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TOPIC: How to Use MLA Citation Style 9th ed

Formating

By Nature of Writing. Video shows how to format a paper in MLA 9th edition when written by one student as well as as when you have other contributors (students) who worked on the same paper (group project).

Formatting Your MLA Paper

MLA Formatting Style

 

 

Formatting Your Works Cited Page

MLA Works Cited Formatting

MLA Format

See an MLA sample paper

Sample MLA Paper

Set of Sample Papers in MLA Style from Excelsior Writing Lab.

Hanging Indent

Formatting a Hanging Indent

Save time by using Microsoft Word to format the hanging indent:

[1] Select the text you would like to format (you can select your entire list of citations, for example, to format all at once)

[2] From the Home tab in Word, select the arrow next to Paragraph

[3] Next, under Special, select Hanging

[4] Click OK.  Your selected text will now be formatted with a hanging indent.