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Step 1
Use the MLA (Modern Language Association) format with an in-text citation as well as a Works Cited page. For example an in-text citation could read:
For baking "the easiest way to melt chocolate is in a double boiler" (Boyle 36). -
Step 2
Format the work cited at the end of the paper. It should be written as follows:
Boyle, Tish. The Cake Book. Hoboken, New Jersey: Wiley Press, 2006. -
Step 3
Separate the author's name and the page number with a single space in the in-text citation. The title of the book , in this case "The Cake Book," should be underlined in the works cited page. For citing books with multiple authors or editors refer to an MLA handbook.
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Step 4
Use the APA (American Psychological Association) format with an in-text citation as well as a References page. An in-text citation may read:
Boyle (2006) recommends a double boiler as the easiest means of melting chocolate.
Or
For baking "the easiest way to melt chocolate is in a double boiler" (Boyle, 2006, p. 36). -
Step 5
Place the References section at the end of the paper. It should read:
Boyle, Tish (2006). The Cake Book. Hoboken, NJ: Wiley Press.
The title of the book, in this case "The Cake Book," should be in italics. -
Step 6
Use the CMS (Chicago Manual of Style) format or the "humanities style" with raised numbers, as in-text notes, to lead readers to full citation in a bibliography. For example and in-text citation and bibliography may read:
In baking, "the easiest way to melt chocolate is in a double boiler."1
1.Boyle, Tish, The Cake Book (Hoboken: Wiley Press, 2006), 36.
The number one should be a raised number at the end of the in-text sentence and the title of the book should be in italics in the bibliography.
