Author(s) Title Published date Publisher Publisher location Medium (Print, web, film, DVD, etc. ) Page numbers/Act, or section and line numbers

Chicago Manual of Style refers to the Works Cited page as a Reference page using the author-date system. There is a difference between a bibliography and a Works Cited page. A bibliography includes any sources that you used while researching and preparing your paper, even if you don’t reference them in your writing. A Works Cited page only includes sources that are directly referenced.

One-inch margins all around. Label the page “Works Cited”, and center it on the top line. All citations should be double-spaced, with no extra lines between entries. Indent all lines after the first of an entry by 0. 5 inches (1. 3 cm).

Not all instructors in the arts follow MLA guidelines for formatting, so make sure that you know how your instructor would like the Works Cited page formatted.

Books: Last name, First name. Title. City of Publication: Publisher, Year of Publication. Medium. If the book has more than one author, only the first listed author goes last name first. Subsequent authors are listed as First Name Last Name. Periodicals: Author(s). “Article Title. ” Periodical Title Day Month Year: Pages. Medium. Websites: Editor or Author (if available). Name of Site. Version number. Name of institution affiliated (if available), date of creation. Medium. Date of access. MLA no longer requires URLs in Works Cited. Check with your instructor for specifics for your project. If no publisher is available, use the abbreviation “np” If no date is available, use the abbreviation “nd” Interview: Interviewee. Personal interview. Day Month Year.

If the book has more than one author, only the first listed author goes last name first. Subsequent authors are listed as First Name Last Name.

MLA no longer requires URLs in Works Cited. Check with your instructor for specifics for your project. If no publisher is available, use the abbreviation “np” If no date is available, use the abbreviation “nd”

Type ISBN, title, or key words your book to begin MLA to search and automated citation; Verify the information that the ISBN id number brings up. Click to add a citation of a chapter title, add page numbers, etc.