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Formatting the Works Cited Section<\/h2>\r\n\"When\r\n\r\nIn MLA style, all the sources you cite throughout the text of your paper are listed together in full in the Works Cited section, which comes after the main text of your paper.\r\n\r\nPage numbers<\/strong>:\u00a0Just as the rest of your paper, the top of the page should retain the right-justified header with your last name and the page number.\r\n\r\nTitle<\/strong>:\u00a0On the first line, the title of the page\u2014\u201cWorks Cited\u201d\u2014should appear centered and not italicized, bolded, or placed in quotation marks.\r\n\r\nSpacing<\/strong>:\u00a0Like the rest of your paper, this page should be double-spaced and have 1-inch margins (don\u2019t skip an extra line between citations).\r\n\r\nAlphabetical order<\/strong>:\u00a0Starting on the next line after the page title, your references should be listed in alphabetical order by author. Multiple sources by the same author should be listed alphabetically by title and can contain three short dashes (\u2014) in place of repeating the author\u2019s name.\r\n\r\nHanging indents<\/strong>:\u00a0Each reference should be formatted with what is called a hanging indent. This means the first line of each reference should be flush with the left margin (i.e., not indented), but the rest of that reference should be indented 0.5 inches further. Any word-processing program will let you format this automatically so you don\u2019t have to do it by hand. (In Microsoft Word, for example, you simply highlight your citations, click on the small arrow right next to the word \u201cParagraph\u201d on the home tab, and in the popup box choose \u201changing indent\u201d under the \u201cSpecial\u201d section. Click OK, and you\u2019re done.)\r\n\r\n\"A","rendered":"

Formatting the Works Cited Section<\/h2>\n

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In MLA style, all the sources you cite throughout the text of your paper are listed together in full in the Works Cited section, which comes after the main text of your paper.<\/p>\n

Page numbers<\/strong>:\u00a0Just as the rest of your paper, the top of the page should retain the right-justified header with your last name and the page number.<\/p>\n

Title<\/strong>:\u00a0On the first line, the title of the page\u2014\u201cWorks Cited\u201d\u2014should appear centered and not italicized, bolded, or placed in quotation marks.<\/p>\n

Spacing<\/strong>:\u00a0Like the rest of your paper, this page should be double-spaced and have 1-inch margins (don\u2019t skip an extra line between citations).<\/p>\n

Alphabetical order<\/strong>:\u00a0Starting on the next line after the page title, your references should be listed in alphabetical order by author. Multiple sources by the same author should be listed alphabetically by title and can contain three short dashes (\u2014) in place of repeating the author\u2019s name.<\/p>\n

Hanging indents<\/strong>:\u00a0Each reference should be formatted with what is called a hanging indent. This means the first line of each reference should be flush with the left margin (i.e., not indented), but the rest of that reference should be indented 0.5 inches further. Any word-processing program will let you format this automatically so you don\u2019t have to do it by hand. (In Microsoft Word, for example, you simply highlight your citations, click on the small arrow right next to the word \u201cParagraph\u201d on the home tab, and in the popup box choose \u201changing indent\u201d under the \u201cSpecial\u201d section. Click OK, and you\u2019re done.)<\/p>\n

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