7. MLA style formatting rules must be followed. The Library college web site has information about this. 8. Typed double-spaced—do not triple space between paragraphs, pictures, images and graphs do not count towards your 8-10 pages and should be included in an appendix. 9. 12 point font 10. Number pages 11. One inch margins (side/top/bottom) of paper 12. Grammar 13. No Bullets 14. No “I” or “My” in the paper unless it is in your opinion section. 15. Cover letter (with your name, topic, class and section number) 16. Research (Information) 17. Plagiarism will create illegal ramifications and results in failing the class. See plagiarism on page 3 of the syllabus. 18. Citations in paper * 19. Citation Page 20. 5 Sources (At least 3 from Journal articles, scholarly books, non websites) a. Wikepedia is not a source!!!! 21. Please include a hard copy of ALL Websites referenced in folder or your paper packet. 1. Minimum of 5 primary sources. 2. Acceptable and unacceptable sources. a. Acceptable Sources: Professional Research Journals, scholarly books by researchers or qualified writers. Internet options: Information websites such as www.WHO.org or www.CDC.gov are acceptable but limited to only 2 website primary sources. You can use more than 2 website sources, however they will not count towards your 5 sources. b. Unacceptable Sources: Newspapers or any publication that has advertisements. 3. Must be current sources (within the last 5 years) 2002 to present. Please use your judgment on this…some topics might only have research from a while back, other topics such as HIV should be fairly recent as information is constantly changing. 4. If you choose to use websites, a copy of ALL WEBSITE sources must be handed in with the paper so choose your websites wisely. Get a folder with 2 pockets. A failure to do this will result in points taken off the research paper.