MLA Format

General Guidelines

·         Use 12-point Times New Roman font.

·         Double space the entire paper.

·         Set the margins to 1 inch on all sides.

·         Include a header that consists of your last name and page number in the upper right-hand corner.

·         Use italics for titles of longer work and quotations for part of a work or quotations.

·          Include your name, your professor’s name, the class title, and the date at the beginning of the paper.  Each item should be left-aligned on its own line.

·         Title you paper.  Center the title directly after the date.

·         Indent all of your paragraphs.

·         Cite all information, quoted or paraphrased, that you took from other sources.  (Hint:  If you didn’t know it before you did your research, then you need to cite it.)

 

Work Cited Page

Book

Author’s last name, author’s first name.  Title of work.  Where book was published: Who published the book, Year of publication. Type of medium.

Gleick, James.  Chaos: Making a New Science. New York: Penguin, 1987. Print.

Scholarly Journal Article

Author’s last name, author’s first name.  “Title of article.”  Title of work  Volume number. Issue number (Year of publication): Page range.  Type of medium.

Duvall, John.  “The Marketplace of images.” Arizona Quarterly  50.3 (1994): 127-53. Print.

Scholarly Journal Article Accesses on the Web

Author’s last name, author’s first name.  “Title of article.”  Title of work  Volume number. Issue number (Year of publication): Page range.  Type of medium.  Date accessed.

Wheelis, Mark.  “Inventing Disease Outbreaks.” Emerging Infectious Diseases  6.6 (2000):595-600. Web  19 August 2009.

Web Sources

·         With an Author

Author’s last name, author’s first name.  “Title of web page.”  Title of website.  Organization associated with publication.  Date last updated.  Type of medium.  Date accessed.

Bernstein, Mark.  “10 Tips on Writing the Living Web.” A List Apart: For People Who Make Websites  A List Apart Mag., 16 August 2002.  Web. 4 June 2009

·         Without an Author or date

“Title of web page.”  Title of website.  Organization associated with publication.  Date last updated.  Type of medium.  Date accessed.

“How to Make Vegetarian Chili.”  eHow.com. eHow, n.d.  Web 24 February 2009.

 

In-text citations

·         Author-Page Style

 

 

 

In-text Citation

 

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).

 

Work Cited Entry

 

Wordsworth, William. Lyrical Ballads. London: Oxford U.P., 1967. Print.

 

·         Unknown Author-Page Style

 

 

 

In-text Citation

 

We see so many global warming hotspots in North America likely because this region has “more readily accessible climatic data and more comprehensive programs to monitor and study environmental change . . . ” (“Impact of Global Warming” 6).

 

Work Cited Entry

 

“The Impact of Global Warming in North America.” GLOBAL WARMING: Early Signs. 1999. Web. 23 Mar. 2009.