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MLA Style Guide, 8th Edition


Format

  • The Works Cited page is the list of sources used in the research paper. It should be its own page at the end of the paper.
  • Center the title, "Works Cited" (without quotation marks), at the top of the page. If only one source was consulted, title the page "Work Cited".
  • Double space the entire list of sources.
  • Use hanging indention for each entry. Begin each entry flush with the left margin; indent all subsequent lines one-half inch.
  • Arrange entries in alphabetical order by the first term in each entry (the first author's last name or the title of the work when there is no author).
  • Continue with the numbering convention used throughout the paper by including your last name and the page number in the upper right-hand corner of the Works Cited page.