The MLA Format

Avoiding Plagiarism and Documenting Sources

Works Cited Page

At the end of your paper, you must provide a Works Cited page that lists all the sources you cited in your paper. Do not include sources that you did not cite in your paper. The MLA format requires that you provide information about the source so that somebody could find it. You must provide this information in a specific format based on the type and medium of the source.

Format of the Works Cited Page

If you need a reminder of the general MLA format, refer to "Essentials of the MLA Format."

• Begin "Works Cited" on a new sheet of paper
• Title it Works Cited in the center of the first line
• Begin each entry at the left margin and indent all additional lines of the entry by a half (1/2) inch. This is called Hanging Indentation.
• Arrange entries in alphabetical order
• If no author is provided for a source, alphabetize the source by its title
• If you use more than 1 source by the same author, only provide the author's name for the first source. For each additional source, use three dashes (- - -)in place of the author's name. Example:

McKibben, Bill. The End of Nature. New York: Anchor, 1989. Print. - - -.

- - -. "Happiness Is...." The Ecologist Feb. 2007: 32-39. Print.

Do not list sources that you did not use in your paper.

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