Microsoft Word

 

To type name and page #’s in the right margin:  Hit control + r—The cursor will move to the right margin so that you can type your last name and page number.  After you hit enter you can return to the left margin.

 

To return to the left margin:  Hit control + l—The cursor will move to the left margin.

 

To center:  Hit control + e—The cursor will move to the middle of the line.  Type your title and hit enter.  After hitting enter return to the left margin.

 

To setup the automatic double-space:  Go to “Format” on the toolbar.  On the pull down menu choose “Paragraph.”  In the pop-up box look for a box underneath “Line Spacing.”  In the box under “Line Spacing,” choose “Double.”  This will automatically double-space your paper.

 

To return to single-space:  Go to “Format” on the toolbar.  On the pull down menu, choose “Paragraph.”  In the pop-up box, look for a box underneath “Line Spacing.”  In the box under “Line Spacing,” choose “Single.”  This will make your paper single space from that point on.

 

To indent paragraphs or works cited entries:  Hit the “Tab” key.  This will automatically move your cursor 5 spaces.

 

To Boldface words:  Hit control + b.  Type the words.  When finished hit control + b again to return to normal.

 

To Italicize words:  Hit control + i.  Type the words.  When finished hit control + i again to return to normal.

 

To Underline words:  Hit control + u.  Type the words.  When finished hit control + u again to return to normal.

 

To set the font style and size:  Go to “Format” on the toolbar.  Choose “Font” from the pulldown menu.  In the font box choose either “Times New Roman” or “Arial.”  In the style box choose “Regular” and in the size box choose either “10” or “12.”

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Typing the Research Paper

 

  1. Use only Times New Roman or Arial as the font for your paper.
  2. Use only 10 or 12 as the font size.

 

Title Page

  1. Everything on the title page is centered.
  2. Do not bold, italicize, or put your title in quotation marks.
  3. Make sure you cursor is at the top of the page.
  4. Hit enter 15 times.
  5. Hit control + e and then type the title of your research paper.
  6. Hit enter 9 times.
  7. Type: English II, English III, or English IV depending on what class you are in.
  8. Hit enter.
  9. Type:  Ms. Coble
  10. Hit enter
  11. Type:  First period, Second Period, Third Period, or Fourth period, depending on the time I have you.
  12. Hit enter 14 times.
  13. Type your name
  14. Hit enter
  15. Type the Month, Day, and Year the paper is due.

 

Order

 

  1. Title Page
  2. Outline
  3. Research Paper
  4. Works Cited Page

Staple #1-4 ONCE in the upper left hand corner.

  1. In a separate folder, hand in copies of all your sources.  Staple each individual source together.  Place them in the same order as they appear on your works cited page.

 

Do not put your paper in a report cover!!!

 

If you have questions---please ask!

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Parenthetical Citation of Sources

 

  1. If you “borrow” (copy) information directly from a source, then you must place the information within quotation marks.  Follow the quote with the author’s last name and the page number on which you found the information within parentheses and followed by a period.  “If a man does not keep pace with his companions…perhaps he steps to the beat of a different drummer” (Thoreau 124).

 

  1. If you write information in your own words (paraphrase), and the information contains important ideas and facts you did not know, do not place the information in quotation marks.  The information should be followed by the author’s last name and page number within parentheses and followed by a period.  Since 1954, more than 50 ships and aircraft have vanished in or near the Bermuda Triangle (Burgess 208).

 

  1. If you use the author’s name in a paraphrase or quotation, then do not place the author’s name in parentheses at the end of the sentence.  Burgess stated that since 1954 more than 50 ships and aircraft have vanished in or near the Bermuda Triangle  (208).

 

  1. When there is no stated author; place the name of the source and the page number within parentheses.  When she was young, she was a political activist for the Republican Party (Academic American Encyclopedia 99).

 

  1. When there are two authors for one work, state both last names separated by “and.”  For example, (Graham and Ledbetter 46).  If there are three authors, give each last name of the authors with the final name preceded by “and.” For example, (Witting, Barry and Harvey 125).  NOTE:  commas follow Witting and Barry.

 

  1. If there are more than three authors for one source, use the first author’s last name, followed by et al which is Latin for “and others.” For example, (Brandes et al. 32).

 

  1. If your sources have two or more authors with the same last names, write both the first and last names of the authors in parentheses to distinguish between or among them.  For example, (Robert Burgess 208).

 

  1. If you are citing two or more sources by the same author(s0, put a comma after the last name(s) of the author(s) followed by the title of the work and the page reference.  For example, (Burgess, “The Bermuda Triangle” 208).

 

  1. When you are citing the title of a magazine article with no author given, it is permissible to shorten the title of a key word (or words) for the documentation.  Remember, though, you must give the full title on the bibliography page.  For example, if the title of the article is “Artificial Hip Goes Pro with Bo,” your citation may read (“Artificial Hip” 10).

 

Note:  Notice that there is no punctuation between the author and the page number!  Do not use the words “page,” “pages,” or the abbreviations “p.” or “pp.” when citing sources!  You do not need to cite information that is common knowledge.