MLA Video

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=adkqteCLPk0

Here's a short video on MLA formatting.  In case your like me, a visual & audio learner, it may help to hear and see what you need!  

MLA Format rules

https://owl.english.purdue.edu/owl/resource/747/01/

General Guidelines

• Type your paper on a computer and print it out on standard, white 8.5 x 11-inch paper.
• Double-space the text of your paper, and use a legible font (e.g. Times New Roman). Whatever font you choose, MLA recommends that the regular and italics type styles contrast enough that they are recognizable one from another. The font size should be 12 pt.
• Leave only one space after periods or other punctuation marks (unless otherwise instructed by your instructor).
• Set the margins of your document to 1 inch on all sides.
• Indent the first line of paragraphs one half-inch from the left margin. MLA recommends that you use the Tab key as opposed to pushing the Space Bar five times.
• Create a header that numbers all pages consecutively in the upper right-hand corner, one-half inch from the top and flush with the right margin. (Note: Your instructor may ask that you omit the number on your first page. Always follow your instructor's guidelines.)
• Use italics throughout your essay for the titles of longer works and, only when absolutely necessary, providing emphasis.
• If you have any endnotes, include them on a separate page before your Works Cited page. Entitle the section Notes (centered, unformatted).

MLA format

Why do I have to follow a certain font, grammar and citation style when I am writing a paper?    How do I make my paper professional?

My idea is that college professors want all the papers they grade to be easy to read and look the same and so there are professional formats they ascribe to.

In reality, whole professions have a style of writing that has evolved from their specialties little proclivities.   Some of the most famous are called MLA, College and APA, (most commonly used by the social sciences world).  This is the format their professional papers are turned in to their industries for  printing in their professional publications.

MLA Overview Resource   is common for the writing industry.  So that is what our papers will be written and turned in using.

https://owl.english.purdue.edu/owl/resource/747/01/


How do I cite my sources on my paper?   THERE IS AN AP FOR THAT!


QUICK Online Citations Guide

http://www.easybib.com/