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). The font size should be 12 pt.

·         Set the margins of your document to 1 inch on all sides.

·         Indent the first line of paragraphs- use tab key.

·         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).

Formatting First Page:

·         Do not make a title page for your paper unless specifically requested.

·         In the upper left-hand corner of the first page, list your name, your
          instructor's name, the course, and the date. Again, be sure to use
          double-spaced text.

·         Double space again and center the title. Do not underline, italicize, or
          place your title in quotation marks; write the title in Title Case (standard
           capitalization), not in all capital letters.

·         Double space between the title and the first line of the text.

·         Create a header in the upper right-hand corner that includes your last
           name, followed by a space with a page number; number all pages
           consecutively with Arabic numerals (1, 2, 3, 4, etc.), one-half inch from
           the top and flush with the right margin. (Note: Your instructor or other
           readers may ask that you omit last name/page number header on your
           first page. Always follow instructor guidelines.)

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Works Cited Page
When you are gathering book sources, be sure to make note of the following bibliographic items: author name(s), book title, publication date, publisher, place of publication. The medium of publication for all “hard copy” books is Print.

Basic Format:

Basic Format The author’s name or a book with a single author's name appears in last name, first name format. The basic form for a book citation is:

Lastname, Firstname. Title of Book. City of Publication: Publisher,
     Year of Publication. Medium of Publication.

Electronic Sources (Web Article)

Provide the author name, article name in quotation marks, title of the Web magazine in italics, publisher name, publication date, medium of publication, and the date of access. Remember to use n.p. if no publisher name is available and n.d. if no publishing date is given.

Bernstein, Mark. "10 Tips on Writing the Living Web." A List Apart: For People 
     Who Make Websites. A List Apart Mag., 16 Aug. 2002. Web. 4 May 2009.

Books with more than one author:

The first given name appears in last name, first name format; subsequent author names appear in first name last name format.

Gillespie, Paula, and Neal Lerner.