Dissertations and masters theses may be used as sources whether published or not. This page is brought to you by the owl at purdue university. Mla titles how to format and capitalize source titles. Full text of a dictionary of the spanish and english languages. In mla style, source titlesappear either in italics or in quotation marks. The main elements of a dissertation citation are the same as those for a book. General guidelines type your paper on a computer and print it out on standard, white 8. Conclude with an indication of the document type e. To shorten the title of a long work in your writing or in your workscitedlist entry, include the beginning words of the title up to at least the first noun. Leave only one space after periods or other punctuation marks.
Use quotation marks around the title if it is part of a larger work e. Doublespace the text of your paper and use a legible font e. This resource contains a sample mla paper that adheres to the 2016 updates. How to write book titles in mla method 1 formatting titles. Place the title in quotation marks if its a short work such as an article or italicize it if its a longer work e. When printing this page, you must include the entire legal notice. Capitalize the first word of the title and subtitle. When you cite a book in the body of your text, write the authors name and the page number in.
A title within a title should be styled according to the guidelines in section 1. Full text of a dictionary of the spanish and english. Citing a book in mla modern language association style is almost always simple and straightforward. Include punctuation that is part of the title or subtitle. For example, the title of an essay about gone with the wind is styled in ebscohost as follows.