works cited
Reference page entries
Works cited is a list of sources referenced in an academic paper, placed at the end of the document.
The term is standard in MLA citation style, where it labels the bibliography: See the works cited for full publication details.
Each entry provides author, title, and publication information for materials quoted or paraphrased in the text.
- APAPsychology organization's format
- research paperFormal academic investigation document
- MLAHumanities citation system
- parentheticalSet off by punctuation
- hanging indentText where subsequent lines indent
double spaced · et al · et al. · page numbers · footnote · alphabetical order · ibid. · dissertation · thesis · journal article · paper · academic · scholarly · peer reviewed · journal · primary source · secondary source · library
- acknowledgmentsacknowledgment, acknowledgement, acknowledgments, acknowledgment, dedications
- schoolworkhomework, assignment, assignments, reading, essays
- document partstitle, page, paragraph, sentence, chapter
- reference materialsdictionary, encyclopedia, thesaurus, atlas, almanac
- back matterappendix, appendices, bibliography, endnotes, glossary
- bibliographiesannotated bibliography, reference list, book catalog
sources used vs. sources referenced
works citedworks consulted
bibliography · further reading · references · annotated bibliography · reference list