MLA Style Documentation (8th Edition)
FORMATTING THE PAPER
1" margins
12 pt Times New Roman font
Double-spaced
Standard Heading:
Name, Instructor Name, Course,Due Date (day month year with no commas like
the rest of the world does)
Title is centered (no other formatting of title permitted)
Running head with page numbers after student last name (Both Word & Google Docs have a setting to automatically number the pages)
Paragraphs are indented 1/2" (No extra spaces between paragraphs)
1" margins
12 pt Times New Roman font
Double-spaced
Standard Heading:
Name, Instructor Name, Course,Due Date (day month year with no commas like
the rest of the world does)
Title is centered (no other formatting of title permitted)
Running head with page numbers after student last name (Both Word & Google Docs have a setting to automatically number the pages)
Paragraphs are indented 1/2" (No extra spaces between paragraphs)
FORMATTING THE WORKS CITED PAGE
Works Cited begins at the top of a new page or on the final slide
1" margins
Contains the running head with page number and student last name
12 pt Times New Roman font
Citations are listed alphabetically
Citation format - Starts flush with left margin. Hanging indent of 1/2" for
subsequent lines
Works Cited begins at the top of a new page or on the final slide
1" margins
Contains the running head with page number and student last name
12 pt Times New Roman font
Citations are listed alphabetically
Citation format - Starts flush with left margin. Hanging indent of 1/2" for
subsequent lines
How to export to a Google Doc and add it to your research paper
To export your source list to Google Drive:
To export your source list to Google Drive:
- 1. Click on the Printer icon.
- 2. Click Print/Export to Google Docs.
- 3. You may be prompted to sign in to your Google account and/or grant access to allow NoodleTools to write a new document. Once complete, your source list will appear in a new Google Doc.
- Now that the file has been saved in a Google Doc, open it, select all, copy and paste the source list to the end of your research paper. Begin your source list on a new page, not on the last page of your research paper.