Works Cited Generator for MLA 9th Edition

What a works cited page is

In MLA style, the list of sources at the end of a paper is called Works Cited. It contains every source you cite in your text and only those, arranged alphabetically by the first element of each entry, usually the author's surname. Each entry is built from MLA's core elements in a fixed order: author, title of source, title of container, other contributors, version, number, publisher, publication date and location.

How to make a works cited page

1. Keep the style on MLA 9th and paste the first identifier.
2. Check author names, the title and the container, then add the entry.
3. Add the rest of your sources the same way, or use the manual form for print sources without identifiers.
4. Sort A to Z, press Copy all and paste into the last page of your essay under the centred heading "Works Cited".

Then format the page in your word processor: double spacing, a hanging indent of half an inch, and the same font as your essay. These are layout settings, so they are not part of the copied text.

Citing websites, videos and articles in MLA

Web pages are the trickiest MLA sources, because author, publisher and date are often hard to find. Paste the URL and the generator reads the page metadata; if the page names no author, MLA starts the entry with the title. MLA recommends an access date for web sources that may change, and the form has a field for it.

For a YouTube video, the uploader usually goes in the author slot only if they created the content; otherwise the video title comes first. Journal articles found through a database list the database as a second container, as the MLA citation generator page shows with a Project Muse example.

Matching in-text citations

Every Works Cited entry needs at least one in-text citation in your essay, usually the author's surname and the page: (Gleick 23). The generator shows the author part under each preview; add the page you used. See the in-text citation generator for more MLA cases, and the MLA citation generator for MLA rules in detail.

Common works cited mistakes

• Listing sources you read but did not cite; MLA's Works Cited includes cited works only.
• Writing author names first name first; MLA inverts only the first author.
• Leaving out the container for an article or a web page.
• Forgetting italics for titles of books, journals and websites when retyping by hand.
• Mixing MLA 8 and MLA 9 rules from older templates.

Copying from the generator avoids the formatting slips; choosing which sources belong on the page is your job.

Annotated works cited pages

Some instructors ask for an annotated list: each entry followed by a short paragraph that summarises and evaluates the source. Generate the entries here, paste them, and write the annotations underneath in your own words. Indent the annotation under its entry, as your instructor's example shows.

A typical works cited mix

An undergraduate literature essay often cites a primary text (a novel or a poem collection), two or three journal articles from a library database, a chapter from an edited collection and perhaps a film or a web page. Paste the ISBN for the novel, the DOI for each article, and use the manual form for the chapter if the book lookup does not list it. The film and the web page go in through the URL box or the manual form.

If you cite two works by the same author, MLA lists them alphabetically by title and replaces the name with three hyphens in the second entry. Make that change by hand after pasting.