to the paper form countless books can be accessed online, some for free reading while others are available for purchase. Translation identified in the text suppose that you wish to illustrate how translations of the bible differ by comparing the recent new living translation with the traditional king james version. Add as much as the original publication information as possible. A multivolume commentary on a single biblical book.
Insert the word and and a comma before the last author. Commentary samples in chicago style northwestern college. When you quote poetry, you have to properly format the quotation and direct the reader to the correct source entry in the works cited list an mla 8 poetry citation must include the poets last name, either in the main text or in a parenthetical citation. All other authors are listed first name followed by the last name. The basic information of a book includes author s, the title of the book, and the publication information. Mla format follows the authorpage method of intext citation. Please refer to other tabs explaining multiple authors, etc template. This page provides you with some of the most common examples, including these types of print and online sources. How to cite a book with multiple authors using mla style. Use this key to identify the elements of a citation. When more than one person has authored a text, typical bibliography entries will appear as follows. In your prose, make clear that you are referring to a comment by the editor or translator. Mla 8th edition has simplified the rule for citing multiple authors. Citing commentaries religion resources libguides at eastern.
Biblical sources mla style 8th edition citation guide libguides. Commentary samples in mla style introduction this short guide shows how to cite all of the commentaries in our collection, and we included a sample from each commentary set. A different author usually writes the commentary on each biblical book. Author has more than one work in your bibliography. Most commentaries with the exception of the new expositors bible commentary and the new interpreters bible commentary are cited as books in a series. The reference for these books must be structured in such a way as to give credit to all contributors. For some of the general rules, added as questions about them arise, see the box at the bottom. While mla 8th edition recommends including urls, columbia college library recommends that urls be left out when citing a work found in a library database. End this element with a period unless a period that is part of the author s name already appears at the end. The author s name is usually found near the title of a source always begin the entry with the author s last name, followed by a comma and the rest of the name, as presented in the work.
How to cite a poem in mla quote format and citation examples. How to reference multiple authors in apa style duration. 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. Mla citation book with 3 or more authors, 8th edition u of sc aiken library.
Multiple editors are formatted the same way as authors. If an entire edited book with authored chapters is cited, the editor is listed. List first editor with the last name first, followed by a comma and editor. This is because most urls from library databases will stop working after the session ends. Sample mla annotation annotated bibliography libguides. Multiple authors of a work this hypothesis bradley and rogers 7 suggested this theory sumner, reichl, and waugh 23. Both books provide extensive examples, so its a good idea to consult them if you want to. These are the guidelines we followed to develop the following examples for you. Student supplement for the sbl handbook of style second. See examples below to learn about how multiple authors for one work are handled in mla parenthetical citations. Being an historical, ritual and theological commentary on the devotional system of the church of england london.
The general format below refers to a book with two authors. You can find examples of mla textbook citation for ebooks as well as print books in this guide. Thomas 327 multivolume works references to volumes and pages wilson 2. For over half a century, it has been widely adopted for classroom instruction and used worldwide by scholars, journal publishers, and academic and commercial presses. Books with more than three authors may be cited in footnotes with the first author followed by et al. Three or more authors are all treat the same way, using the words et al. Cite your singleauthor book or commentary not part of a series. To cite them properly, you need to identify what type of book it is. When citing bible commentaries, it is important to understand that commentaries are simply books. A chapter in an edited book in a multivolume work print.
When writing a reference paper, generally you have to conform to the rules of a particular style guide. Depending on the preferences of the person assigning the work or the university you attend, this is likely either the mla, apa or chicago style guide. This guide will help users cite the bible, and bible dictionaries, encyclopedias, commentaries, and atlases. If there are more than three authors, just list the first one followed by et al. It has every situation conceivable listed and exampled for citation. When a book has two authors, order the authors in the same way they are presented in the book. Include last name of both authors connected by the word and, followed by the page number no comma before the page number in. The sbl handbook of style guides more than simply citation style sec. The 8th edition of the mla handbook does not list specific rules on how to cite a dvd, a book, a journal article, etc. In this case, treat each authors commentary like a chapter in a book written by several authors sblhs 6. Commentary and the new interpreters bible commentary are cited as books in a series. One way to identify the translations is to mention them in your prose and then cite the bible.
Read on to learn how to cite a book with multiple authors using mla style. An author can be a person but can also be an organization, or company. Three or more authors mla 8 citation guide research. In this kind of commentary, look for the authors name on the first page of the section focused on the biblical book you are studying. Mla style is a referencing method developed by the modern language association. Mla citation book with 3 or more authors, 8th edition. The second line of a citation is indented hanging indent. Two or three authors turabian citation style guide.
How to do an intext citation for two books by the same. Author page citation for classic and literary works with multiple editions. There are two ways to identify a translation in a bible app. The mla handbook for writers of research papers states the following formatting rules the text and the works cited list should be doublespaced. Mla handbook, 8th edition uses the author page number style for intext citations in this format. Add edition information to the first parenthetical citation for a common source such as the bible. Your bibliography should be alphabetized by author last name. Closing punctuation for that sentence goes after the citation. If an entire edited book with authored chapters is cited, the editor is. Include author s last name and the page number no comma before the page number in parentheses. It is based on the modern language association of america s mla handbook for writers of.
A chapter in an edited book in a multivolume work such as the expositors bible commentary or new interpreters bible. After citing the original publication information, add the electronic. Mla format was found by the modern language association of america back in 1883. Mla book citation everything about online and in print. Reference list entries must have a hanging indent to do this in microsoft word 2003, select the citation, click format, then paragraph, then special, and choose hanging. The first time you refer to a particular version, state in the text or parenthetical citation the element that begins the entry in the workscited list usually the title, but sometimes an editors or translators name. Citing the bible, commentaries, and dictionaries in turabian. Authoreditorpublisher mla formatting citation guide research. Each item cited in your text should have a corresponding item in your bibliography. If you are citing a chapter from a book that has an editor, the author of the chapter is listed first, and is the name listed in the intext citation. Authoreditorpublisher mla formatting citation guide. Commentary samples in chicago style introduction this short guide shows how to cite all of the commentaries in our collection, and we included a sample from each commentary set.
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