MLA Works Cited Page
What is the MLA Work Cited page? The Works Cited page is a list of sources you quoted, paraphrased, or
summarized in your paper; you must document, or cite, borrowed words, ideas, or facts by creating a Works Cited
list at the end of your paper.
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Center title
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Last Name 4
Header
Works Cited
1 ” "Blueprint Lays Out Clear Path for Climate Action." Environmental Defense Fund, 8
Hanging
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order
May 2007, www.edf.org/summer2007.pdf.
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Dean, Cornelia. "Executive on a Mission: Saving the Planet." The New York Times, 22
May 2007, www.nytimes.com/2007/05/22/science/earth/22ander.html?_r=0.
Stockett, Kathryn. The Help. Amy Einhorn Books, 2009.
Double space
everything
How do I format my Works Cited page?
 Your Works Cited list begins on a new page at the end of your paper
 Number your Works Cited as the next page in your paper
 Center title--Works Cited
 Double space entire document
 Entries listed alphabetically by the authors' last names (No author? Use the title to alphabetize)
How should individual entries be formatted?
 The first line of each entry is flush with the left margin
 All other lines are indented five spaces to create a hanging indention
 Space once after all punctuation
Note: For help citing individual sources, refer to MLA Handbook, pages 111-112.
Information is based on the MLA Handbook for Writers of Research Papers, 8th Edition. Individual instructor’s specifications
may vary, so check with your instructor before formatting and submitting your work.
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