• Review the submission checklist and submit the paper by e-mail in a document attachment to: Kathy Ferguson at juliah@nwmissouri.edu
  
  
• Your paper must be received by July 27,2009 at 5:00 p.m.
  
  
• Submit only original, unpublished work.
  
  
• Follow MLA style (7th Edition) with one exception--single space the entries. Follow examples at: MLA Citation Style Examples or consult the MLA Handbook for Writers of Research Papers—7th Edition. Cite all full text (online) articles following the guidelines provided at the hyperlink above.
  
  
• Divide the paper into sections that reflect content (e.g., –-but not limited to--introduction, review of literature, findings, conclusions—your sections will be unique to your paper). Center and bold section headings.
  
  
  Papers should be 1,750 to 4,500 words in length.
  (Word count includes references and tables. It does not include your abstract. Do not include your abstract in the paper you send in. We already have the abstract you submitted for your presentation.)
• Use Microsoft Word or save in rich text format.
  
  
• 1-inch margins.
  
  
• Single space paragraphs and double space between paragraphs.
  
  
• Do not indent paragraphs.
  
  
• Format the title of your paper, the author(s) names, position, and institution as shown in the example below:
  
  Did We Say Brick or Click? Did We Say Both?
  
  Connie Ury
  Library Outreach Coordinator
  Northwest Missouri State University
  
  Frank Baudino
  Head Librarian for Information Services
  Northwest Missouri State University
• Use Times New Roman, size 12 font.
  
  
• Do not include appendices. Use tables or figures to display information.
  
• Use black & white tables & graphics. Label graphics & tables as explained in section 4.5 of the MLA Handbook for Writers of Research Papers—7th Edition.
  
  
• List the titles of figures to read Fig. 16 instead of Figure 16. A good example is provided on page 150 of the MLA Handbook for Writers of Research Papers, 7th ed. When referring to figures in the text of the paper, instead of stating, “Figure 3 shows the search results”, write “See fig. 3 for research results.” Page 150 also provides an example of this type of statement.
  
  
• Italicize the titles of computer programs.
  
  
• Don’t capitalize the word chapter when referring to chapters of a work. See page 92, section 3.6.5 Exceptions of the MLA Handbook for Writers of Research Papers, 7th ed. Format the titles of book chapters by enclosing them in quotation marks (see section 3.6.3 Titles in Quotation Marks).
  
  
• List authors and titles of Web sites in the text of papers. Include a citation for the Web site in the Works Cited list. There is no need to include the URL. Refer to section 5.6 CITING WEB PUBLICATIONS (pp. 181-184) of the MLA Handbook for Writers of Research Papers, 7th ed.
  
  
• Don’t list URLs in the text of the paper in parentheses. Either mention the title of the Web site in the text of the paper or parenthetically cite the Web site using the author or title. Then include a Works Cited entry following the guidelines in section 5.6 CITING WEB PUBLICATIONS (pp. 181-184) of the MLA Handbook for Writers of Research Papers, 7th ed.
  
  
• Read sections 3.5.2 through 3.5.4 about numbers and percentages. These sections provide some important distinctions about when to spell out numbers and when to use numerals.
  
  
• If there are two or three authors in parenthetical reference, list the authors’ last names. If there are more than three authors, use et al. (See section 6.2 of the MLA Handbook for Writers of Research Papers, 7th ed.).
  
  
• Section 5.5.21of the MLA Handbook for Writers of Research Papers, 7th ed. explains how to cite the proceedings of a conference.
  
  
• For scholarly journals, list only the year for date.

Questions about the proceedings? Contact: Connie Ury or 660-562-1669

Proceedings Guidelines updated August 3, 2009.

Sponsored by Owens Library, Northwest Missouri State University