1. Lesson 6: Creating a Research Paper

2. 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

3. 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

4. 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

5. MLA Style Sample

6. 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

7. 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

8. Captions and Tables of Figures
Inserting Captions
Insert text associated with figures
Edit and format captions
Change the numbering format

9. Inserting a Table of Figures
Guides a reader to illustrations, charts, tables, etc.
Easily updated with a right-click

10. 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

11. Lesson 6: Creating a Research Paper