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MLA Format and Citations

Double Spaced Use a legible font 12 point font 1-inch margins Paper Format Double Spaced Use a legible font Time New Roman Arial 12 point font 1-inch margins

Paper Format Indent the first line of each paragraph Include a header Use the “Tab” button Include a header Name Professor/Teacher Class/Section Date Insert page numbers in the upper right-hand corner

Footnotes To indicate a source, place a small number after the sentence. At the bottom of the page, each citation is listed next to the appropriate number.

Footnotes To insert in word: Go to the “Reference” Tab Select “Insert Footnotes” A footnote will be inserted where ever the cursor is located Type in your footnote at the bottom

Work Cited The Work Cited begins on its own page Title the page: “Work Cited” (Centered on top line) Double Space all citations Do not skip spaces between entries Indent the second, third, etc. lines of each entry (Use the “Tab” button) List sources Alphabetically

MLA Citation Books with one author: Last name, First name. Title of Book. City of Publication: Publisher, Year of Publication. Medium of Publication. Example: Gleick, James. Chaos: Making a New Science. New York: Penguin, 1987. Print.

MLA Citation Books with one author: Last name, Firs tname. Title of Book. City of Publication: Publisher, Year of Publication. Medium of Publication. Practice: Fast Food Nation by Eric Schlosser, published in New York by Perennial in 2002. Answer: Schlosser, Eric. Fast Food Nation. New York, NY: Perennial, 2002. Print.

MLA Citation Books with two or more authors: List authors in alphabetical order Last name, First name and First name Last Name. Title of Book. City of Publication: Publisher, Year of Publication. Medium of Publication. Example: Gillespie, Paula, and Neal Lerner. The Allyn and Bacon Guide to Peer Tutoring. Boston: Allyn, 2000. Print.

MLA Citation Books with two or more authors: List authors in alphabetical order Last name, First name and First name Last Name. Title of Book. City of Publication: Publisher, Year of Publication. Medium of Publication. Practice: Sourcework by Nancy E. Dollahite and Julie Haun, which was published in 2006 in Boston by ThomsonHeinle. Answer: Dollahite, Nancy E. and Julie Haun. Sourcework. Boston, MA: ThomsonHeinle, 2006. Print.

MLA Citation Websites: If there is no publisher available use n.p. If there is no publishing date available use n.d. Editor, author, or compiler name (if available). “Web Page Name.” Name of Site. Name of institution/organization affiliated with the site (sponsor or publisher), date of publication (if available). Medium of publication. Date of access. Examples: "How to Make Vegetarian Chili." eHow. Demand Media, n.d. Web. 24 Feb. 2009. Felluga, Dino. Guide to Literary and Critical Theory. Purdue U, 28 Nov. 2003. Web. 10 May 2006.

MLA Citation Websites Practice: Answer: If there is no publisher available use n.p. If there is no publishing date available use n.d. Editor, author, or compiler name (if available). “Web Page Name.” Name of Site. Name of institution/organization affiliated with the site(sponsor or publisher), date of publication (if available). Medium of publication. Date of access. Practice: npr.org -- the website for National Public Radio. The article was published on March 12, 2008. I accessed it on March 13, 2008. Answer: Flintoff, Corey. NPR. National Public Radio, 12 March 2008. Web. 13 March, 2008.

Quiz Time! Directions: Get out a piece of notebook paper. Use your handout to help you cite the following sources: 1) Rereading Culture by Gary Columbo, Robert Cullen, and Bonnie Lisle. The book was published in 2007 by Bedford/St. Martins in Boston. 2) I Am Number Four by Pittacus Lore, published by Harper in 2010, Published in New York City.

Quiz Time! 3) The Purdue OWL Family of Sites (Webpage), Copyright 2008, Accessed on March 3, 2013, The Writing Lab and OWL at Purdue and Purdue U (organization) 4) Smithsonian (organization), The Museums and Zoos (webpage), Published on July 26, 2012, Accessed on February 20, 2013

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