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This is a template for formattin a research paper in !L" format# The paper has
one-inch margins all around# $ach pae has a header of last name and page number#
The paper %ill be double-spaced throughout, no extra space between sections or
paragraphs# The entire paper, includin the headin and title, needs to be in Times New
Roman 12pt font# !a&e sure that the essay is left aligned, not fully 'ustified# Follo%
your instructors preference in spacin and be consistent# (it the enter &ey only once at
the end of each pararaph#
In the !L" format, you document your research in parenthetical citations# This
allo%s you to )ac&no%lede your sources by &eyin brief parenthetical citations in your
te*t to an alphabetical list of %or&s that appears at the end of the paper+ ,-ibaldi 1./0#
Notice that in this brief citation the period goes after the parenthesis# The information
in parenthesis should be as brief as possible# 1ou %ill use the authors last name or a
shortened title for unsigned works# If you used the &ey information ,authors last name
or the title of an unsined %or&0 in your te*t, do not repeat it in the parenthesis# -ibaldi
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The information in your parenthetical references in the te*t must match
the correspondin information in the entries in your list of %or&s cited#
For a typical %or&s3cited3list entry, %hich beins %ith the name of the
author ,or editor, translator, or narrator0, the parenthetical reference beins
%ith the same name# # # # If the %or& is listed by title, use the title,
shortened or in full# # # # ,/453/460
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Notice ho% the long quote ! lines or more" was set off b# the single spacing, an extra
one-inch margin rather than quotations marks, and in this case, the period goes
before the parenthetical citation#
"fter the last pararaph in an !L" style essay, force the document to bein a ne%
pae for the $orks %ited page# The 7or&s Cited pae %ill still ha8e the one3inch
marins all the %ay around and ha8e the headin of last name and pae number# This
pae %ill also be double-spaced throuhout %ith no extra space between entries# Items
in a 7or&s Cited pae %ill be alphabeti9ed by the first %ord of each entry ,authors last
name or title of %or&0# $ach entry %ill use a hanging indent, in which lines after the
first indent half an inch# Because the U:Ls in a 7or&s Cited pae are not underlined,
remo8e the hyperlin&s so that U:Ls %ill be formatted correctly# To do this, riht clic& on
the hyperlin& and select remo8e hyperlin&# For more information, refer to the ;urdue
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