What does a works-cited page look like?

Place the works-cited page at the end of your paper. When you are creating your works-cited page, there are several things to keep in mind.

Tips for Creating the Works-Cited Page

Type the first line of the citation at the left margin; all other lines should be indented five spaces (use a hanging indent). Double-space the entire works-cited page both between the references and within them. Alphabetize entries letter by letter by the first author's last name Give the complete name and middle initials of all the authors Reverse only the first author's name: last name, first name middle initial(s); for subsequent authors, the format is first name middle initial(s) last name. Use a comma to separate the authors' names. If you have two or more works by the same author(s), type the author(s)' complete name in the first entry. Replace the author(s)' name by three hyphens in all subsequent entries (---). Omit articles (a, an, the) in the names of corporate authors and newspaper, journal, and magazine titles. If a work has no author, alphabetize it by the title, ignoring the initial article (a, an, the). Italicize or underline the title of a book or a journal Capitalize all words in titles except for prepositions and articles (the initial article: a, an, the, is capitalized). Give a three letter abbreviation for months (except May, June, and July). Ex. Jan., Sep. In publisher information abbreviate University Press as UP. Think of an electronic source as having two parts. Format the first part as though it were a print source and then add the subscription database or Web page information with the date you accessed it.

The following is an example of a short works-cited page: