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MLA Layout for a Works Cited Page

Your Works Cited list should appear on a separate page and follow all the MLA format guidelines.
  • Type 'Works Cited' and center it.  The header should be created in 12 point type or smaller.  It does not need to be in bold type, italicized, or underlined.
     
  • Entries begin with the author's last name, followed by a comma and the author's first name.  If the author is not known, begin with the title.
     
  • Entries should be alphabetized according to the first word of the citation (when alphabetizing titles, ignore all articles, such as The or A).  Each citation should be double-spaced and prepared according to MLA guidelines.
     
  • There should be a one inch margin on each side of the page, as well as along the top and bottom.
     
  • All titles of books, periodicals, and websites should be underlined.
     
  • Titles of articles should be in quotation marks.
     
  • Begin the first line of each entry at the margin, but indent all remaining lines five spaces.  This is called hanging indentation.
     
  • Do not number your entries.
     
  • List only works you have cited in your paper.  Works you consulted, but did not quote should not appear on your Works Cited page.

 

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