References cited (or just References) is a list in which all works referred to by name in the text are given. The works cited should list at least the author(s) name(s), the year of publication, and the title of the cited work and its origin (for example, the journal name if the work was published in a journal, or book name if the cited work is a book chapter, web site if the work was published only online, and so forth). The order in which these entries are listed, and the way that entries are formatted, differs in different fields.

A References section differs from a bibliography in that a bibliography may also contain sources that were consulted for the text, but were not mentioned by name in the text.