Formatting a List of Works Cited

• Start your list on a separate page after the text of your document and any notes.
• Continue the consecutive numbering of pages.
• Center the heading Works Cited (not italicized or in quotation marks) one inch from the top of the page.
• Begin each entry flush with the left margin, but indent subsequent lines one-half inch. Double-space the entire list.
• List sources alphabetically by the first word. Start with the author’s name, if available; if not, use the editor’s name, if available. If no author or editor is given, start with the title.
• List the author’s last name first, followed by a comma and the first name. If a source has multiple authors, subsequent authors’ names appear first name first (see model 2).
• Italicize titles of books and long works, but put titles of articles and other short works in quotation marks.
• In general, use a period and a space after each element of the entry; look at the models in this chapter for information on punctuating particular kinds of entries.
• For a book, list the city of publication (add a country abbreviation for non-U.S. cities that may be unfamiliar). Follow it with a colon and a shortened form of the publisher’s name—omit Co. or Inc., shorten names such as Simon & Schuster to Simon, and abbreviate University Press to UP.
• List dates of periodical publication or of access to electronic items in day, month, year order, and abbreviate months except for May, June, and July.
• Give a medium, such as Print or Web, for each entry.
• List inclusive page numbers for a part of a larger work.