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	Sociology and Anthropology Mission Statement, Vision and Majors' Goals Departmental Requirements Course Scheduling Worksheet Student Handbook Senior Seminar Faculty Bio-Sketches Criminal Justice Program Human Services Field Placement Manual Human Services Field Placement Student Evaluation Human Services Field Placement Field Faculty Questionnaire Social Studies Certification Program Pre-Law Program	Department of Sociology and Anthropology Senior Seminar Guidelines for Research Paper All papers must include the following sections and sections must be in the following order: Introduction Literature Review History Concepts/Theory Your (individual) section Conclusion Bibliography Rubric for Senior Seminar Research Paper Except for the bibliography section, which appears on a separate page at the very end of your paper, all other sections should follow immediately after the previous section. In other words, do not begin a new section on a new page. Papers should be 20 pages in length, excluding reference and bibliography pages. All papers must be double spaced and typed (10 or 12 point type) in normal font (for example, Times New Roman). All papers must include a title page, which includes the title of the paper and your name. Except for the title page, every page of your paper must be numbered. All graphs, charts, and tables must be constructed by using a computer software program. All papers must include references within your paper; either the parenthesis (Smith 1996:23-46) style or consecutively numbered notes (footnotes or endnotes), for example 1, 2, 3 are acceptable. Notes should appear in superscript format, such as ^1 and ^2 in your paper. If consecutively number notes are used, a bibliography paper is still required. Use your college dictionary or another good academic reference to prepare your bibliography page. If you are using footnotes or endnotes in your paper, you should also make use of a college dictionary or another good academic reference. Web sites below are carefully selected to provide necessary information and assist you in preparing your research paper. Citation Style for Research Paper A Guide for Writing Research Papers, APA-Style A Guide for Writing Research Papers. This online guide, based on American Psychological Association-style documentation forms, provides instruction on basic research techniques, paper A Guide for Writing Research Papers, MLA-Style Modern Language Association (MLA) format provides writers with a system for cross-referencing their sources--from their parenthetical references to their works cited page. This cross-referencing system allows readers to locate the publication information of source material. Columbia Guide to Online Style A guide to locating, translating, and using the elements of citation for both a humanities style (i.e., MLA and Chicago) and a scientific style (APA and CBE) for electronically-accessed sources. A Research Guide for Students The goal of this site is to provide all the necessary tools for students to conduct research and to present their findings. Basic Steps in the Research Process The list is a guideline for you to use. Not everyone will do these steps in the same order and you may go back and forth between them. Writing Research Papers: A Step-by-Step Procedure Guide to Grammar and Writing How to Write an A+ Research Paper A step by step guide to writing good research paper. A+ Research and Writing A proven approach to success on your research paper. Format for a Research Paper Plagiarism: How to Avoid It When others, including students, use an author's work and present it as their own without giving proper credit, they are dishonest, and this leads to plagiarism. Students' Guide to Preventing and Avoiding Plagiarism Literature Review: A Few Tips on Conducting It A literature review is an account of what has been published on a topic by accredited scholars and researchers. How to Write a Literature Review Excellent site to teach you how to prepare survey of scholarly articles, books and other sources relevant to a particular issue, area of research, or theory. Using the Internet for Social Science Research and Practice Discusses major Internet tools and provides descriptions of useful Web sites in psychology, sociology, criminology, social work, anthropology, political science, history, and geography; Social Sciences Virtual Library This document keeps track of online information as part of The World-Wide Web Virtual Library. Sites are inspected and evaluated for their adequacy as information sources before they are linked from here. Dictionary.com Dictionary.com is a multi-source dictionary search service produced by Lexico Publishing Group, LLC, a leading provider of language reference products and services on the Internet. Internet Public Library Online newspapers from around the world. Sociology Topics Yahoo! Social Science > Sociology Lincoln University of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania 1570 Baltimore Pike, P.O. Box 179, Lincoln University, PA 19352 \ 484-365-8148
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