Need help with paper formatting and citations? The Writing Center can help you!
In Person: Maes Building Room 113
Phone: 409-880-8571
Email: UWC@lamar.edu
A Title page isn’t required for an MLA citation. Begin your paper with the following items aligned to the left margin of the page, double spaced in separate lines.
Your Name
Your Professor’s Name
The Course Title
The Date
Center Align the Title of Your Paper
You can download a Microsoft Word document with a template for MLA format in the box titled "MLA Paper Template."
Usually, your professor specifies the format for your assignment, but the default MLA paper format is as follows:
In the upper right corner of each page, enter your last name, then the page number.
1. Click: Insert > Page Number > Top of Page
2. Choose "Plain Number 3" (The right justified plain number option).
3. Your cursor will automatically go to the correct location for you to type in your last name.
4. Click anywhere on the body of the paper to exit the page numbering screen.
Last Name Page Number
Your Name
Your Professor’s Name
The Course Title
The Date
Center Align the Title of Your Paper
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Works Cited
Edward, Brent Hayes. "The Literary Ellington." Representations, vol. 77, no. 1, winter 2002, pp. 1-29. JSTOR,
https://doi.org/10.1525/rep.2002.77.1.1.
Gaines, Kevin. "Duke Ellington, Black, Brown, and Beige, and the Cultural Politics of Race." Radano and Bohlman, pp. 585-602.