Giving credit to a book, article, speech or other resource is called citing or creating a citation and is required to avoid plagiarism. Your instructor may ask you to cite in MLA, APA, Chicago, or other formats.
When an instructor tells you to format your paper in MLA, this has to do with your spacing, font size, and margins. We've included a few templates that already have the formatting set up for you.
Google Docs MLA template: this is an example of a completed paper with both in-text citations and a Works Cited page. Dale Grauman created this resource and has given his permission for its use here.
Scribbr has created this MLA Template which has helpful examples of citations you can work from. There is a link to Scribbr's citation generator in this template.
This template is in Microsoft Word format. If you click the link above, it will immediately download to your computer. Look for it in your downloads folder (or the folder you have designated for downloads)! Shared with permission from University of Arizona.