eBook; eBook chapter

Format for reference list: eBook

Elements, punctuation & capitalisation

Author. Title of Book. Publisher, year of online publication. Name of database/ website/ eBook package, DOI (or URL).

Reference List example

Christian, Karl, and Corey Ross, editors. Mass Media, Culture and Society in Twentieth-Century Germany. Palgrave Macmillan, 2006. Palgrave Social & Cultural Studies Collection, doi:10.1057/9780230800939.

Style notes for this reference type

Elements of citation for an eBook:

• Author.
• Title of book (italicised).
• Publisher,
• Publication date.
• Name of database/ website/ eBook package (italicised),
• DOI (or URL if DOI not available).

See Handbook 5.93-5.98

For further examples, see Appendix Two of MLA Handbook.

• It is usually best to account for all the containers that enclose your source. Each container likely provides useful information for a reader seeking to understand and locate the original source. In the case of the example above, the eBook is part of an eBook package called the Palgrave Social & Cultural Studies Collection (5.1; 5.33; 5.35; 5.102).

• When citing an eBook in your text, avoid using device-specific numbering systems (6.20).

• The DOI is always preferred over the URL.  If there is no DOI, then use the URL (5.84; 5.87).

• A DOI is a string of numbers and letters that typically begins with the number 10 (fig. 5.89). If the DOI is not preceded by http:// or https:// in your source, precede the DOI in your entry with the following: https://doi.org/ . Doing so will allow others to call up the source in a browser window (5.93).

• For URLs (not DOIs) you can usually omit the http:// or https:// (5.96).