How to Write a Bibliography Citation for a Textbook

MLA Style Formatting

• 1

  Type the author's last name, a comma, their first name and a period.

• 2

  Type the title of the textbook in italics, followed by a period.

• 3

  Type the edition number (for example, "3rd ed."), the volume number and a period.

• 4

  Type the city in which the textbook was published, followed by the capitalized abbreviation for the state of publication and a semicolon.

• 5

  Type the name of the publishing company, a comma, the year the textbook was published and a period.

• 6

  Type the range of page numbers used (for example, 100-115), followed by a period.

APA Style Formatting

• 7

  Type the author's last name, a comma, the first initial of the author's first name and a period.

• 8

  Type the year the textbook was published in parentheses and then a period.

• 9

  Type the title of the book in italics, only capitalizing the first letter of the first word. Follow with a period.

• 10

  Type the city where the text book was published, a comma and the capitalized abbreviation for the state of publication.

• 11

  Type a semicolon, the publishing company and a period.