The bibliography entry text should be left-justified; if an entry is more than one line, indent the subsequent line(s) half an inch from the left margin.
NOTE: The library's webpage doesn't show the hanging indent in our examples.
IMPORTANT! See note about the hanging indent requirement on the left-bottom of the page.
General Format
(AuthorLastNameA et al. page#)
OR
AuthorLastNameA et al. stated that ... (page#).
See note ¹
For Example
Marscot et al. discuss the ... (29).
OR
The authors disagree with a hypothesis proposed by .... (Marscot et al. 14).
Corresponding Works Cited entry
Marscot, Michel et al. Applied Social Sciences. Cambridge Scholars Publishing, 2013.
¹ For works with three or more authors, include the last name of the first author followed by et al (see the MLA Handbook p. 116 for more information).