1. MLA Documentation Documenting Sources using mla format

2. MLA Paper Format *In MLA, there are five sections of special formatting for a paper: 1. Document Settings 2. Page Header 3. Title Block 4. Citations 5. Works Cited List

3. Document Settings • In MLA, make sure that . . . • --1 inch margins • --Double space each line. • --Make sure the font is 12 point, Times New Roman or Ariel • Note: MLA does not require a title page.

4. Page Header and Title Block • The header is the information that is present at the upper right side of each page. • --Number and page number • The title block is the course information on the left hand side. • Remember YMCA—Your name, My name (instructor’s name), Class name, and Age (date).

5. Example Page Header and Title Block Jane Smith Smith 1 Professor Jones ENGL 102 June 15, 2011 Title of Article

6. Citations • Citations are the way the writer lets the reader know which information is not the writer’s original work. • --In MLA, the author’s last name and page number is included in the parenthesis. If there is no author, the title of the article is usually used. • -- Punctuation comes after the citation in the sentence. • --Quotation marks come before the citation. • All quotes should be introduced. Never leave them freestanding. • --Quotes more than four lines long should be in block quotes. • --The in-text citation must match the information on the Works Cited page.

7. Examples of MLA Citations • A quote using a source with an author: The experience of the wife of a pilot was an isolated one. According to Wolfe, “Sometimes, when the young wife of a fighter pilot would have a little reunion with the girls she went to school with, an odd fact would dawn on her; they had not been going to funerals” (22). Note: If the author’s name had not been used in the sentence, the citation would look like this: (Wolfe 22). • A website without an author: • --The website title will be the identifying information of the source. • In 1908, over 16,000 children were lost in New York City alone (The Margaret Sanger Papers Project).

8. Examples of MLA Citations A government website: The U.S. business of telecommunications equipment now has more than 1500 companies (“Telecommunications Equipment”). A database article: --The source is listed by the author of the database article. According to Barrera, bilingual education leads to higher test scores in other subjects (72).

9. Works Cited • Book with one author: Wolfe, Tom. The Right Stuff. New York: Farrar, 1979. Print. • A website without an author: • The website title will be the identifying information of the source. • Website title. Sponsor of site. Last updated. Medium. Access date. • Example: Margaret Sanger Papers Project. History Dept., New York U, 18 Oct. 2000. Web. 15 June 2011.

10. Works Cited A Government Website: Title of article>Website title>Updated>sponsor>Source>Access Date. "Telecommunications Equipment FY99: IMI981113." STAT-USA. 1999. STAT USA. Web. 15 June 2011. Database Article Author (last name first)>Title of article>Journal title>Volume, Issue>Year> Page numbers>Database name>Medium>Date of access (inverted). Barrera, RebecaMaría. “A Case for Bilingual Education.” Scholastic Parent and Child Nov.- Dec. 2004: 72-73. Academic Search Premier. Web. 15 June 2011.

11. More Great Sources for MLA Information Hacker, Diana and Barbara Fister. “MLA List of Works Cited.” Research and Documentation Online: Fifth Edition. n.d. Web. June 14th, 2011.http://bcs.bedfordstmartins.com/resdoc5e/RES5e_ch08_s1-0011.html “MLA Formatting and Style Guide.” OWL: Purdue Online Writing Lab. 2011. Web. June 14th, 2011. http://owl.english.purdue.edu/owl/resource/747/01/