MLA and Citations.

Almost everything you need to know about MLA format and citing sources may be found at this excellent and often-used academic site, and I urge you to explore it.

Some key information follows here:

1. The following information appears in the upper left-hand corner of the first page:

Your name
Instructor's name
Course
Due date

It would look something like:

Miranda J. Student
Mr. J. Instructor
ENG 3U1
May 12, 2017

2. The right hand corner of each page features your last name and the page number:
               
                                                                                                                                    Collins 2

3. The title of the paper is centered and typed in the same 12-point standard font as the rest of the assignments.

Despite what some students think, no rule requires that titles be typed in "Size Ginormous" font.

5. Double-space your assignments and indent each new paragraph.

If your assignment features subheadings, the first paragraph following a subheading is not indented.

(No, I am not just making that up).

Left-justify your margins.

6. An academic paper must cite the source of:

-direct quotations (these must also be indicated to be direct quotations)
-ideas and interpretations that are not yours
-information that is not "common knowledge" (easily accessible and not in dispute)
-statistics
-images

The reader should know, when he or she comes across this information, that the writer took it from some other source. Where applicable, the page number (45) or page number and author's name (Drescher 45) should appear following the quotation or information.

7. At the end of the assignment, on a separate "Works Cited" page, all sources should be listed.
    The list is alphabetical by author's last name.
    Where the author's name is not known, use the title.
    Entries are not numbered.
    Each entry begins at the margin. Indent each subsequent line of an entry.

8. Generally speaking you need (where applicable):

The author(s)
The title of the work
The title of the longer work in which a "shorter work" appears, and its editors.
The pages of the longer work on which a "shorter work" appears.
The version / edition of an often-published and revised source / date of access of a web source
Publisher / Hosting website
Publication date / date of last update of an online source
City of publication

For your samples of what each entry would look like, please see the Purdue site.