Research proposal

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RESEARCH PROPOSAL

Research Proposal

Your Name

Date

California State University, San Bernardino

Research Proposal

1. Topic Sentence will go here stating what your research paper will be about.

2. Include a summary for your research here. It should be about a paragraph or longer, but likely not more than two paragraphs. Include as much detail as you can about the topic, the history of the topic, why it is important, and how your research will further the current literature on the topic. Please provide a brief explanation of your main ideas or points for the paper. Be sure the paragraph flows and transitions between ideas. Might be useful as an introduction or abstract paragraph in your final research paper.

3. Annotated Bibliography – 3 Sources

Book – Use this format ONLY if you are citing a book and duplicate if you are citing multiple books.

Authors’s Last Name, Initials. (Year of publication). Title. Publication city, state, or

country: Publisher.

Here, you should provide a summary of the article as well as a critique of how it will be incorporated into your own research. Do not simply restate the information of the book but must also include your critique. This should be at least a paragraph. Be sure to include some specific details from the source. Make sure you assess what point of your paper it will tie to and/or how useful it is.

Article – Use this template ONLY if you are citing a journal article and duplicate the format if you are using multiple journal articles.

Author’s Last Name, Initials. (Year). Title of article. Title of Journal, volume, pages. Retrieve from weblink

Here, you should provide a summary of the article as well as a critique of how it will be incorporated into your own research. Do not simply restate the information of the book but must also include your critique. This should be at least a paragraph. Be sure to include some specific details from the source. Make sure you assess what point of your paper it will tie to and/or how useful it is.

4. Outline – Feel free to be as detailed in your outline as you can be

a. Main Point #1 should be explained here.

i. Subpoint

ii. Subpoint

b. Main Point #2 should be explained here.

i. Subpoint

ii. Subpoint

c. Main Point #3 should be explained here.

i. Subpoint

ii. Subpoint