(Note: The points below apply to a MLA-style Works Cited or Bibiography written for any high school or college academic paper, not just the I-Search.)

Part Four of the I-Search is the "Works Cited," the formal listing of all the sources actually cited in Part Three. It is the same as what used to be called a "Bibliography." It is not a "Works Consulted," a list of all the material the researcher looked at, but did not cite.

In Part Four:

• individual entries are formatted following the guidelines set out in the Mt. Ararat Reference Paper Stylesheet;
• individual entries are alphabetized by author's last name -- if there is more than one work by an author, the alphabetization of the works is set by the title. If there is no author, the entry is alphabetized by the first word of the title (excluding "The," "A," and "An"). Using these rules, the list below is alphabetized correctly:
  Anderson, Bob. ...
  Anderson, Bob and Jane Peters. ...
  "The Beach Boys." ...
  Calpurnia, Susan. Thursday's Child. ...
  Calpurnia, Susan. Wednesday's Child. ...
  "Doughnuts Are My Downfall." ...
  
• the entries are not numbered;
• the text is double-spaced, as are all parts of the paper;
• there is no need for extra spacing between entries;
• web addresses are not underlined or colored (see "Just Say No" on how to convince Microsoft Word to stop this);
• the words "Works Cited" appear centered at the top;
• the font is the same as that used in the rest of the paper;
• book- and website titles are italicized, not underlined; and
• in the hands of a skilled computer user, the hanging paragraph style is achieved by using the word processor's ruler, not the tab key:
  You can look at a pdf file of a student-produced Works Cited page to see how the formatting actually looks (thanks, Reggie).