Avoiding Plagiarism
MLA9
For this course, you will be using MLA9 citation style. The SCF Librarians have put together a Research Guide with all the information you will need to help you. You can access the guide here.
Basic Rules
Basic rules for citing most sources:
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Works cited must be double spaced and have a hanging indent. This means that each subsequent line after the first line of your citation should be indented by 0.5 inches.
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Alphabetized by the first listed author.
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If same author, list sources in alphabetical order.
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In the titles of articles, books, webpages and most other sources capitalize each word, unless it is an article (the, an), preposition, or conjunction, unless it is the first word of a title: The Art of War, The Hitchhikers Guide to the Galaxy, To Kill a Mockingbird.
- MLA Paper Example
Sample student paper formatted in MLA 9th edition
MLA Resources
- MLA StyleThis resource is designed as a companion to the MLA 9 handbook. In this site, you will find practice templates, guides, sample papers, how to format your research paper, and FAQ's.
- Purdue OWLThis source contains contains resources on in-text citation and the Works Cited page, as well as MLA sample papers.