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Research Paper
Ms. Vokally
11-13-14
Where do I begin to research?
• Books—use Destiny to find books
• Web sites—Be sure to evaluate sites
b/c anyone can create a web site.
• Databases—Trustworthy and created
by experts
Evaluating Web Sites
Authority—Who created the site? What organization
sponsors it? Is contact info listed?
Accuracy—Are there any factual errors? Grammatical
errors?
Objectivity—May pretend to be objective, but only presents
one point of view. May provide biased information in order to
promote a product.
Currency—Are there dates on the page to indicate when the
page was written, when the page was first placed on the
Web, or when the page was last revised?
Symbaloo For This Project
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Go to wfhighschool.com
Click Media Center
Teacher Assignments
Ms. Vokally
Symbaloo for trusted sites
Databases
• Use the NCWiseOwl web sites for reliable sources and readymade citations you can copy and paste into your Works Cited
page.
• Recommended databases:
• Grolier Online
• Literature
• Brittanica
• Access NCWiseOwl via the
WFHS Media Center Web Site
MLA Paper Formatting Guidelines
• Double-space the text of your paper, and use a legible font (e.g.
Times New Roman).
• The font size should be 12 pt.
• Set the margins of your document to 1 inch on all sides.
• Indent the first line of paragraphs one half-inch from the left margin.
MLA recommends that you use the Tab key as opposed to pushing
the Space Bar five times.
• Create a header that numbers all pages consecutively in the upper
right-hand corner, one-half inch from the top and flush with the
right margin. (Note: Your instructor may ask that you omit the
number on your first page. Always follow your instructor's
guidelines.)
Formatting the First Page
• Do not make a title page for your paper unless your teacher tells you to do
it.
• In the upper left-hand corner of the first page, list your name, your
instructor's name, the course, and the date. Again, be sure to use doublespaced text.
• Double space again and center the title. Do not underline, italicize, or place
your title in quotation marks; write the title in Title Case (standard
capitalization), not in all capital letters.
• Use quotation marks and/or italics when referring to other works in your
title.
• Double space between the title and the first line of the text.
• Create a header in the upper right-hand corner that includes your last
name, followed by a space with a page number; number all pages
consecutively with Arabic numerals (1, 2, 3, 4, etc.), one-half inch from the
top and flush with the right margin.
Last Page of MLA Format
This should be your
Works Cited Page—
see next slide
Sample Works Cited Page
Works Cited
"Blueprint Lays Out Clear Path for Climate Action." Environmental Defense Fund.
Environmental Defense Fund, 8 May 2007. Web. 24 May 2009.
Clinton, Bill. Interview by Andrew C. Revkin. “Clinton on Climate Change.” New York Times.
New York Times, May 2007. Web. 25 May 2009.
Dean, Cornelia. "Executive on a Mission: Saving the Planet." New York Times. New York
Times, 22 May 2007. Web. 25 May 2009.
GlobalWarming.org. Cooler Heads Coalition, 2007. Web. 24 May 2009.
An Inconvenient Truth. Dir. Davis Guggenheim. Perf. Al Gore, Billy West. Paramount, 2006.
DVD.
Nordhaus, William D. "After Kyoto: Alternative Mechanisms to Control Global Warming."
American Economic Review 96.2 (2006): 31-34. Print.
Uzawa, Hirofumi. Economic Theory and Global Warming. Cambridge: Cambridge UP, 2003.
Print.
Creating Citations
for the Works Cited Page
• Use the citation from the databases.
• Go to the media center web page and then
*Quick Links
*Destiny
*Citation Tools
*Citation Machine (choose MLA)
Tips on Works Cited Page
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Alphabetize the citations based on the author’s last name.
If no author is given, then use the title of the article.
Indent the second line of each citation.
Include a double space between each entry.