1. MLA Formatting

2. Citation Styles Modern Language Association Other formatting styles:
Liberal Arts/ Humanities
Other formatting styles:
APA (American Psychological Association)
Psychology, education, social sciences
Turabian
Universal—all subjects
Chicago
Universal

3. MLA Formatting Typed Double spaced EVENLY 12 point font 1” margins
Headers with last name and page #s
No title page
Name, instructor name, course and date in upper left (also double spaced)

4. Example

5. In-text Citations Parenthetical Citation Many ways of citing and rules
Citing of your source
Any source used must appear in a ( ) AND will then appear on your Works Cited page
Many ways of citing and rules
Database in-text citations
Author’s last name in ( )

6. Example

7. Works Cited Page Final page of your paper
Lists all of the sources that were used
Every source on this page MUST appear in your paper somewhere. EVERY source that appears in your paper MUST appear on this page.
Alphabetical Order
Double spaced

8. Electronic Database Citation
Author and/or editor names
Article title in “quotations”
Title of the website or book in italics (larger source)
Any version numbers (issue, volume, etc.)
Publisher information (name and date)
Medium of Publication
Date accessed

9. Example

10. When in doubt….
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