1. MLA Documentation & Style

2. Formal MLA Format Header Heading Title 1”

3. Parenthetical Citation Usually contains(Jones 54). –Author’s last name –Page number for that information No page number? –Author’s last name only No author? –Title of the work (full the first time) –Underline or use Quotation Marks as appropriate No comma!

4. Parenthetical Citation Should directly follow information cited –Multiple sentences from the same page of same source? Citation follows the last. Should appear as part of the sentence …as Kennedy did in 1963 (Brown 6).

5. Example of parenthetical citation

6. Works Cited Format Begins after the last page of the paper (a separate page from all other text) Includes the header with the last page number W:\Miller\Students Read Only\mla formatting.doc W:\Miller\Students Read Only\mla formatting.doc Is double spaced as the rest of the paper (NO EXTRA SPACES!) Has the words Works Cited centered at the top of the page (no bold, underline or quotation marks)

7. Works Cited Format Has all entries alphabetized by first information (usu. author’s last name) Uses a “hanging indent” for all entries –Backwards of a paragraph (or first line indent)

8. Title of Periodical= name of magazine or newspaper Titles of books should be underlined when handwritten Titles of articles should be in quotation marks.

10. BOOKS Lastname, Firstname. Title of Book. Place of Publication: Publisher, Year of Publication. Medium of Publication. Gleick, James. Chaos: Making a New Science. New York: Penguin, 1987. Print.

11. Article in a Magazine –Author(s). "Title of Article." Title of Periodical Day Month Year: pages. Medium of publication. Article in a Newspaper –Brubaker, Bill. "New Health Center Targets County's Uninsured Patients." Washington Post 24 May 2007: LZ01. Print.

12. Website Last Name, First Name. "Page Title." Website title. Sponsoring Institution/Publisher, Publication Date. Medium. Date Accessed. Smith, John. "Obama inaugurated as President." CNN.com. Cable News Network, 21 Jan. 2009. Web. 1 Feb. 2009.

13. Movie Film title. Dir. First Name Last Name. Distributor, Year of Release. Medium. BibMe: The Movie. Dir. John Smith. Columbia, 2009. Film.