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Research Paper Instructions

Your Research Paper will be submitted in 3 parts: topic approval, references page and sentence outline, and final draft.

Topic Approval

 

1.     You can write about anything database-related except the history of databases. You must find something that relates to current and future issues in databases; the following Web site, www.sqlservercentral.com, is an excellent source for ideas.

2.     Write a 1-paragraph summary of what you plan to discuss in your paper. Your instructor will read your proposal and either approve it or suggest that you select another topic. If your topic is not approved, you will have 2 calendar days to resubmit a second proposal for full credit. The summary must be written in 12-point Arial font and be double-spaced.

3.     The 1-paragraph summary must be in 3rd person narrative. That is, do not include any references to yourself (i.e. I, we, my, mine, ours) or the second person (you, yours, etc.). Acceptable pronouns are he, she, his, hers, they, them, theirs, etc.

4.     Select a topic that will allow you to get at least 7 valid references for your Research Paper. Note that Wikipedia is not considered a valid reference. Although your references page will be due in a separate deliverable, you must keep it in mind when selecting your topic.

Submit the Research Paper: Topic Approval in a Word document to Safe Assign by 11:59 p.m. (ET) on Monday of Module/Week 2.

References Page

 

1.     Submit your references (minimum of 7) in a Word document.

2.     Note that Wikipedia is not considered a valid reference. In your paper, be sure to cite everything you get from another source (i.e. direct quotations, charts, pictures, or summaries of someone else’s ideas). Also, be sure to include all of the materials that you have consulted in writing your paper, even if you did not cite them in the body of your paper. The Holy Bible and course textbook can count as 2 of your references.

3.     Use current APA format in the construction of your references page.