CHS 365: Third World Women and the Chicana

Basic MLA formatting guidelines 

• A Works Cited list should be organized alphabetically by author’s last name.
• Works Cited list should be double spaced with a hanging indent.
• In-Text citations should be placed directly after the quote or paraphrase. Information needed: (Author’s Last Name page number)
  • Parenthetical citation: “Direct quote” (Furlong 25).
  • Narrative citation, if the author is mentioned in the sentence, only provide the page #. Example: Furlong found that “direct quote” (25)
• Publication date should be formatted day month year with the month abbreviated. It could also be: month year or season year. Examples:
  • 26 July 2016
  • Dec. 2015
  • spring 2016
• Abbreviations: If the month is more than 4 letters, abbreviate as follows: Jan. Feb. Mar. Apr. Aug. Sep. Oct. Nov. Dec.

MLA Style Center provide citation guideline for common titles of online works.

Works Cited Page  

1. Highlight the citations with your cursor. 
2. Use the ruler at the top and drag it over to .5 margin line 
3. Now grab the top piece of the ruler and bring it back to the margin line. 

OR 

1. Highlight the citations with your cursor. 
2. Right click 
3. Select paragraph 
4. Under Indention, select special and Hanging