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BASIC RULES FOR FORMATTING YOUR WORKS CITED PAGE (MLA 5.4)

There are some basic rules to remember when formatting your Works Cited list:

  • Begin your Works Cited list on a separate page from the text of your research paper.
  • Title or label the cited list Works Cited (do not underline, bold or put “quotation marks” around the words Works Cited).
  • Margins at the top, bottom and sides should be one inch each.
  • All entries for your Works Cited are arranged in alphabetical order unless your instructor tells you otherwise.
  • Double space all entries.
  • The first line of each entry is set flush left, then indent the second and all following lines of a citation 5 spaces or ½ inch. For example:

    Gillespie, Paula, and Neal Lerner. The Allyn and Bacon Guide to Peer Tutoring.

         Boston: Allyn, 2000.

    Morehead, Joe. Introduction to United States Government Information Sources.

         6th ed. Englewood, NJ: Libraries Unlimited, 1999.

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