Works Cited

Examples of Works Cited in the following topics:

• MLA: The Works Cited Section

• MLA: The Works Cited Section

  • In MLA style, the sources you cite in your paper are listed all together at the end, in the Works Cited section.
  • 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.
  • On the first line, the title of the page—“Works Cited”—should appear centered, and not italicized or bolded.
  • You should first order those articles alphabetically by source title in the Works Cited section.
  • A correctly formatted Works Cited page, according to the MLA Handbook.

• MLA: In-Text Citations and Parentheticals

  • In MLA, there are different formats for citing sources in text depending on the type of source.
  • To cite this type of reference in the text, you should use what is known as a parenthetical—the citation information enclosed in parentheses—at the end of the relevant sentence.
  • If you’re citing a direct quote, you also need to include the page number.
  • For an article with no known author, use the source title in place of the author's name, formatted as it would be (i.e., italicized or enclosed in quotation marks) in your Works Cited section:
  • If you need to cite multiple publications by different authors in the same sentence, you should list the multiple sources in alphabetical order by author and use a semicolon to separate them.

• The Importance of Citing Your Sources

  • If you use any of the above sources without citing them, you are committing plagiarism.
  • If you are ever unsure whether to cite a source or not, you should cite the source.
  • Learning how to cite your sources is more than a stylistic requirement—it is a matter of academic integrity.
  • The name of this page differs depending on the style (some call it the Works Cited section; others call it the References section), but it serves the same purpose for each format: it comes at the end of your paper and lists all your cited sources in alphabetical order by the author's last name.
  • Most style guides include sections on citing online sources and writers should pay extra attention to the rules for verifying and citing sources from the web.

• MLA: Introduction to Citing Your Sources

• APA: Introduction to Citing Your Sources

• Chicago/Turabian: Introduction to Citing Your Sources

• MLA: Introduction to Citing Your Sources

• APA: Introduction to Citing Your Sources

• Chicago/Turabian: Introduction to Citing Your Sources