Analyze your personality type using the Myers Briggs personality type
indicator
http://careerplanning.about.com/gi/dynamic/offsite.htm?zi=1/XJ/Ya&sdn=care
erplanning&zu=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.personalitypathways.com%2Ftype_inven
tory.html.
 Take a career quiz
Princeton Review career quiz
http://www.princetonreview.com/cte/quiz/quizoverview.asp.
Career Interest Game
http://careerplanning.about.com/gi/dynamic/offsite.htm?zi=1/XJ/Ya&sdn=
careerplanning&zu=http%3A%2F%2Fcareer.missouri.edu%2Fstudents%2Fe
xplore%2Fthecareerinterestsgame.php.
 Do the research
 Use the Internet and reference books to research information on
prospective careers
 Interview someone in the field in which you’re interested
clearly and concisely states the main point
of your paper
is arguable
is located at the end of the intro paragraph
 mentions career and main point of essay
Example:
General subject: Careers
Specific topic: Nutritionist
Thesis statement: The role of a nutritionist is vital, although it can
be difficult to become one.
Heading
Header
Title
Thesis:
I.
Introduction
II. Category #1
A. Examples, evidence, stats., etc.
B. Examples, evidence, stats., etc.
III. Category #2
A. Examples, evidence, stats., etc.
B. Examples, evidence, stats., etc.
IV. Category #3
A. Examples, evidence, stats., etc.
B. Examples, evidence, stats., etc.
V. Category #4
A. Examples, evidence, stats., etc.
B. Examples, evidence, stats., etc.
VI. Conclusion
There are 2 ways to cite web sites:
1. Cite a specific article from the web site
2. Cite the entire web site as a general resource
Specific Article From Web Site
Dybas, Cheryl. “Winter Ice on
Lakes, Rivers, and Ponds: A Thing
of the Past?” National Science
Foundation Web Site. National
Science Foundation, 10 January
2008. Web. 11 March 2008.
Entire Web Site
Smithsonian Web Site. Smithsonian
Institution, 15 February 2008. Web.
10 October 2009.
*If there’s no publisher, write N.p.
*If there’s no date, write n.d.
Dybas, Cheryl. “Winter Ice on Lakes, Rivers,
and Ponds: A Thing of the Past?” National
Science Foundation Web Site. National
Science Foundation, 10 January 2008. Web.
11 March 2008.
1. Author’s name
2. Title of article
3. Title of scholarly project, database, periodical or professional or
personal site (underlined); or, for a site with no title, a
description such as Home Page
4. Name of any institution or organization sponsoring or
associated with the web site
5. Date of electronic publication
6. Medium of publication
7. Date when you found the resource
Bennett, Jessica. “From Lockers to Lockup.”
Newsweek 2 February 2007: n. pag.
Infotrac. Web. 2 January 2008.
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
6.
7.
8.
Author’s name
Title of article
Title of periodical
Date of publication
Page number (use n. pag. If there’s no page #)
Title of database
Medium of publication
Date when you found the resource
“United States Population.” The World Almanac
and Book of Facts. 2008. Print.
1.Title of article
2.Title of reference book
3.Year reference book was
published
4.Medium of publication
Updike, John. Personal Interview. 12 November
2008.
1.Interviewee’s name
2.Source type
3.Date of Interview
Step 2:
1:
Step3:4:
Step
Punctuate
carefully
Arrange
source
cards
alphabetically
by author

Start
a
new
file
for
your
works
cited
page

Capitalize
first,
last,
and
all
major
words
in and
Underline
or
italicize
book
titles,
periodicals,
Do
NOT
number
the entries
onhyphens
your
cited
 Be
sure
to number
the header
so works
it appears
titles,
including
those
following
in
film
titles
page
to be the
LAST page of your research paper
compound
words
Put quotation marks around the titles of articles
Double
space
youruse
entire
paper
Ifthere
is no
author,
the title
ofevenly
the article or
 Begin
each entryword
flushofwith
lefttitle
oneto
inch
the
first significant
the the
article
margin
alphabetize
 Indent one-half inch after the first line of
each entry if the entry goes beyond one line
Must be provided for the following within
your paper:
Direct quotations (p. 21)
Paraphrases (p. 24)
Summaries (p. 26)
Maps, tables, charts, graphs, or other
diagrams you did not create
Charts constructed using someone else’s
information