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Citation Examples

BOOK REVIEWS: PRINT AND ONLINE

The following examples of works cited citations are arranged with bolded explanatory material first, which you will not put it in your works cited list. The citation examples follow and should be double spaced and have a hanging indentation. However, hanging indentations are not easily displayed on the Internet. If they look odd on your computer, follow the format shown in the box at the end of the examples.

Citations for reviews of books found in periodicals, books and electronic print resources contain the following elements in the order given:

Review in Book

Reviewer
Title of article, if available
Title of Book Reviewed
Author of Book Reviewed
Book Title
Place
Publisher
Date
Pages in Multi-Volume Set

Review in Print Periodical Article

Reviewer
Title of article, if given
Title of Book Reviewed
Author of Book Reviewed
Periodical Title
Date
Pages

Review in Full-Text Periodical

Reviewer
Title of article, if given
Title of Book Reviewed
Author of Book Reviewed
Periodical Title
Date
Pages
Database Name
Subscribing library, Location
Date of access
URL of the database(URL list below)

Note: When citing references from an online database or Internet source there is a way to turn off the auto-formatting of the URL (in Microsoft Word) so it is not underlined and highlighted in blue. This will make your works cited page appear more consistent. Go to the Tools menu, select AutoCorrect, select the AutoFormat As You Type tab and midway down under Replace as you type, uncheck Internet and network paths with hyperlinks.

Basic URLs for Citations - LPC Periodical & Online Informational Databases

Academic Search Elite. EBSCOhost - <http://search.epnet.com/>
Literature Resource Center (LRC includes CLC, DLB, Contemporary Authors, Scribner Writers, Twayne's) - <http://infotrac.galegroup.com/>
Newsbank - <http://infoweb.newsbank.com/>

Review in magazine

Baxter, Tracy. Rev. of Earth Follies: Coming to Feminist Terms

with the Environmental Crisis, by Joni Seager. Sierra

May/June 1994: 82-83.

Review in magazine with article title

Kennedy, Randall. "Looking for Zora." Rev. of I Love Myself When I Am Laughing

and Then Again When I Am Looking Mean and Impressive,

by Zora Neale Hurston. New York Times Book Review

30 Dec. 1979: 8, 17.

Article without reviewer listed

Rev. of Outlands: Journeys to the Outer Edges of Cape Cod,

by Robert Finch. Time 3 Nov. 1986: 84.

Book review in article in multi-volume set

Keymer, David. Rev. of A Time To Kill, by John Grisham.

"John Grisham 1955(?) -." Contemporary Literary Criticism.

Vol. 84. Ed. James P. Draper. Detroit: Gale, 1995: 190.

Book review in article in Academic Search Elite. EBSCOhost

King, Bruce. Rev. of White Teeth, by Zadie Smith.

World Literature Today. Winter 2001: 116. Academic Search Elite.

EBSCOhost. LPC Library, Livermore. 28 July 2002

<http://search.epnet.com/>.

Book review in article in Literature Resource Center

Podhoretz, John. Rev. of The Amazing Adventures of Kavalier

& Clay, by Michael Chabon. Commentary June 2001: 68.

Literature Resource Center. LPC Library, Livermore.

24 Aug. 2001 <http://infotrac.galegroup.com/>.

Book review in magazine with article title in Literature Resource Center

Paumgarten, Nick. "Acknowleged." Rev. of The Da Vinci Code, by Dan Brown.

New Yorker 5 May 2003: 36. Literature Resource Center.

LPC Library, Livermore. 1 Mar. 2004 <http://infotrac.galegroup.com/>.

Use the following links to access the LPC Library short guides to citing specific types of resources in the MLA style.

Citation Examples

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