MLA Style: Publisher

What is the publisher?

"The publisher is the organization primarily responsible for producing the source or making it available to the public"  (p 40)

• For books--Look on the title page, usually at the bottom
• For books--Also look on the copyright page
• For films and television series--Cite the organization that had overall responsibility for it.
• For web sites--Look for a copyright notice. The publisher will often be found close to this notice

• A newspaper, journal, or magazine
• A work published by its author or editor
• A web site whose title is the same as the name of the publisher
• A web site not involved in producing the works it makes available