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What Is the Basic Bibliographic Information
Required for a Book Citation?

• Instead of an author, a book can have an editor, compiler, or translator.
• There are rules for citing books that have a corporate author or no author at all.

• Be sure to include subtitles of books as they appear on the title page.

• Most publication information should be found on the title page.

• Make sure to retrieve publication information from the book itself and not from the
  library catalog or online database.
• The place of publication is no longer needed for MLA citations.

• If the date of publication is not on the title page, look through the first few pages of
  the book until you find it.