RESEARCH PAPER



RESEARCH PAPER

• TOPIC:

o Your field, major, career choice

• FOCUS:

1. History of field/major

2. Jobs for the major

3. Professional organizations, affiliations, or clubs for major/field

4. Salary

5. Future of field

• outlook

• 5, 10, 15 years

o What changes in responsibilities, technologies, pay, …?

• POSSIBLE SOURCES:

o LCCC Library Databases ()

o

o Bureau of Labor & Statistics ()

o Occupational Outlook Handbook ()

o Job’s Official Site

o A Course’s Text Book

• ASSIGNMENT: (the paper is based on these)

o activities #2, 4, 8 (p.#560: research paper, abstract, interview)

o with Interviews

o with Abstracts

• CITE:

o Because this is a research paper, you will be incorporating borrowed information.

o Because you will be incorporating borrowed information, you will need to CITE properly.

o After EACH sentence of borrowed information, place a parenthetical citation.

o Cite immediately, not eventually.

▪ Cite individual sentences.

▪ You cannot cite an entire paragraph.

o Author’s Last Name + page number

▪ (Smith 89).

▪ If no author, use a truncated form of the “Article Title”

• (“Article” 89).

▪ If no page numbers, use “Subheadings” or paragraph numbers

• (Smith “Salaries by Area”).

• (Smith par.6).

OUTLINE

|PAGE #1 HEADER |

|(upper right-hand corner) |

|Your name |

|My name |

|Course & section |

|Due date |

|Assignment |

|(centered) |

|Title |

|(pages 2+) |

|Last Name-page # |

| |

|INTRODUCTION |

|begin the Introduction 2 spaces below the title |

|introduce your topic (major/field) |

|end with a thesis that lists the sequence of topics to follow |

| |

|BODY |

|incorporate your research |

|organize your information logically, coherently |

|follow the sequence of the “Focus” |

|no headings |

|“academic writing” |

|Introduction paragraph |

|Body paragraphs |

|Conclusion paragraph |

| |

|CONCLUSION |

|end with a concluding paragraph |

|highlight the main points of the paper |

|draw conclusions (based on the information presented in the Body) |

| |

|WORKS CITED |

|follow proper MLA format |

|include the articles from the Abstracts |

|include the Interview |

|list alphabetically (not numerically) |

|do NOT number |

|employ “reverse indentation” |

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