1. UnBound Reports
MLA Formatting: Creating Title Page, Table of Contents, Endnotes/Footnotes and Bibliography/Works Cited

2. Title Page
The first page of a report. It gives the title of a report, the name of the writer, the name of the person for whom the report was prepared and the date.
The academic format contains the name of the course.
Good resource for information:

3. Sample Title Page

4. Title Page Format Use ss and center the page vertically
Center all lines horizontally.
Type the report title in CAPS and bold, ds the subtitle in initial Caps
Press enter 12xs and type By followed by your name.
Press enter 12xs, ss type teacher’s name, name of course and current date.

5. Table of Contents
Usually follows the title page and is an outline of the headings in a report.

6. Table of Contents Format
2 inches from top or enter 6xs, center and type the word CONTENTS in CAPS and bold, then ds.
Type major headings in all CAPS, leave a blank line before and after them
Indent subheadings and type them with initial caps and ss.
Align page number at the right and precede them with dot leaders……………………………..

7. Footnotes and Endnotes
List name of the author, title of the book or article, publisher, place and year of publication, and the page #’s being referenced.
Footnotes appear at the bottom of the page of reference
Endnotes appear at the end of a report or a separate page
Both appear in the body of a report by superior figures.

8. Sample Footnotes/Endnotes
Some have argued that such an investigation would be fruitless. Scholars have argued for years that this claim has no basis,1 so we would do well to ignore it.
This appears at the bottom of the page:
1. Heller, Steven, and Karen Pomeroy. Design Literacy: Understanding Graphic Design.

9. Bibliography
An alphabetical listing of sources used in a report (similar to a works cited).

10. Format for Bibliography
Center and type the title, BIBLIOGRAPHY in CAPS and bold (approx 2” from top margin).
Hanging indent for each entry; leave a blank line between entries.
List entries in alphabetical order by authors’ name, tile (in italics), publisher, place of publication, and year.
Journal Articles: author’s name, “article title,” journal title, followed by information on the journal issue, (series, vol, iss; date and pg.#’s)

11. Bibliography Examples
Dean, Cornelia. "Executive on a Mission: Saving the Planet." New
York Times. New York Times, 22 May Web. 25 May 2009.
Ebert, Roger. "An Inconvenient Truth." Rev. of An Inconvenient Truth, dir. Davis Guggenheim. rogerebert.com. Sun-Times News Group, 2 June
2006. Web. 24 May 2009.
GlobalWarming.org. Cooler Heads Coalition, Web. 24 May 2009.
Gowdy, John. "Avoiding Self-organized Extinction: Toward a Co-evolutionary Economics of Sustainability." International Journal of Sustainable Development and World Ecology 14.1 (2007): Print.