A works cited page lists all sources directly cited with parenthetical references in your paper. A bibliography includes all those sources and any others that you may have used as background, but did not directly cite. A works cited page is required for all research papers. Ask your teacher if a works cited page or a combination of the two will be required for a particular assignment.

When you write your works cited page follow the steps below:

  • Begin works cited page on a new page (next page after the body of the report).
  • Center the title Works Cited one inch from the top.
  • Begin each entry flush with the left margin.
  • If entry is more than one line, indent additional lines five spaces.
  • Double-space between all lines.
  • Single-space between words and after punctuation marks.
  • List each entry alphabetically by the author's last name.
  • If there is no author, use the first word of the title. 
  • Disregard A, An, The.

    Adapted from: Sebranek,  Patrick, Dave Kemper, and Verne Meyer.  Writers INC: A Student Handbook for Writing and Learning.  Wilmington,

         MA : Great Source Education, 2001.

The link below will connect you to a free citation machine that has been created to help assist teachers and students with print and online works cited entries.
http://citationmachine.net/

Since citing electronic sources is still evolving please visit the Writers INC web site http://thewritesource.com/mla.htm for the most current guidelines.

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