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Format the reference list

The reference list should begin on a new page at the end of your paper, titled simply "reference" (without the quotation marks).

• Include reference only for works that you have actually cited in your paper.
• Alphabetize the entries, by author's last name.
• If your list includes several works by the same author, arrange them chronologically and repeat the author's name at the beginning of each reference.
• Double-space all lines, and indent second and subsequent lines of each entry.