Samurai/Huskies Research Paper Helpful Hints

You will turn in your research paper in this order:

  • Title Page
  • Final Research Paper
  • Works Cited Page
  • Rough Draft
  • Graphic Organizer

Your research paper must :

  • Be at least 2 pages types
  • Have one inch margins around the paper
  • Be double-spaced
  • Be typed in 12pt. Times New Roman

Title Page in MLA Format (You can skip these instructions and go to my Symbaloo and click on Title Page maker)

  1. Click on the center align button in the tool bar.
  2. Hit enter 20 times.
  3. type the title of your page in ALL CAPS.
  4. Hit enter 18 times.
  5. Type your name, hit enter twice.
  6. Type your teacher’s name, hit enter twice.
  7. Type the class, hit enter twice.
  8. Type the date. The date should be formatted like this: 9 May 2014

In order to make sure your page numbers work out properly, YOU MUST CREATE YOUR TITLE PAGE IN A SEPARATE WORD DOCUMENT FROM YOUR PAPER.

Other MLA Format Notes

Your last name and the page number must be in the upper right hand corner of every page of your paper EXCEPT the title page. Look in the upper right hand corner of this page for an example. Below are the directions for setting up your header.

  1. Click on view
  2. Click on Header and Footer
  3. A header box will appear, click on the right alignment button
  4. Type your last name and hit the space bar 3 times
  5. A tool bar will appear with your header. The first button in the tool box looks like this: #. Click the # button in the tool bar. This will number each page of your paper.

Double-Spacing

The entire paper must be double spaced. Here are the instructions for double-spacing.

  1. Click on format at the of the screen
  2. Click on paragraph
  3. Half way down on the right side, you will see a box that says “line spacing”. Change that to “double”.

Works Cited Page

1.Go to the Samurai Research Paper Page on my website(Google: wsfcs broadstreet)

2.Click on the Symbaloo link at the bottom of the page

3.Click on the tile that you used for a resource

4.Go to the top of the page. Copy the URL ( ) Right click to copy it

5.Go back to the Symbaloo page

6.Click on the Easy Bib Tile

7.Beside the blue arrow at the top of the page paste the URL address and click Cite It (orange button)

8.Your website information will appear. Click on Continue (orange button)

9.Make sure you click Yes beside Display URL

10.More website information will appear. Click on Create Citation(orange button)

Your citation will appear

11. Follow directions 5-10 to add other citations

12. When you have added all your citations, Look under Bibliography click on the boxes beside the citations that you want on your Works Cited Page

13. Click on blue down arrow beside With Checked

14. Click Export Citations to word on drop down menu

15. Your Works Cited Page is complete