Investing in America

RESEARCH PAPER CHECKLIST

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· THOROUGHLY RESEARCH SUBJECT MATERIAL BASED UPON REPUTABLE SOURCES AND PERSONAL ANALYSIS

· MINIMUM 10 PAGES (INCLUDES TITLE PAGE AND WORK CITED PAGE)

· MINIMUM OF SEVEN AUTHORITATIVE SOURCES INCLUDING:

· One book

· Two Internet sites

· Two TV financial series

· One financial professional

· One relative/friend/colleague

· PROPER COLLEGE LEVEL WRITING AND GRAMMAR

GET HELP FROM THE COLLEGE WRITING LAB IF NEEDED

ALLOW SUFFICIENT TIME

USE SPELL CHECK AND GRAMMAR CHECK IN WORD

· APPROPRIATE HEADINGS LEAD TO EASY READING AND ORGANIZATION

· INTERESTING CHARTS, GRAPHS AND GRAPHICS INSERTED INTO THE PAPER

REMEMBER, ECONOMICS IS OFTEN DESCRIBED IN GRAPHS

AND CHARTS

CITE EACH SOURCE UNDER THE GRAPHIC

· PAPER SUBMITTED WEEK SEVEN AND COPY EMAILED TO [email protected]

MLA FORMAT

Check this website for MLA format and examples:

http://www.dianahacker.com/resdoc/humanities/sample.html

· PAGE NUMBERS

· DOUBLE SPACED

· MAJOR THOUGHTS TAKEN FROM SOURCES DOCUMENTED WITHIN THE PAPER USING ENDNOTES

· GRAPHICS SOURCE CITED UNDER THE GRAPHIC

· WELL FORMATTED AND INCLUSIVE WORK CITED PAGE

· PROPER NUMBER OF RESOURCES CITED AS NOTED IN THE RESEARCH PAPER REQUIREMENTS DOCUMENT.

· CENTER WORK CITED HEADING

· ALPHABETIZE WORKS

· FIRST LINE OF EACH CITATION LEFT JUSTIFIED, ALL OTHERS INDENTED 5 SPACES

· DOUBLE SPACE

Works Cited

(example)

Elliot, George Jr, Pearl Harbor, Hawaii, November 20, 2001 http://www.pearl-harbor.com/arizona/specifications.html

Osier, Michael J. Tour of the USS Arizona Memorial, November 19, 2001 http://krunch.med.yale.edu/~og/hawaii/arizona.html

USS Arizona 1916-1941, Department of the Navy, December 31, 2000 http://www.history.navy.mil/photos/sh-usn/usnsh-a/bb39.htm