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MLA Style, 8th Edition format for Google Docs - Penn Valley

Works Cited page

Make sure the list of works cited starts at the end of the document on a new page. To insert a new page click at the end of the document. Click on Insert > Break > Page break.

The words Works Cited should be typed and centered at the top of the page. Click the Center align icon  and type: Works Cited

Press Enter once to move the cursor one double space down the page. The citations should be typed with a hanging indentation. In other words all of the lines except the first line for a citation are indented. From the menu at top click on Format > Align & indent > Indentation options. In the Indentation options box under Special select Hanging and click on ApplyThe citations should be listed alphabetically.

 

Hanging Indentation