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Nuts and Bolts of Research Paper
What you need to know about MLA and
TurnitinSlide2
You will be turning in an electronic copy of your paper to Turnitin.com
Create user profile
Class
ID—See notes for correct Class ID
Password—Jordan123
If you are uncomfortable using your regular email address, you may use your MPS email addressSlide3
MLA Format
Your research paper will need to be in MLA format
If you have any questions, use the Purdue Online Writing Lab (OWL) as a resource
https://owl.english.purdue.edu/owl/Slide4
Big MLA Guidelines
Your paper should be Times New Roman (12
pt
) and double spaced
You should have 1” margins on each side of the page
You will need in-text citations and a Works Cited page
You will need to indent the first line of each paragraph
You will need to include a header with your last name and page number for each page
You will use italics (instead of underlining) for the titles of longer worksSlide5
First Page
The format of your first page will differ a bit from the rest of your paper
Header with your last name and page number (example Jordan 1) in the upper right-hand corner
Heading in the upper left-hand corner with
Your name
Teacher’s name (Miss Jordan)
Course name (Junior or Senior English)
Date (18 February 2015)
Title centered (not bold/italics/fancy or any extra spaces)Slide6Slide7
The Rest of the Paper
You will still have the header in the upper right-hand corner (Jordan 2, 3, etc.)
Make sure you properly format in-text citations.
For each section, write the section heading with a number and a period followed by a space and the section title. Your section heading should be in bold and flush to the left.
1. Life of AuthorSlide8
Works Cited
Your works cited is a separate page labeled with “Works Cited” on the top/center
It should have the same format (1 inch margins and last name/page number)
Double space everything, but do not add extra spaces between lines
List the citations in alphabetical order based on the first word of the entry.
Use the Purdue OWL to help you properly cite your sources in MLA format. Be aware that citations are different for book vs. internet vs. movie, etc.
Indent all lines after the first line of each entrySlide9
Works Cited
Clinton
, Bill. Interview by Andrew C.
Revkin
.
“
Clinton on Climate Change.”
New York Times
. New
York
Times, May 2007. Web. 25 May 2009.
Dean, Cornelia. "Executive on a Mission: Saving the
Planet
."
New York Times
. New York Times, 22 May
2007
. Web. 25 May 2009.
GlobalWarming.org
. Cooler Heads Coalition, 2007.
Web
. 24 May 2009.
Nordhaus
, William D. "After Kyoto: Alternative
Mechanisms
to Control Global Warming."
American
Economic
Review
96.2 (2006): 31-34. Print
.
Uzawa
, Hirofumi.
Economic Theory and Global
Warming
. Cambridge: Cambridge UP, 2003. Print.Slide10
Summary
What are 3 things you did not already know?