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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