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Lesson 6: Creating a Research Paper
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Learning Objectives After studying this lesson, you will be able to:
Insert footnotes, endnotes, and citations Generate a bibliography Insert captions and a table of figures Create templates
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Using Research Paper Styles
MLA: Modern Language Association MLA Style: Standard for undergraduate and graduate research papers The MLA publishes the Modern Language Association Handbook for Writers of Research Papers
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MLA Style MLA style has very specific formatting requirements, some of which are defaults within Microsoft Word Microsoft Word does not comply with all MLA guidelines by default Refer to
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MLA Style Sample
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Footnotes, Endnotes, and Citations
Inserting footnotes & endnotes Location, convert, number format, and starting number Inserting citations Editing and formatting footnotes & endnotes Editing a citation Deleting footnotes
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Working with Bibliographies
A list of sources cited in a document The Bibliography button’s three options: Bibliography, References, and Works Cited Works Cited option for the MLA style does not format the title, paragraph spacing, or line spacing correctly Updating: Right-click
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Captions and Tables of Figures
Inserting Captions Insert text associated with figures Edit and format captions Change the numbering format
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Inserting a Table of Figures
Guides a reader to illustrations, charts, tables, etc. Easily updated with a right-click
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Working with Templates
All Word documents are based on templates Can include text, formatting, graphics, or formats Default template is a blank document Templates do not change Lets you repeatedly start with the same document
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Lesson 6: Creating a Research Paper
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