How to Create a MLA Works Cited Page (MLA 8)

When you use other peoples writings and ideas, you must give them credit for their work otherwise you are plagiarizing.
The Works Cited page is an alphabetical listing of all actual sources cited in the paper.
Your Works Cited page should be a stand-alone page; it should NEVER appear on the same page as your actual essay! It
is the very last page of your paper. The following example shows what your paper should look like. Refer to the
descriptions of each below the example.
1 inch
margins

1/2 inch margin on Header only

Finnigan 6
Works Cited

Alphabetize sources

Center the title

Human Cloning: One shouldnt do this. CNN.com/HEALTH. 27 Dec. 2002,

Cable News Network,
archives.cnn.com/2002/HEALTH/12/27/clones.ethics.legal/
index.html. Accessed 6 May 2010.
Hanging
Indents:
First line of
each
entry is at
the left
margin;
extra lines
are
indented
12''.

Required
information
and format
for each
entry (use
online
format help)

Human Cloning: The debate. BBC News Online: Sci/Tech. 25 June 1999.
BBC News. news bbc.co.uk/2/hi/science/nature/377420.stm. Accessed
6 May 2010.
Klotzko, Arlene J. Therell never be another you. guardian.co.uk. 22 Jan.

Title Your title is centered: do not create extra spaces around it, and do not use a different type or size of font. It should be
one inch from the top2004.
of the The
page.Guardian,
Spacing Double space the entire page, including the title and all entries.

www.guardian.co.uk/education/2004/jan/22/science.highereducation1.

Alphabetize The sources according to the authors last name (or title if there is no author).

Hanging Indents The first line of each entry is at the left margin; extra lines are indented 12''. DO NOT NUMBER
YOUR SOURCES.
Header: Continue to include your header in the upper right corner, indicating your name and the page number.
Entry Information, Punctuation, and Format The information and arrangement of the information must follow MLA
formatting. Each work cited in parentheses in the research paper must be listed on the Works Cited page.
MLA Additional Resources:
General Format and Style information:
OWL Purdue Online Writing Lab https://owl.english.purdue.edu/owl/resource/747/01
These websites will create an MLA 8 citation for you:
Noodle Tools Express: http://my.noodletools.com/noodlebib/citeone_s.php?style=MLA
Easy Bib: http://www.easybib.com
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2016-2017

**Please verify your citations are MLA 8 and are correct before placing them onto your
Works Cited page.

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