MLA Style
Your
Instructor
Is
ALWAYS
Right!
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8 ½” x 11” paper
Double-space EVERYTHING
10/12 pt. Times New Roman font, left aligned
Only 1 space after punctuation
1 inch margins, all around
Indent paragraphs 1” (first line only)
Header with page numbers in upper right
corner
The Purdue OWL
http://owl.english.purdue.edu/owl/section/2/11/
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NO title page
Double-space EVERYTHING
Upper left corner
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Your Name
Instructor’s Name
Course Title (No underline, italics, quote, or bold)
Date (day month year)
Header
◦ Upper right, ½” from top, 1” from right
◦ Your Last Name
◦ Page Number
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Generally optional
Headings in essays should be numbered
Consistent in grammar and formatting
Numbered (all flush left
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Unnumbered (by level):
with no underlining,
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Level 1 Heading: bold, flush left
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Level 2 Heading: italics, flush left
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Level 3 Heading: centered, bold
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Level 4 Heading: centered, italics
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Level 5 Heading: underlined,
flush left
bold, or italics):
1. Soil Conservation
1.1 Erosion
1.2 Terracing
2. Water Conservation
3. Energy Conservation
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HINT: always add references to Works
Cited page FIRST!
Parenthetical citations
Depend on the medium (print, web,DVD, etc.)
Depend on source’s entry on the Works Cited
page
http://owl.english.purdue.edu/owl/resource/
747/02/
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Works Cited (separate page, centered)
Formats (hanging indent, double-spaced)
◦ Books
Lastname, Firstname. Title of Book. Place of Publication:
Publisher, Year of Publication. Medium of Publication.
◦ Periodicals
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Magazine
Author(s). “Title of Article.” Title of Periodical Day Month Year:
pages. Medium of publication.
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Scholarly Journal
Author(s). “Title of Article.” Title of Journal Volume.Issue (Year):
pages. Medium of publication.
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Web
Editor, author, or compiler name (if available). “Article Name.” Name of Site. Version number. Name of
institution/organization affiliated with the site (sponsor or publisher). Date of last update. Medium of
publication. Date of access.
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Other
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Personal Interview
Purdue, Pete. Personal interview. 1 Dec. 2000.
And More!
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Gale Resources
PubMed Central
Local Libraries (Need card and PIN)
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Kansas City Missouri Public Library
Kansas City Kansas Public Library
Mid Continent Public Library
Johnson County Public Library
Google Scholar
Gale PowerSearch
 Limiters
◦ Full Text
◦ Peer Reviewed
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Keyword
Subject
Publication Title
Entire Document
Limit Results
Format
Advanced Search
◦ AND- limits results
◦ OR- expands results
Citations
http://10.10.99.160/sites/KansasCity-MO/SitePages/Home.aspx
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PubMed Central (tutorials)
http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/advanced/
 Public Libraries (ask librarians for assistance)
 Google Scholar
http://scholar.google.com/
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◦ Scholarly articles online
◦ Related works, citations, authors, and publications
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LRC
◦ Catalog
◦ Current Periodicals
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http://owl.english.purdue.edu/owl/resource/
747/01/
http://www.gale.cengage.com/powersearch/
enhanced/