When citing a source with up to three authors, cite the names of all authors. For four or more authors, indicate first name only, followed by ' et al. ': Number of authors. Example of in-text citation. Davis, 2019 Davis and Barrett, 2019 MLA Formatting Rules. The sources page is called the works cited page. It appears at the end of the document, after any endnotes. The entire article is double-spaced, including blocks and references on the works cited page. block es for texts of four lines or more. ~ The Modern Language Association, MLA, editorial style is used by students and researchers in the humanities: English literature, philosophy, religion, etc. For students, the most important aspect of style is the method used to document the sources you used in your papers. You must provide a complete list of the sources you cite,