What Is a Works Cited Page?
What Is a Works Cited Page?
- It’s a list of all of the sources that you use in your paper.
- When you put a source on your Works Cited page, it is called an “entry.”
When Do I Need A Works Cited Page?
- Whenever you use a source in your paper
- You should have one entry for each source that you use in your paper.
Characteristics of a Works Cited Page
- Start the Works Cited on its own page.
- Double-space everything.
- Use 12 point Times New Roman font.
- Leave only one space after punctuation.
- Continue your running header with your last name and page number on the top right side
- Center the title Works Cited – do not bold, underline or italicize it.
- Alphabetize the Works Cited page by using the first word of the entry. Skip articles “a,” “an,” and “the.”
- Use hanging indents for each entry. The second, third, fourth (or more) lines should be indented ½ inch from the left margin.
- Put a period at the end of each entry.
General Guidelines for All Entries
- All entries begin with the following: author’s last name, first name, middle initial (if given).
- If you have two authors, reverse the order for the first author only.
- If you have more than two authors, use only first author in reverse order followed by a comma and et al.
- If there is no author, begin with the title of the source capitalized according to MLA rules and in “quotation marks.”