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MLA Format

MLA Format. Research Paper. Print on plain white paper. Double Space, Times New Roman, Size 12 Font 1 inch margins Header Upper right hand corner Last name Number pages consecutively Indent (press ‘Tab’) the first line of each paragraph Only one space after each period. Works Cited.

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MLA Format

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  1. MLA Format

  2. Research Paper • Print on plain white paper. • Double Space, Times New Roman, Size 12 Font • 1 inch margins • Header • Upper right hand corner • Last name • Number pages consecutively • Indent (press ‘Tab’) the first line of each paragraph • Only one space after each period.

  3. Works Cited • Separate page at the end of your research paper • Same margins, font, spacing, and numbered header • Label the page Works Cited in the center • Double Space entire page • Do not put extra spaces between citations • Indent the second and subsequent lines of citations • List citations alphabetically

  4. Works Cited: Books • When you are gathering book sources, be sure to make note of the following bibliographic items: • author name(s) • book title • place of publication • publisher • publication date • medium of publication • for all hard copy books the medium of publication is “Print”

  5. Works Cited: Books example • Last name, First name. Title of Book. City of Publication: Publisher, Year of Publication. Medium of Publication. • Gleick, James. Chaos: Making a New Science. New York: Penguin, 1987. Print.

  6. Works Cited: Web Sites • When you are gathering web site sources, be sure to make note of the following bibliographic items: • Author and/or editor names (if available) • Article name in quotation marks (if applicable) • Title of the Website • Any version numbers available, including revisions, posting dates, volumes, or issue numbers. • Publisher information, including the publisher name and publishing date. • Take note of any page numbers (if available). • Medium of publication. • Web • Date you accessed the material.

  7. Works Cited: Web Sites example • Editor, author, or compiler name (if available). Name of Site. Version number. Name of institution/organization affiliated with the site (sponsor or publisher), date of resource creation (if available). Medium of publication. Date of access. • Felluga, Dino. Guide to Literary and Critical Theory. Purdue U, 28 Nov. 2003. Web. 10 May 2006.

  8. Works Cited: Personal Interview • When you are gathering personal interview sources, be sure to make note of the following bibliographic items: • Name of interviewee (person you interviewed) • Date of interview

  9. Works Cited: Personal Interview ex. • Last name, first name. Descriptor. Date of interview. • Purdue, Pete. Personal interview. 1 Dec. 2000.

  10. In-Text Citations • In MLA style, referring to the works of others in your text is done by using what is known as parenthetical citation. This method involves placing relevant source information in parentheses after a quote or a paraphrase. • General Guidelines • The source information required in a parenthetical citation depends (1.) upon the source medium (e.g. Print, Web, DVD) and (2.) upon the source’s entry on the Works Cited (bibliography) page. • Any source information that you provide in-text must correspond to the source information on the Works Cited page. More specifically, whatever signal word or phrase you provide to your readers in the text, must be the first thing that appears on the left-hand margin of the corresponding entry in the Works Cited List.

  11. In-Text Citations: Books • The author's name may appear either in the sentence itself or in parentheses following the quotation or paraphrase, but the page number(s) should always appear in the parentheses, not in the text of your sentence. For example: • Wordsworth stated that Romantic poetry was marked by a "spontaneous overflow of powerful feelings" (263). • Romantic poetry is characterized by the "spontaneous overflow of powerful feelings" (Wordsworth 263). • Wordsworth extensively explored the role of emotion in the creative process (263).

  12. In-Text Citations: Web Sites • Include in the text the first item that appears in the Work Cited entry that corresponds to the citation (e.g. author name, article name, website name). • You do not need to give paragraph numbers or page numbers. • One online film critic stated that Fitzcarraldo is "...a scary critique of obsession" (Garcia, “Herzog: a Life”).

  13. In-Text Citations • Remember!!! • The period goes afterthe citation

  14. Tables, Figures, and Examples • These appear directly embedded in the document. Each table, figure, or example must include: a label, a number, a caption and source information. • Labels and numbers should always appear in two places: the document main text (e.g. see fig. 1) and near the illustration itself (Fig. 1). • Captions provide titles or explanatory notes. • Source informationis written in the same format as sources on the Works Cited page. If you provide source information with all of your illustrations, you do not need to provide this information on the Works Cited page

  15. Tables, Figures, and Examples cont. • Example: • SJVA students are great in many ways (see table 1). • Table 1 • Caption • Source

  16. Sample MLA Paper • Click here for a Sample MLA Paper

  17. Sample Works Cited • Click here for a Sample Works Cited Page

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