Ray W. Howard Library: Citation: MLA Formatting

Paper Format

Formatting Your Paper in MLA

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 Templates

MLA Google Docs Template
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.
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You can find the Research Doc-it resource where this was originally published at https://sites.google.com/a/ucps.k12.nc.us/achieving-audience/research-doc-it
Google Docs MLA Template with Graphs
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.

Microsoft Word Templates

Microsoft Word: MLA Annotated Bibliography 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.

Formatting Your MLA Paper

MLA Style Formatting Paper Guidelines
Guidelines from the MLA Style Center on how to format your paper, including the title page, text formatting, tables and illustrations, and more.

How do I make a hanging indent in Word?

1. Highlight the citaiton with your cursor.

2. Right click.

3. Select Paragraph.

4. Under Indentation, select Special and Hanging.

Attribution

This guide was adapted from a guide by Tessa Withorn at CSUDH Library and licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-Share Alike 4.0 International License.