Author Listings
Books (Print, Electronic, Database)
Articles (Print, Online, Database)
Multimedia Sources (Live, Print, Electronic, Database)
Other Electronic Sources
Format your list of works cited.
In your MLA-
Follow these rules when formatting your list of works cited in MLA style:
On a new page, type “Works Cited” (centered), and double-
Alphabetize entries by the first word in the citation (usually the first author’s last name, or the title if the author is unknown, ignoring A, An, or The).
Use a “hanging indent” for all entries: Do not indent the first line, but indent second and subsequent lines of the entry by half an inch.
Abbreviate the names of university presses, shortening the words University and Press to U and P. Spell out other publishers’ names in full, omitting only initial articles like The and corporate-
Cite all sources, regardless of medium.
Nowadays, many print sources are also available in an electronic format, either online or through a database your school’s library subscribes to. For most online versions of a source, follow the form of the corresponding print version. For example, if you are citing an article from an online periodical, put the article title in quotation marks and italicize the name of the periodical.
For sources accessed through a database, include the following:
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For other online sources, include the following:
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Some content on the Web frequently changes or disappears, and because the same information that traditionally published books and periodicals provide is not always included for Web sources, giving your reader a complete citation is not always possible. Always keep your goal in mind: to provide enough information so that your reader can track down the source. If you cannot find all of the information listed here, include what you can.