Paper Format

Heading your paper (link to AP site). The link also provides an example of in-text citations, margins, and headings. MLA format guide at OWL at Purdue. Most of you will be using the "book" and "online periodical" sections. Works cited page (click to make larger):

Keep in mind that the entire document should be 12pt Times New Roman, double-spaced. To make sure: after you finish your paper, save it, hit ctrl+A, right click the text, then hit "Paragraph." The line spacing option should say "double", and the spacing before and after should read "0". Hit "OK," then (with the text still highlighted) check the text size and font boxes to ensure they read "12" and "Times New Roman," respectively. If not, or if they’re blank, fix them. File:Http://www.winsomescholar.com/wiki/images/3/39/Paper example.png