College Composition / Unit 25 CMP 0611 short lesson, about 20 seconds
Order and Indentation
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The idea
Works-cited entries are alphabetized by the author's last name and set with a hanging indent.
In practice
The first line starts at the margin and later lines indent a half inch; a work with no author is alphabetized by its title's first main word.
Where people slip
Word processors can create the hanging indent automatically; spaces typed by hand break when text shifts.
Your place on the trail
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