The Works Cited page which concludes a paper referring to more than a single source, provides more complete reference information than in-text citations. Basic rules regarding this page include:
- List only works mentioned in the text of the paper.
- The Works Cited page is a separate, numbered page with the same heading requirements of all pages following the first page. Center the heading Works Cited without the use of quotation marks, underlining or punctuation.
- Cited references are listed in alphabetical order according to the last name of the author followed by a comma and the author’s first name. If the entry has more than one author, all names listed after the initial one are listed in normal order. If the work does not name an author, the entry is listed alphabetically by the first word of the title excluding A, An or The. Do not number entries.
- Do not indent the first line of an entry but indent each subsequent line of a single entry five spaces. Like the body of the paper, the Works Cited page is double spaced.
- Separate the main parts of an entry – author, title, publication information – with a period.
- Capitalize all words in the titles of books and articles except a, an, the, coordinating conjunctions (and, but, or, nor), to in an infinitive, and prepositions unless they begin or end the title or subtitle.
- Underline or use italics for the title of books, journals or magazines. Put the titles of individual articles in quotation marks.
- Abbreviate all months except May, June and July in publication information for journals, newspapers and magazines.
- Give inclusive page numbers for articles and sections of books, but do not use “p.” or “pp.” or the word page before page numbers in any reference.