HISTORY IN LITERATURE 
Use the information below to help cite your sources and do your in-text citations.

​"The Drummer Boy of Shiloh" PDF
​Citing PDFs in EasyBib
  1. LOG IN to EasyBib 
  2. Create a project for this assignment. Name it appropriately. Change your style to MLA 8
  3. Click the blue "Bibliography" link under your project's name to open the project
  4. ​Choose "All 59 Options" > "Digital File"
  5. Fill in the correct information for the PDF. 
  • Title: The Drummer Boy of Shiloh
  • Author: Ray Bradbury
  • Format: PDF
  • Publisher: Holt, Rinehart and Winston
  • City: Austin
  • Date: 2000
U.S. History in Context Database
  1. Go to the link above for U.S. History in Context
  2. Search for Battle of Shiloh
  3. Scroll down to the "News" articles and click on "How Shiloh Changed the Civil War"
  4. You can also use the article called "Children in the Civil War." To find this article. Search for the article title. Then, click on "Reference," and then the article. It should be the fourth one down in the list.
Citing History in Context Database:
  1. Be logged in to EasyBib. Have the project open that you wish to put citations in.
  2. Have the article open that you wish to cite.
  3. Click "Citation Tools" under "Tools" at the top right side of your article. 
  4. Select Export to EasyBib from the dropdown menu.
  5. Click the Export button.
  6. Your citation should export to your opened project in EasyBib!
When all your citations are in EasyBib, you're ready to export to Google Docs to create a proper MLA works cited page
  1. Make sure you are logged into EasyBib using the Chrome web browser
  2. Make sure you cited all sources referenced in your essay. Failure to cite all sources is plagiarism!!
  3. Click the orange Export button. Choose Save to Google Docs
  4. Then click the link to open the file in your Drive
  5. Don't change anything!! However, you should rename the file so you know what it is in your Drive.
Getting your exported Works Cited Page onto the last page of your essay in Docs
  1. Copy everything on your exported works cited page (including the title: Works Cited)
  2. Go the end of your essay in Docs and get a clean, blank page (hit Enter if you need to get a new page)
  3. Paste in your exported works cited into this blank, last page of your essay. 
  4. Then follow the steps to add the appropriate header to your essay
  5. Make sure that if you make adjustments to your essay, you fix the spacing on your works cited (it should start at the top of a page, not in the middle)
Formatting Your Paper in MLA Style
Set up your document properly so you will be successful. MLA style requires you to do the following:
  1. Type your essay in Times New Roman, size 12 font
  2. Double space your entire essay (even the heading!)
  3. Do NOT quadruple space in between paragraphs. When you move on to the next paragraph, hit enter ONCE, indent, & begin
  4. Indent each new paragraph 5 spaces (tab key once)
  5. Proper nouns (artist/author names, titles of pieces) all get capitalized properly
  6. Titles of books and paintings are italicized. Titles of poems go in quotes
  7. Use in-text (parenthetical) citations after each example taken from a book, painting, website, etc.
  8. Do NOT use personal pronouns in formal writing (I, you, us, we, etc.)
  9. Use transitions within and between your paragraphs to show movement from one idea to the next
  10. Always include your works cited as the last page of a formal essay
Adding a header to your essay 
  1. Go to page one of your essay
  2. Choose Insert > Header
  3. Hit enter once so your header does not get cut off when printing
  4. Type your LAST NAME only
  5. Make sure your name is right-aligned and is in Times New Roman size 12 font (should match your essay)
  6. Then, hit the space bar once
  7. Choose Insert > Page Number, Top of Page
Adding a heading to your essay 
  1. Before all of your typing for your essay, begin on page one with a heading
  2. Your heading should begin on the left hand side
  3. Your heading should be in Times New Roman size 12 font
  4. Your heading should be double spaced 
  5. Include the following 4 lines for your heading
  • Your first and last name
  • Your teacher's name
  • Name of class
  • Date (written "backwards")
Adding a title to your essay
  1. Hit enter after your heading. Make sure you are still double-spacing
  2. Center your title and capitalize it appropriately
  3. Your title should be in Times New Roman, size 12 font (same as your essay)
  4. DO NOT underline your title, put it in bold, put it in italics, or put it in quotes! 
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Sample essay format: Be sure to replace my name with your name! Be sure to create your own unique title that reflects the content of this particular essay!


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