Format for the Works Cited Page
- The list of works cited appears at the end of the paper.
- Begin the list on a new page and number each page.
- If the text of your paper ends on page 10, the works-cited list begins on page 11.
- The page number appears in the upper right-hand corner, half an inch from the top and flush with the right margin.
- Center the title, Works Cited, an inch from the top of the page.
- Double-space between the title and the first entry.
- Begin each entry flush with the left margin; if an entry runs more than one line, indent the subsequent line or lines one-half inch (or five letters) from the left margin.
- All entries must be in alphabetical order no matter what source is used (i.e., a book, website, magazine, interview, newspaper, etc.)
- Double-space the entire list, both between and within entries.
- The actual works cited page appears below.
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Works Cited
Churchill, Winston S. The Age of Revolution. New York: Dodd, 1957.
Green, Peter . Alexander of Macedon. Berkeley: University of California Press, 1991.
Jeromack, Paul. “This Once, a David of the Art World Does Goliath a Favor.”
New York Times. 13 July 2002, late ed.: B7+
Lauter, Paul, et al., eds. The Heath Anthology of American Literature. 4th ed. 2 vols.
Boston: Houghton, 2002.
Marshall, Leon. "Mandela in Retirement: Peacemaker without Rest." National
Geographic.com. 9 Feb. 2001. 13 Mar. 2005
<http://news.nationalgeographic.com/news/2001/02/0209_mandela.html>.
Mohanty, Jitendra M. “Indian Philosophy.” The New Encyclopaedia Britannica:
Macropaedia. 15th ed. 1987
Weinberg, Bernard. “Traveling in the Breakdown Lane: A Principle of Resistance for
Hypertext.” Mosaic 28.4 (1995): 55-77. 12 July 2005
<http://iat.ubalt.edu/weinberg/essays/breakdown.html>
"What's a Hoatzin?" Newsweek 27 Sept. 1993: 72.
Information for this page was obtained from:
Joseph, Gibaldi. MLA Handbook for Writers of Research Papers. 6th ed. New York: The Modern Language Association of American, 2003.