WEST IRONDEQUOIT CENTRAL SCHOOL DISTRICT
STANDARD FORMAT FOR WORKS CITED USING MLA STYLE

SET-UP FOR FORMAL RESEARCH PAPER

•  Be sure to double-space
•  Be sure to use 12 font
•  Be sure your top and bottom margins are 1 inch
•  Be sure your left and right margins are 1.25 inches
•  Put your last name followed by a space and the page number in the upper right hand corner of each  page, one-half inch below the top. The title page is not numbered.

SET-UP FOR TITLE PAGE

• Each teacher may have different requirements for a title page.  Generally, about 1/3 of the way down the page and centered is the title of your paper. Then halfway down the page and centered is your name. Then 2/3 of the way down the page is the course name, the instructor's name, and the date; these can be centered or justified right.

SET-UP FOR WORKS CITED

•  Should be a separate page at the end of your paper headed WORKS CITED
•  Type entries single-spaced BUT double-space between entries
•  Alphabetize entries by the first word, ignoring a beginning “A”, “An”, or “The”
•  Never number entries, never bullet entries, and never separate entries by media
•  Indent each entry after the first line  [Go to Format on the toolbar and choose Paragraph;   under Special click the down arrow and select Hanging]

SET-UP FOR IN-TEXT CITATIONS

What to cite:

• Direct quotations
• Statistics, figures, illustrations, diagrams even if you have taken the data and created your own graph or chart
• Dates that are not “common knowledge”
• Facts, ideas, opinions, judgments, or claims of others even if you have summarized or paraphrased them in your own words

 

•  Only requires author’s last name and page number in parentheses before the end punctuation; use first name only if two or more authors have same last name.
•  Do not use any punctuation inside the parentheses
•  If there is no author, use as much of the title as needed to enable the reader to easily locate it among your Works Cited.
•  If there are no page numbers, you do not list any.

Updated 8/00