Example of in-text citation: Author's last name and last name of the author Example of page number: Jacobson and three or more authors. Surname, first author name, et al. Book title: subtitle, if present. Edition if dated and not first edition, Publisher's name often abbreviated, Year published.Information. • See the book chapter help page to refer to chapters in the book, as this page contains guidance for referencing entire books. • Author names are provided as they appear on the publication used, i.e. use the full name where provided or the initials of the name where only the initials are provided. • Provide the author with the full version. An in-text citation must contain sufficient information to direct the reader to the full citation in the works cited list. You must also include a page number if you are pointing to specific information from the source. You will present the information from your source in your article in the form of directions or paraphrased rewrites. The title is usually clearly visible in the work, often close to the author. If the title has a subtitle, include it after the main title. Titles and subtitles are reported in full in the entry exactly as they are found in the source, except that capitalization and punctuation are standardized. A title is placed in marks if the source. Let's start by looking at a standard citation for a book in MLA format. Surname name. Book's title. Publisher, publication date. Note that the book title is in italics. You would also use italics for other forms of media cited in their entirety: Books. Web sites. News publications. MLA style is an in-text style for citing and referencing information in assignments and publications and is widely used in the fields of literature and linguistics. This guide is based on the 4th edition of MLA 2021. The MLA style uses very short citations in the text of the document, with an alphabetical list of works cited at the end.