and occasionally the Social Science.

Formatting Your Paper Papers written in the MLA format are typed double-spaced and printed on 8 ” by 11 ” paper. The font should be 12 pt. and something which is easy to read such as Times New Roman. Margins should be 1 ” all the way around. The first line of each paragraph is indented ’ from the left margin. For best results use the Tab key. Your last name and page numbers are placed in the header and should be aligned with the right margin. For example: Smith 1. Check with your professor to see if he/she wants you to number the first page. Papers in MLA format typically do not have a title page. Instead, the upper-left hand corner of the first page includes your name, your instructor’s name, the course, and the date. Be sure to double space this information. The title of your paper should be centered two lines down from the information above. Double space after the title and begin typing your paper. If you use section headings MLA recommends that you number them. For example: 1. Introduction, 2. Methodology, and so on. The Works Cited Page The "Works Cited " pages provides an alphabetical list of the sources used to write papers and reports. The first lin