Global Studies Research Paper Checklist:
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Size 12, Times New Roman Font
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Black Ink
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One Inch Margins on all sides
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Double-space the entire document, with the exception of direct quotations
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No extra space between paragraphs
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All pages except the first page of text must be numbered in the upper right hand corner with Arabic numerals,
preceded by your last name. Example: Mattie 2.
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No heading on the first page of text
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Cover Page including: title, your name, due date, class period
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Any pictures used in the cover page should have the URL and photo credit underneath the photo
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Cover page should not be included in page numbering
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Endnotes, beginning on a new page at the end of the paper labeled “notes”
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Make sure you correctly block quotations (single spaced, indented, justified, size 11 font)
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Endnotes are numbered, not in roman numerals
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Bibliography page, on a new page after endnotes
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No contractions. For example: instead of “can’t” write out “can not”
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Write out all numbers under 10. For example: write “one,” rather than “1”.
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Write out number if it is the first word in the sentence
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Avoid using parentheses
If you choose to incorporate images or appendices, these are the requirements:
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URL’s for all cover images obtained for the Internet should be listed directly below the image; no bibliography
entry is required.
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Appendices for images, charts, or graphs should be located at the end of the paper, after the works cited page.
If you have multiple appendices, label them using capital letters. For example: (Appendix A), (Appendix B), etc.
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For each appendix, list the source information, in the same style as a bibliography entry, at the bottom of that
particular appendix entry
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When referring to appendices in the text of the essay, you may use parenthesis. For example: “Though, the
oceans rose two inches between 1900 and 1910, polar bear populations were not affected (see Appendix A).
Why Cite???
When presenting research, you must let your reader know the sources of your information to avoid plagiarism.
Plagiarism is stealing somebody's work or idea. The process of copying another person's idea or written work and
claiming it as original is illegal. Thus, the practice of citing your sources, via either in text citations and a work cited page
(Classical Literature) OR endnotes and bibliography (Global Studies) will protect you.
REMEMBER: ALWAYS EITHER CITE IN-TEXT OR ENDNOTE IMMEDIATELY AFTER WRITING INFORMATION IN YOUR
DOCUMENT!!!! DO NOT GO BACK AND ADD CITATIONS TO YOUR FINAL DRAFT AT A LATER DATE. YOU WILL FORGET
WHAT YOU INCLUDED AND WHERE YOU INCLUDED IT!!!!
How to Cite:
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Global Studies (endnotes and bibliography in MLA format)-a. Guidelines for endnotes:
i. Endnotes give credit to your source at the end of your paper, using a superscript number
ii. See Bromfield Writing Guide pg. 19/25
(http://www.psharvard.org/bromfield/documents/reference/bromfield_writing_guide.pdf)
1. When you have determined that you need to cite a source you indicate this by placing a
superscript (raised) number at the end of the sentence in which the information is found. Put the
number immediately after the ending punctuation mark, without a space in between. (As shown
above in the first paragraph.) The numbers should be consecutive throughout the paper – do
not start back at number 1 for each page. Each new item that you are citing gets its own new
number; do not repeat numbers. The corresponding numbers will then be found at the end of
the paper as endnotes, or can be placed at the bottom (foot) of the relevant page (as a footnote).
Most word processing programs have an endnote/footnote function that makes this easy to
do. Look at your toolbar under ‘Insert’, then ‘Footnote’ (then select ‘footnote’ or ‘endnote’ ) –
don’t make unnecessary extra work for yourself!
2. The first time you make a reference to a particular source, you must use the complete citation
format (as indicated in the Gordon Harvey sample.) In subsequent references to that source,
throughout the rest of the paper, use an abbreviated format, with just the author’s last name,
and the page number of the specific information you are referring to. Therefore, a later
reference to Gordon Harvey would simply be noted as:
a.
b.
c.
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Harvey 23. (Note: there is no comma between the author’s name and the page
number.)
b. If the source has no author, the abbreviated reference later in the paper would include
just the title of the source and the page number of the specific information you are
referring to.
Guidelines for bibliography
i. A bibliography is an alphabetized list all sources your consult for assignment
ii. See OWL: Purdue Online Writing Lab for support with MLA formatting and citation
(http://owl.english.purdue.edu/)
Easybib
i. Easybib is a good tool ONLY IF YOU:
1. Choose MLA format
2. Enter all information correctly!!!
3. Copy and paste EACH LINK INDIVIDUALLY in your works cited page or bibliography
4. RE-FORMAT for:
a. Consistency with paper (uniformed double spacing)
b. Hanging indent
c. Alphabetized
5. DOUBLE-CHECK citation to ensure all of the required elements are incorporated (from source
citation colored sheets).
Sample Bibliography
Primary Sources (At least 2):
"Security Council Resolution 955." United Nations Official Document. February 22,
1995. Accessed February 09, 2013.
http://www.un.org/ga/search/view_doc.asp?symbol=S/RES/977(1995).
"Security Council Resolution 1431." United Nations Official Document. August 14,
2002. Accessed February 10, 2013.
http://www.icty.org/x/file/Legal%20Library/Statute/statute_1431_2002_en.pdf.
Security Council. "Statute of the International Tribunal for Rwanda." Statute of the
International Tribunal for Rwanda. Accessed February 09, 2013.
http://www2.ohchr.org/english/law/itr.htm.
Database (At least 1):
Byrnes, Rita M. "Chapter 1. Historical Setting." In South Africa: A Country Study, 1-83.
Washington, D.C.: Library of Congress, 1997.
Chenault, Suzanne. ‘And Since Akayesu? The Development of ICTR Jurisprudence on
Gender Crimes: A Comparison of Akayesu and Muhimana.’ Chenault Macro
Final, December 2, 2008, 221-37.
Cruvellier, Thierry. Court of Remorse: Inside the International Criminal Tribunal for
Rwanda. Translated by Chari Voss. Madison: University of Wisconson Press,
2006.
Sources (Books, Encyclopedias, legitimate internet sources):
Krog, Antjie. Country of My Skull. New York: Three Rivers Press, 1998.
Kusafuka, Ayumi. Truth Commissions and Gender: A South African Case Study.
Publication.
Lemarchand, Rene. "The 1994 Rwanda Genocide." In Century of Genocide: Critical
Essays and Eyewitness Accounts, by Samuel Totten, William S. Parsons, and
Israel W. Charny, 404. New York: Routledge, 2004.
"Manipulator or Human Rights Facilitator? (Extended)." Nieman Reports. Accessed
February 09, 2013. http://www.nieman.harvard.edu/reports/onlineonlyitem.aspx?id=100012.