Work cited pages are not only used by students for research papers, but also by corporate executives who must write various pieces of marketing collateral that contain many references. For example, business people frequently write whitepapers, which is a type of in-depth report used in government and IT. Work cited pages are generally found in reports that follow the MLA or APA documentation styles. More specifically, MLA style uses the actual wording “Works Cited,” while APA style generally uses “References.” With Google’s free, Web-based word processor you can format a basic list of works cited that doesn’t require a special citation builder.
1. Log in to your Google account and then click “Drive” at the top of the page; then choose “Create” from the Google navigation menu.
2. Select “Document” to open the word processor.
3. Click “File” and then “Page setup.” In the "Margins" section, make sure the page margins on each side are 1 inch and then click "OK." This setting is the default so you shouldn't have to change anything.
4. Click the line spacing button and select “2.0” from the drop-down menu to apply double spacing throughout the section. Optionally, click “Format,” “Line spacing” and select “2.0.”
5. Type “Work Cited” or the plural “Works Cited” -- which is used when multiple works are cited -- as the title at the top of the new document.
6. Move the cursor to the front of the title and then click the center align button. Optionally, click “Format” and then “Align” and select “Center.”
7. Press “Enter.”
8. Click the left align button to position your cursor at the left margin.
9. Drag the left indent marker, the down arrow on the left side of the ruler, to the half inch mark. When you drag it, the first-line indent marker, which is the top rectangle part, will be moved along with it automatically. Then drag just the first-line indent marker back to the left margin. This creates a hanging indent so that subsequent lines of text for a source are indented.
10. Type in your first source. Keep your list alphabetized. The “MLA Handbook for Writers of Research Papers” and the "MLA Style Manual and Guide to Scholarly Publishing" both outline ways to format specific types of sources. The “Publication Manual of the American Psychological Association” is the APA’s style guide.
11. Press “Enter” to return to the left margin and add the next source.
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