Put the author’s last name and page number in parentheses after the quoted or paraphrased material
Example: (Smith 23)
If there is no author, use a shortened version of the title in quotation marks
Example: (“Climate Change” 45)
If there is no page number, include only the author’s last name
Example: (Smith)
For a work with two authors, include both last names
Example: (Smith and Jones 18)
For three or more authors, use the first author’s last name followed by et al.
Example: (Smith et al. 12)
Place the parenthetical citation before the period
Works Cited entries should be alphabetized by the first word of each entry
Start each Works Cited entry with the author’s last name, then first name
Put the title of a book, website, or other standalone work in italics
Put the title of an article, essay, or page in quotation marks
Include publication information such as publisher, date, and source
Use a hanging indent for each Works Cited entry
Double-space the entire Works Cited page
Match every in-text citation to a full entry in Works Cited
Match every Works Cited entry to an in-text citation in the paper