Tbe Proper Format for Papers {grades , , and 8]

Thioughout the woilu, institutions have auopteu specific guiuelines foi foimatting
acauemic wiiting anu citing iefeiences. 0ne set of guiuelines employeu is the NLA (Nouein
Language Association), which is useu in the aiea high schools. St. }oseph School has auopteu the
NLA guiuelines to help you, the stuuent, become familiai with this foimatting befoie you entei high
school. All final uiaft papeis, in all content aieas, will be expecteu to use this foimat. Papeis not
using this foimat will be maikeu uown unless the teachei has inuicateu a uiffeient set of
iequiiements.

0enerul Rulex for Flnul ruftx: {fiq. bocksiJe)
. point font Times New Roman oi Cambiia
. Bouble-space the entiie uocument (incluuing heauing).
. Inuent at the stait of each paiagiaph.
. Place the heauing on the FT hanu siue anu incluue - wiitei's name, teachei's name, class,
anu uate as seen on fig. on backsiue of this papei.
. Set -inch maigins foi entiie uocument (top, bottom, left, iight). ou wlll neeJ to rexet
your murglnx ln WorJ ux lt lx xet for .S".
. If youi papei has a title it shoulu be centeieu anu appeai unuei the heauing infoimation.
. Papeis iequiiing ieseaich must have a Woiks Citeu page anu use in-text citations wheie
appiopiiate.
8. `olicize names of books, magazines, jouinals, websites when iefeienceu in the text.

n-1ext Cltutlon Rulex: (youi teachei will go ovei these as you piactice using them)
. Any iefeience you cite in youi papei must appeai on the Woiks Citeu page.
. Whichevei phiase oi woiu you use to signal the souice in the papei must be the fiist woiu
in the souice entiy on the Woiks Citeu page.
. Bepenuing upon the souice, theie aie a vaiiety of ways to cite iefeiences within youi papei.
Foi an extensive list iefeience the following website:
bttp:JJowl.englisb.purdue.eduJowlJresourceJJJ, oi on the St. }oseph libiaiy
website.

Workx ClteJ Puge Rulex: {fiq. bocksiJe)
. Cieate a sepaiate page with the title Woiks Citeu centeieu at the top. ( point fontTimes
New Roman oi Cambiia)
. Foi each souice listeu, begin the fiist line at maigin anu inuent all following lines. (See fig.
)
. Bouble-space the entiie uocument.
. 0se i`olics foi all books, magazines, jouinals, websites titles, titles of poems anu aiticles aie
in "quotations".
. Note punctuation anu follow EXACTLY as in samples on libiaiy website.
. 0iganize list of souices alphabetically using the fiist woiu in each entiy (typically this will
be the authoi's last name oi the fiist impoitant woiu in the title)
. Follow guiuelines foi vaiious types of souices.
8. Attach Woiks Citeu page to the enu of the final uiaft.

Theie aie a vaiiety of iules to follow when enteiing vaiying souices onto the Woiks Citeu page.
Luckily theie aie tools on the inteinet to help. 0ne such link is bttp:JJwww.bibme.orgJ. This site
allows stuuents to entei infoimation fiom the souice anu foimats it coiiectly. (Ze Z[`e is `o`
s`aJeZ`s s`ill ZeeJ `[ creo`e o W[rks Ci`eJ poqe f[ll[ciZq `e ob[be f[rmo` - moke sare `e bibme se`s
ap `e poqe olpobe`icolly e`c.) Stuuents aie encouiageu to use this iesouice. 0ui libiaiy website
also has uiiections by giaue explaining how to entei souice infoimation pei youi giaue level
bttp:JJlibrary.st|osepbsea.orgJ.