MLA Style Guide for Works Cited

• All citations should be double spaced.
• Indent after the first line.
• Entries are not numbered.
• Alphabetize by the first word of the entry.
• Underlining or italics may be used for titles, check with your instructor for his/her preference. If italics are used, the font must be obviously different from the standard print.

Books
Printed Periodical Articles
Periodical Articles from Databases
(EBSCOhost, LEXIS-NEXIS Academic, ProQuest, etc.)
Reference Sources (including online and print encyclopedias)
Internet Sites (not article databases)

Printable copy of MLA Style Guide Examples

Parenthetical (In-text) Citations

For in-text citations, quotations and other formats,
see the MLA Style Guide at the Reference Desk.