How to Cite Chapters for MLA Examples

In-Text Citation

• 1

  Give the chapter author's last name in parentheses following your sentence or in the body of the sentence.

  Feminists have attacked traditional conceptions of masculinity (Scruton)

  or

  Scruton suggests that feminists have attacked traditional conceptions of masculinity

• 2

  Give in parentheses the page number or page numbers on which the material you are citing is found.

  Feminists have attacked traditional conceptions of masculinity (Scruton 168-9)

  or

  Scruton suggests that feminists have attacked traditional conceptions of masculinity (168-9)

• 3

  Give the chapter title in quotation marks inside your parenthetical reference if you cite more than one chapter by the same author. Abbreviate long chapter titles.

  Feminists have attacked traditional conceptions of masculinity (Scruton "Modern Manhood" 168-9)

  or

  Scruton suggests that feminists have attacked traditional conceptions of masculinity ("Modern Manhood" 168-9)

Works Cited Entry

• 4

  Give the chapter author's last and first name and the chapter title.

  Scruton, Roger. "Modern Manhood."

• 5

  Write the title of the book in which the chapter appears in italics.

  Scruton, Roger. "Modern Manhood." Modern Sex: Liberation and Its Discontents.

• 6

  Give the name of the editor of the book if it is a collection of chapter-essays by various authors. Place "ed." before the editor's name.

  Scruton, Roger. "Modern Manhood." Modern Sex: Liberation and Its Discontents. ed. Myron Magnet.

• 7

  Put the place of publication followed by a colon, the name of the publisher and the year of publication.

  Scruton, Roger. "Modern Manhood." Modern Sex: Liberation and Its Discontents. ed. Myron Magnet. Chicago: Ivan R. Dee, 2001.

• 8

  Write "Print" or "Web" to specify whether you accessed the chapter online or in print.

  Scruton, Roger. "Modern Manhood." Modern Sex: Liberation and Its Discontents. ed. Myron Magnet. Chicago: Ivan R. Dee, 2001. Print.