MLA Works Cited Page

According to MLA style, you must have a Works Cited page at the end of your research paper. All entries in the Works Cited page must correspond to the works cited in your main text.

The works cited page has essentially replaced what was formerly referred to as the bibliography in a past era of research paper instruction.

Works cited is a reference list of all the sources you actually used while writing your paper. You’ll list your citations in alphabetical order. Also, remember that you’ll create a works cited in addition to parenthetical citations used after paraphrased or quoted information that includes the author and page.

An example of a works cited page looks like this:

Works Cited

Collingsworth, Tai.  The Roots of Systemic Discrimination. Harper Collins.

Lee, Harper. To Kill A Mockingbird. Cornerstone, 1989.

Smith, Zadie. Swing Time. Penguin Press, 2016.

Stanton, Robert.  The Legacy of Discrimination. MacMillian, 2003.

Vernon, Harlan.  Growing Up in White America. Hachette Book Group.

Yates, Theresa.  The Language of the Constitution. Simon and Schuster.