MLA and Research Writing Help

Choosing Reliable Sources

• ABCs of Source Evaluation 2023

MLA Works Cited and Parentheticals

• Citing Common Sources for Benchmark Source Checks

• Interactive MLA Template

• Parenthetical Citations

• Purdue OWL MLA Guide

• Capitalization of Titles in MLA

Benchmark-Specific Resources

• WIP Source Check Example 2025 (Note: If your teacher gives you a different example, use theirs!)

• Change Project Source Check Example updated 2024

• SENIORS: Searching for laws and policies for QUEST

• SENIORS: Citing Laws and Policies in MLA

How to Read and Annotate Sources

• Annotating Instructions

• Example Annotations of a Britannica Article on Human Trafficking (printed)

• Example of annotations on an article in Google Docs, page 1

Page 2

Page 3

(Note: I had to screenshot these pages because there was no way to make the Google comments visible to everyone, but you will just turn yours in to your teacher on Google Classroom as a Google Doc).

• Example Annotations of a PDF using Kami

• Video Tutorial about how to use Kami

How to Write and Speak about Evidence from Research

• Attributive Tags

• Parts of a Paragraph (in an essay that uses examples from outside sources)

• A-List Words

• Transitional Words and Phrases (to get from one idea to another in your writing. Ex: Additionally, however, for instance...)

• More help with transitional words and phrases

  • University of Wisconsin

  • Merriam Webster Transitional Word List

• Turning QUEST outline into a paper