GENERAL CITATION AND WORKS CITED FORMATTING

This is not an all inclusive list. It represents only the basics of the MLA formatting style that you will most likely use. Consult the MLA Handbook 6^th Edition and Documenting Sources in MLA Style: 2009 Update (available in the media center) or see Ms. Euvrard for more information.

The Works Cited list:

• The works cited list begins on a new page at the end of your paper

• Center the title

• Double space between the title and the first entry

• Double space within each entry and between entries

• Indent five spaces on the second and subsequent lines

• List citations by author last name. If there is no author, list by title, ignoring A, An or The

Citations:

• Use the author(s) complete name; put a period after the name

• Use quotation marks for titles of magazine and newspaper articles, essays, short poems, songs, and chapters of books

• Italicize titles of books, newspapers, journals and magazines

• Abbreviate the names of all months except May, June and July

• Include the medium of publication (print, web, video, etc.)

Adapted from:

Gibaldi, Joseph. MLA Handbook for Writers of Research Papers. 6th ed. New York: MLA, 2003.

Hacker, Diana. Research and Documentation Online. Bedford/St. Martins, 2009. Web. 21 Oct. 2009. <http://image.mail.bfwpub.com/lib/feed1c737d6c03/m/1/Hacker_MLA2009Update.pdf>.