MLA Style: Works Cited

What is the MLA Works Cited page? The Works Cited page is a list of sources you quoted, paraphrased, or summarized in your paper; you must document, or cite, borrowed words, ideas, or facts by creating a Works Cited list at the end of your paper.

 

How do I format my Works Cited page?

• Your Works Cited list begins on a new page at the end of your paper
• Number your Works Cited as the next page in your paper
• Center title--Works Cited
• Double space entire document
• Entries listed alphabetically by the authors' last names (No author? Use the title to alphabetize)

How should individual entries be formatted?

• The first line of each entry is flush with the left margin
• All other lines are indented five spaces to create a hanging indention
• Space once after all punctuation

Note: For help citing online sources, refer to the MLA Handbook, pages 111-112.

Information is based on the MLA Handbook for Writers of Research Papers, 8th Edition. Individual instructor’s specifications may vary, so check with your instructor before formatting and submitting your work.

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