And, is there as best way to format the word processing for indent of lines after the first line in a bibliography entry?
In Word or WordPerfect, pull down under the Format menu and select Paragraph. In WP, select Hanging indent. In Word, open up the dialog box labeled “Special.” Its default, or automatic setting unless you change it, should be “none.” Change to “hanging.” Again, defaults should be pre-set at one-half inch, which is the required MLA indent. It is important to treat each bibliography entry as its own paragraph, word wrapping throughout the entry and inserting a hard return or paragraph break only at the end. If your formatting is filled with returns and tabs and then you modify the page layout or font size, you will have tabs in strange places within your lines. This is why hanging indent is a better way of achieving what might look the same by only tabbing to indent second lines of bibliography.
