Putting It All Together: Formatting Your Bibliography

Whether you have used MLA and will create a Works Cited page, or APA and will create a Reference List , there are certain rules of formatting to follow when formatting your bibliography. A few general rules of thumb:

Your Works Cited page or Reference List should:

• be on a separate page, at the end of your work

• have a title

  • For MLA: Works Cited, centered on the page

  • For APA: References centered on the page, in bold.

• have all entries arranged in alphabetical order, and aligned with the left margin.

• use a hanging indent for any entries with more than one line of text (second line of text indented)

• be double spaced (but no extra space between entries)

If you are looking for more detail or have any specific questions - you may want to try consulting a Style Guide.