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Creating a Literature-Cited List (CSE, 8

Edition) in Microsoft Word

Placement and Title

1. Your literature-cited list goes directly below the last line of your essay.

2. Click the Home tab.

3. Click the Center button in the Paragraph group.

4. Type the title “LITERATURE CITED” in all upper case letters. (Alternatively, the CSE style

accepts the headings REFERENCES, END REFERENCES, REFERENCE LIST, or CITED

REFERENCES for all works cited in the paper.)

5. Press the Enter key.

6. Click the Align Left button in the Paragraph group.

Spacing

The literature-cited list is single-spaced with an additional space between each source. To

change your settings from double- to single-spaced:

1. Go into paragraph settings by clicking the arrow in the lower right hand corner of the

paragraph group.

2. Change the line spacing with the drop down menu from double to single.

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LITERATURE CITED

Blehert DS, Meteyer CU, Berlowski-Zier BM, Buckles EL, Coleman JTH, Darling SR, Gargas A, Niver

R, Okoniewski JC, Rudd RJ, et al. 2009. Bat white-n e yndrome: an emerging fungal

pathogen? Science. 323(5911): 227.

Boyles JG, Craig K, Willis R. 20 I 0. Could localized warm areas inside cold caves reduce mortality of

hibernating bats affected hy white-nose syndrome? Front Ecol Environ. 8(2): 92-98.

[CBD]. Center for Biological Diversi . [d~te unknown]. Tucson: CBD. Emergency petitions filed to

close caves and save bats from extincllon; 20 IO 21 Jan. [acces ed 20 IO May I]; [7 paragraphs].

http://www.biologicaldiversity.orgfnews/press _releases/20IO/bats-01-21-201 0.html.

Setting a Hanging Indent (Option 2)

1. Click the View tab. Click the Ruler box. A ruler will appear at the top of your document.

2. At the left margin on the ruler, place the tip of the pointer (cursor) on the lower

triangle-shaped indent marker. (The words Hanging Indent will appear when the cursor

is in the right position.)

3. Drag the lower marker ½ inch to the right.

Typing Citations

Type the information about your first source. When you get to the end of a line, do not press

the Enter key. Continue typing and the text will wrap around to the next line, which will be

automatically indented. Press the Enter key two times at the end of each citation.

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Setting a Hanging Indent after Typing Citations

• If you have already typed the information about your sources without a hanging indent,

drag the mouse over the citations to select them, and follow the above directions for

“Setting a Hanging Indent.”

• If a line that should be indented is not, click the Show/Hide

(¶) at the s

button (¶) in the Paragraph

group on the Home tab. Delete the paragraph symbol ends of the lines,

keeping one ¶ symbol at the end of each citation.

Delete ¶ symbol

that is not at the

end of a citation.

Updated September 2022. The instructions on this handout apply to Microsoft Word 2019 and Office 365.

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