This is the research paper outline for both history 102 and history 103.

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GUIDELINES FOR RESEARCH PAPER
HISTORY 102 and HISTORY 103

GENERAL REQUIREMENTS:

The paper must be a minimum of five full pages with a range to seven pages. Feel free to extend the number of pages if your interest and topic will benefit. You must have a minimum of five approved references. You may not use general or computer encyclopedias; you may use only three Internet Resources and you must attach a printed copy of the materials you used from the Internet to your paper. NO FINAL PAPER WILL BE ACCEPTED WITHOUT COMPLETION OF A FIRST DRAFT FOR MY REVIEW. The first draft is worth 100 points and the final draft is worth 50 points.

FORMAT:

Use 1” margins and double-spacing. Use no larger than a size 12 print font. Indent each paragraph 5 spaces. Center your title in all caps at the top of the first page - triple space - and begin the first paragraph of your paper. Number pages in the upper right hand corner.

TITLE PAGE:

Center your title in all caps in the middle of the title page. Skip three lines, add your name, also centered. Near the bottom of the page, again centered type:

History 102 or 103 - (Section #)
Professor Bonnie W. May
Semester, Year

Do not number this page. Do not place in a folder. Simply staple the cover page to the paper in the upper left hand corner.

WHAT TO FOOTNOTE:

You must footnote when you use facts or ideas from another writer’s work. All quotations must be footnoted. However, you must also footnote all information derived from another source including that which you paraphrase or summarize closely. This includes interpretations of events by others. The only exceptions are facts, which are considered common knowledge (i.e. the Civil War occurred between 1861 – 1865). When in doubt, footnote!! If you use a substantial idea, organizational structure, quote or paraphrase, give credit. If you do not, you are guilty of plagiarism and intellectual dishonesty. DON’T DO IT.

FOOTNOTES/ENDNOTES:

You may choose to use either footnotes - placed at the bottom of the page where referenced - or endnotes - placed as a group at the end of the paper.

The computer lab is located on the 3rd floor of the Science and Technology Building - Room 370. Hours: M - Th - 8:00 am - 12 midnight; F - 8:00 am -4:30 PM; Sat. - 10:00 am - 4:30 PM; Sun. 12 noon - 4:00 PM.

STYLE OF REFERENCING:

There are a number of styles for footnoting and citing references.

The MLA (Modern Language Association is used in English and Literature. The APA (American Psychological Association) is used in psychology and education courses.

THE STYLE USED IN HISTORY IS BASED ON THE CHICAGO STYLE.

FOOTNOTES/ENDNOTES

Computers as part of their word processing program have a footnote/endnote feature. This feature is usually located under the INSERT Menu. Simply place your cursor at the end of the sentence of passage (after the period) you wish to footnote. Pull down the insert menu and click on Footnotes/Endnotes. Make selections as the screen directs and type in footnote information. When you close the screen, the footnote number will automatically be inserted into your text and your footnote or endnote documentation will appear when you print your paper. You may use footnotes, which will be printed on the bottom of the page where the footnote occurs; or endnotes, which will print the entire list at the end of the paper. Footnotes will automatically be numbered consecutively.

Examples are included below: After number which is inserted, author’s name in normal word order, followed by comma; full title, underlined or in quotation marks, as appropriate, with no comma following; in parentheses: place of publication (including state if the city is not well known) followed by a colon: name of publisher; add a comma and date); comma follows parentheses; page reference.

BOOK - FIRST REFERENCE IN PAPER
         Susan M. Hartman, From Margin to Mainstream: American Women and Politics Since 1960 (New York: McGraw-Hill, Inc., 1989), 58.

BOOK WITH DIFFERENT AUTHORS OF CHAPTERS WITH AN EDITOR - FIRST REFERENCE IN PAPER:
         Sara Evans, The New Feminism and SNCC, 1964-65, in Mary Beth Norton, ed., Major Problems in American Women’s History (Lexington, Mass.: D.C. Heath, 1989), 416.

JOURNAL, PERIODICAL OR MAGAZINE - FIRST REFERENCE IN PAPER:

         "What the Great Society Is Going to Cost," U.S. News and World Report, LIX (October 15, 1965), 51.

MULTIPLE AUTHORS:
         3. List all authors. Proceed as for single author.

** NOTE: FOR LATER REFERENCES TO BOOKS OR ARTICLES ALREADY LISTED:
List only last name of author, a shortened title and page no.
         4. Boles. Religion in the South, 28.

NEWSPAPER:
         5. John Herbers, "Dr. King Rebuts Hoover Charges," New York Times, November 20, 1964, 14.

INTERNET OR ONLINE REFERENCE:
         6. H. G. Wells. The War of the Worlds. Internet, day, month, and year, Available: (Site Address).

FOR OTHER SOURCES, CHECK WITH ME.

REFERENCE BIBLIOGRAPHY

THIS IS THE LAST PAGE OF YOUR PAPER AND IS REQUIRED. IT IS A FULL LISTING OF THE REFERENCES YOU USED FOR YOUR PAPER.

FORMAT: CENTER THE WORD REFERENCES AT THE TOP OF THE PAGE.

Arrange references alphabetically by author’s last name. Start at regular margin on first line and indent subsequent lines, 5 spaces. Double space reference listing. List author’s last name first, then first names, always ending with a period; full title, underlined r in quotation marks, as appropriate; place of publication, followed by a comma, and then the date, ending with a period. See examples:

BOOK:

Hartman, Susan M. From Margin to Mainstream: American Women and Politics Since 1960. New York, McGraw Hill, Inc., 1989.

ARTICLES:

Mueller, John E. Trends in Popular Support for the Wars in Korea and Vietnam. American Political Science Review, 65 (June 1971) 360 -369.

BOOK WITH DIFFERENT AUTHORS OF CHAPTERS AND AN EDITOR:

Evans, Sara. "The New Feminism and SNCC, 1964-1965." Major Problems in American Women’s History. Edited by Mary Beth Norton. Lexington, Mass., D.C. Heath, 1989.

MULTIPLE AUTHORS: List all authors alphabetically by last name and proceed as for a one-author reference.

NEWSPAPERS:

Herbers, John. "Dr. King Rebuts Hoover Charges." New York Times, November 20, 1964, 14.

ONLINE:

Wells, H.G. War of the Worlds. Internet: Day, month, year. Site: Address.

ORAL HISTORY GUIDELINES:

Oral history is the oldest form of transmitting the past to us.
  1. Make a formal appointment with the person you wish to interview, even if it is a family member.
  2. Tell them the topic you plan for the interview and ask them if they have any materials that would help support your interview. For example, discharge papers from the military, pictures, letters, etc. can help both of you understand your topic. Also, let them know if you plan to take notes or use a tape or video recorder.
  3. Before your interview, make a list of the questions you want to cover.
    Example:
    1. What made you decide to join the Army in WW II?
    2. Where did you get your basic training and what was it like?
    3. What were you concerned about when you learned you were going into battle.
    4. Can you describe your experiences during the D-day invasion? Specific questions to your topic.
  4. Make sure before your interview that your equipment works.
  5. Prepare yourself. The more you know from your texts and other materials about the general topic the better your interview will be.
  6. Be sensitive. Sometimes, when talking about our personal experiences that have been difficult, we are uncomfortable sharing our innermost feelings. An interview subject always has the right to privacy.
  7. Using your material for your paper.

    Your interview should support your topic. Therefore, you will need to introduce the the material you gained from your interview. You may provide an introduction by giving a brief description of your subject and why you selected him or her to interview. However, remember you are an objective historian, not a family member.

    As a veteran of the D-Day invasion, Donald Clark recalled: "As we were attempting to land on the beach, our amphibious vehicle was fired upon, killing five of our force."

    See footnote citation below.

  8. Release: You should have permission from your subject to print information from the interview. It is also a gesture of good faith to allow your subject to read your work and make any changes. Simply type up a release form such as the following:
    Release of interview information:
    I give permission for                (student's name)                to use information gained from this interview for their research paper requirement in History 103 at NKU during the           semester of          . (Spring, Summer or Fall, Year)
    Signature                                       (person being interviewed) Date