Works Cited in MLA: 1301

The following examples illustrate common MLA Works Cited entries used in English 1301. These examples are adapted from A Writer’s Reference.

Works Cited Examples

Book with a Single Author

Smith, David Barton. The Power to Heal: Civil Rights, Medicare, and the Struggle to Transform America’s Healthcare System. Vanderbilt UP, 2016.

Book with Two Authors

Ridenour, Amy, and Ryan Balis. Shattered Lives: 100 Victims of Government Health Care. The National Center for Public Policy Research, 2009.

Book with Three or More Authors

Cunningham, Stewart, et al. Media Economics. Palgrave Macmillan, 2015.

Book with an Author and an Editor (Primary Source)

Moxley, Carolyn. Uncertain Suffering: Racial Health Care Disparities and Sickle Cell Disease. Edited by Earl Rouse, University of California Press, 2009.

Article in a Scholarly Journal (Blinn Database)

MacIntosh, Tracy, et al. “Socially Assigned Race, Healthcare Discrimination and Preventive Healthcare Services.” PLOS ONE, vol. 8, no. 5, May 2013, pp. 1–7. Academic Search Complete, doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0064522.

Online Magazine Article

Schlanger, Zoë. “The Health Gap: The Worst Places in America for Mental Health, Child Poverty and College Attendance Mapped.” Newsweek, 26 Mar. 2014, www.newsweek.com/health-gap-6-maps-rank-health-county-238552.

Online Newspaper Article

Parker-Pope, Tara. “Tackling a Racial Gap in Breast Cancer Survival.” The New York Times, 20 Dec. 2013, www.nytimes.com/2013/12/20/health/tackling-a-racial-gap-in-breast-cancer-survival.html.

E-Book

Japsen, Bruce. Inside Obamacare: The Fix for America’s Ailing Health Care System. Kindle, Forbes Media, 2014.

MLA Heading (“ID Block”)

This heading appears on the first page of your essay only.
Your last name and page number should appear on every page using the MS Word Header feature.
Use Times New Roman, 12-point font throughout the entire paper, including the page number.
Do not boldface, enlarge, italicize, use quotation marks, or add extra space before or after the title. Use title case.
Use the Tab key once to indent each paragraph.

Setting Up the ID Block in Microsoft Word

Set margins to Normal (1 inch).
Under the Home tab, open the Paragraph menu. Set Line Spacing to Double. Under Spacing, set both Before and After to 0 pt.
Type the following information on separate lines, aligned to the left margin:
- Your first and last name
- Instructor’s name
- Course name and section number
- Paper due date (day month year, for example: 30 September 2024)
Press Enter once and center the paper title using title case.

Works Cited Page Guidelines

The Works Cited page is the last, new page of your paper—not a new document—and it is double-spaced. Margins are 1 inch on all sides.
Alphabetize entries by the author’s last name or the first important word of the title. Do not number entries.
Center the title Works Cited at the top of the page.
If there is only one entry, the title becomes Work Cited.
Make sure every source cited in the paper—including primary sources—appears on the Works Cited page.
Abbreviate month names using the first three letters, except September (Sept.). Do not abbreviate May, June, or July.

Sample Works Cited Page

Works Cited

Atwood, Margaret. Collapse: The Handmaid’s Tale. Round Table, 1998.

Maier, Jessica. “A ‘True Likeness’: The Renaissance City Portrait.” Renaissance Quarterly, vol. 65, no. 3, Fall 2012, pp. 711–52. JSTOR, doi:10.1086/668300.

Additional Help

For more MLA guidance, visit the Purdue Online Writing Lab (OWL):
https://owl.english.purdue.edu/owl/resource/747/01/