MLA: Works Cited

Your Works Cited page is the list of sources you cited in your paper. For more information on citing sources in your paper see the In-Text Citation tab at the top of the page.

• The Works Cited goes on its own page at the end of the paper.
• The phrase Works Cited is centered at the top of the page.
• Sources are alphabetized based on how the sources are formatted.
  • Click the tabs at the top of the screen to see how each of your sources should be formatted.
• Do not include hyperlinks.
  • If you paste a link or DOI and it turns into a hyperlink, remove the link by highlighting it then clicking your right mouse button and selecting Remove Hyperlink.
• Use a Hanging indent if your entry is more than one line. This means the 2nd and 3rd lines of that source are indented, but not the first line. 
  • For directions on how to create hanging indents in Word, see the Hanging Indents section on this page.

Make sure your works cited and in-text citations match! If you have an in-text citation, it must be listed on the Works Cited page. If you have a source listed on the Works Cited page, it must be cited in the body of the paper.

To create the hanging indent in Word, click on the small arrow in the Paragraph section in Word. Then select Hanging from the drop down menu labeled special.

If you are using the Online version of Word, it may look differently. See the boxes below for directions on setting the hanging indent for Word 365 or Word for Mac.