There are two versions of the MHRA Reference Style.  If you have been advised to use MHRA check with your school to confirm which version you should use.  

• Footnotes and Bibliography OR
• Author-Date

Author-Date:

With this version short citations are given in parenthesis within the text, and a bibliography is added at the end of the document.  Where the author's name is given within your text, it should not be repeated within the citation.

In-text citation:

(Surname Year: page)

e.g.

(Carroll and Markosian 2010: 83)

Bibliography entry:

Surname, First Name. Year. Title (Place: Publisher)

e.g

Carroll, John W. and Markosian, Ned. 2010. An introduction to metaphysics (Cambridge: Cambridge University Press)

Ordering the Bibliography 

In the MHRA Author-Date style, the bibliography is organised alphabetically by the surnames of the authors.