The first item in a works cited entry is normally the
a. author's last name.
b. year of publication.
c. title of the book or article.
d. name of the publication.

a. author's last name.

The first item in a "Works Cited Entry is normally the author's last name followed by its first name. In preparing the works cited entry and you have encountered two or three authors, you only have to write the first-named author in an inverted format, meaning the author's last name comes first then the first name. The rest of the authors of a three-authored information sources will be listed in the Works Cited Entry normally, not transposed. This format is follows the MLA.