Creation of a research paper

MLA Documentation Style To follow the MLA documentation style;

• Use a 12-pointTimes New Roman or similar font. • Double-space text on all pages of the paper • Using one-inch top, bottom, left, and right margins. • Indent the first word of each paragraph one-half inch from the left margin. • At the right margin of each page, place a page number one-half inch from the top

margin. • On each page, precede the page number with your last name. • Place your name and course information in a block at the left margin beginning one

inch from the top of the page. • Center the title one double-spaced line below your name and course information. • In the text of the paper, place author references in parentheses with the page

number(s) of the referenced information.

Works Cited • The works cited page alphabetically lists sources that are referenced directly in the

paper. • Place the list of sources on a separate numbered page. • Center the title, Works Cited, one inch from the top margin. • Double-space all lines. • Begin the first line of each source at the left margin, indenting subsequent lines of

the same source one-half inch from the left margin. • List each source by the author's last name or, if the author's name is not available,

by the title of the source.