Center the heading Works Cited at the top of the page.
Begin entry at the left margin.
Indent one-half inch each additional lines of entry.
Double-space the entire list, both between and within the entries.
Alphabetize the list by the first work of the entry (usually the author's last name; disregard a, an, and the).
Refer to The Keables Guide for additional information
Refer to The Keables Guide - Bibliography
Citing a book with one author:
Format:
Author's last name, First name. Title of Book. Place of Publication: Publisher, Year of Publication. Print.
• Example:
Ferllini, Roxana. Silent Witness: How Forensic Anthropology is Used to Solve the World's Toughest Crimes.
Buffalo: Firefly, 2002. Print.
Citing a book with multiple authors:
Format:
First author's last name, First author's first name, and Second author's full name. Title of Book. Place of Publication: Publisher, Year of Publication. Print.
• Example:
Pilcher, Tim, and Brad Brooks. The Essential Guide to World Comics. London: Collins, 2005. Print.
Note: if there are more than two authors, you may name the first and add et al (and others) after the first name.
Citing a work in an anthology:
Format:
Author's last name, First name. "Title of Essay." Title of Collection. Ed. Editor's Name(s).
Place of Publication: Publisher, Year of Publication. Page range of entry. Print.
• Example:
Yoon, Paul. "Once the Shore." The Best American Short Stories 2006. Eds. Ann Patchett and Katrina Kenison.
Boston: Houghton, 2006. 1-19. Print.
An article in a reference book:
Format:
Author’s Last Name, First Name. [if the article is unsigned, give the title first] “Title of the Article.”
Title of the Reference Work. Editor of the reference book [for less familiar works].
Edition. [for specialized reference books, include the city and publisher here, followed by a comma]
Year of Publication. Print.
· Examples:
MacDonald, Kevin. “Ancient African Civilizations.” Africana: The Encyclopedia of the African &
African American Experience. Eds. Kwane Anthony Appiah and Henry Louis Gates, Jr.
2nd ed. Oxford: Oxford UP, 2005. Print.
A government publication:
Format:
Government Name. Government Agency. Title of Publication. Place of Publication: Publisher,
Year of Publication. Print.
Examples:
United States. Census Bureau. Statistical Abstract of the United States: 2001.
Washington: GPO, 2001. Print.
An magazine article:
Format:
Author(s). "Title of Article." Title of Periodical Day [only include if the magazine is published more than once per month]
Month [abbreviate except for May, June, or July] Year: pages
[do not give the volume and issue numbers even if they are listed]. Print.
• Example:
Von Drehle, David. “The Case Against Summer Vacation.” Time 2 Aug. 2010: 36-42. Print.
An newspaper article:
Format:
Author(s). "Title of Article." Title of Periodical Day Month [abbreviate except for May, June, or July]
Year, edition: pages [use + if article covers more than one page]. Print.
• Example:
Perez, Rob. "Slow Wheels of Justice." Honolulu Star-Advertiser 23 July 2014: A1+. Print.
Scholarly journal article:
Format:
Author(s). "Title of Article." Title of Journal Volume. Issue (Year): pages. Print.
• Example:
Edwards, Philip. “Tragic Balance in Hamlet.” Shakespeare Survey 36 (1983): 43-54. Print.
Mills, Alice. "Harry Potter and the Terrors of the Toilet." Children's Literature in Education
37.1 (2006): 1-13. Print.
Refer to The Keables Guide or The MLA Handbook for Writers of Research Papers, 7th ed. for documentation.