MLA+Works+Cited+Page+Guidelines


 * MLA Citation & Works Cited Page* **

**What is Citation? **
====A research project will include facts, opinions, quotations, and images taken from a variety of print, non-print, and electronic sources. Citing sources is providing select information about each source used for a project. ====

**Why Do We Cite? **

 * ====To give proper credit for words, ideas, graphics, or other information you borrow from others ====
 * ====To help readers find sources you used in case they want to read more from those pieces for themselves ====

== Most Common MLA Citations - Click the type of source you need to cite below. ==
 * ====Books - Print and Online ====
 * ====Periodical (Magazines) Articles - Print and Online (Database) ====
 * ====Web pages ====
 * ====Newspaper Articles - Print and Online ====
 * ====Corporate Authors and Government Reports - Print and Online ====
 * ====Encyclopedias and Reference Books - Print and Online ====
 * ====Online Images and Artwork ====
 * ====Online Videos ====

<span style="color: #0000ff; font-family: Georgia,serif; font-size: 25px;">For more help:

 * **<span style="background-color: initial; font-family: Georgia,serif; font-size: 18px;">Purdue Online Writing Lab **
 * **<span style="background-color: initial; font-family: Georgia,serif; font-size: 18px;">Sample MLA Works Cited Page **
 * **<span style="background-color: initial; font-family: Georgia,serif; font-size: 18px;">Sample MLA Paper **

<span style="color: #0000ff; font-family: Georgia,serif; font-size: 25px;">(See sample)

 * <span style="font-family: Georgia,serif; font-size: 17px;">Citations are cited in full on a separate page, the last page of the document


 * <span style="font-family: Georgia,serif; font-size: 17px;">Notice the word “Works Cited” is centered on the page


 * <span style="font-family: Georgia,serif; font-size: 17px;">All margins should be set at one inch.


 * <span style="font-family: Georgia,serif; font-size: 17px;">Double space within and between entries.


 * <span style="font-family: Georgia,serif; font-size: 17px;">Do not number entries in the bibliography/works cited page.


 * <span style="font-family: Georgia,serif; font-size: 17px;">Be consistent with your citations.


 * <span style="font-family: Georgia,serif; font-size: 17px;">Entries are listed in alphabetical order according by author's last name. If the source has no author, alphabetize according to the first word of the title excluding "a," "an," and "the."


 * <span style="font-family: Georgia,serif; font-size: 17px;">The first line of each entry is flush left, with the following lines (if any) indented one-half inch (hanging indent). To set hanging indent feature in Microsoft Word, at HOME go to PARAGRAPH, under SPECIAL, choose HANGING (with .5”).


 * <span style="font-family: Georgia,serif; font-size: 17px;">Italicize title of works and databases and use upper and lowercase lettering.


 * <span style="font-family: Georgia,serif; font-size: 17px;">Include page numbers only when you use a source that is part of a larger work.


 * <span style="font-family: Georgia,serif; font-size: 17px;">If your bibliography/works cited page contains two works by the same author, you need not repeat the author's name a second time. In place of the name, type three hyphens, followed by a period and the title. Alphabetize according to the titles of the works.


 * <span style="font-family: Georgia,serif; font-size: 17px;">Separate major items with a period. End the entry with a period.


 * ==== <span style="font-family: Georgia,serif; font-size: 18px;">When you review your Bibliography/Works Cited page, see that it resembles the sample found on the **<span style="background-color: initial; color: #ff00ff; font-family: Georgia,serif; font-size: 21px;">Purdue Online Writing Lab. ** ====


 * SOURCE: MLA Handbook for Writers of Research Papers, 7th Edition (2009).