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1. Choose a topic for your research paper from the list that has been provided in Bb Learn under Course Content: All Instructions.

2. Papers must be a MINIMUM of ten pages long (8 full pages of text, one page for references and one cover page). No headings should be repeated on the eight pages of text – they belong on the cover page. Write a minimum of eight pages of text on that research topic.

3. Include a minimum of eight scholarly references (social science journals, law books; and/or websites that are sponsored by academics and/or professionals) and include a bibliography at the end of the paper using ASA formatting. One of those references can be from ONE of our texts; the other references must come from separate academic journal articles NOT news articles or random websites.

4. Do not include Wikipedia or other encyclopedia/dictionary usages among the ten references.

5. USE ASA WRITING STYLE ONLY; AN ASA FORMATTING GUIDE CAN BE FOUND IN Bb LEARN UNDER COURSE CONTENT: ALL INSTRUCTIONS OR ONLINE.

6. Double-Space, use 12 point normal font (Times New Roman only) and margins no greater than 1.25” on all sides. DO NOT MANIPULATE FONTS AND/OR FORMATTING TO SATISFY THE LENGTH CRITERIA (SHORT PAPERS WILL NOT EARN CREDIT). DO NOT INCLUDE LONG QUOTES OVER FORTY WORDS; LIMIT SHORT QUOTES TO ONLY 3-4

7. Papers will only be accepted in Bb Learn under “Assessments” as an attached file as either rich text format or Word document (do not save your documents as .pdf, .lnk, .wps, pages, or .odt – some of these will not open in Bb Learn). DO NOT SUBMIT IN Bb LEARN MESSAGES, NAU EMAIL, OR HARD COPY.

GENERAL INSTRUCTIONS FOR RESEARCH PAPER:
AN INTRODUCTION ON HOW TO WRITE A LITERATURE REVIEW
1. CHOOSE TOPIC BASED ON INTEREST OR AVAILABLE
ACADEMIC RESOURCES
2. GATHER AT LEAST 8 JOURNAL ARTICLES RELATED TO YOUR TOPIC AND WRITEN BY ACADEMICS
A. If all 8 journal articles are used and cited in the paper, you may add other sources
3. PRINT OUT ARTICLES TO MAKE NOTETAKING EASIER
4. READ ARTICLES WHILE MAKING NOTES IN THE MARGINS AND HIGHLIGHTING SIGNIFICANT INFORMATION
5. AS YOU READ, YOU WILL BEGIN TO SEE COMMON THEMES; OR OPPOSING THEMES; OR DIFFERENTSCHOOLS OF THOUGHT ON YOUR SUBJECT
THROUGHOUT THE READINGS
6. CHOOSE HOW YOU WANT TO PRESENT THIS
A. Demonstrate opposing views

B. Demonstrate your own views by choosing

academic articles that support your point of view

C. Include names, dates, and statistics to support or oppose
7. ASK YOURSELF HOW THIS INFORMATION YOU’VE COLLECTED AFFECTS THE POPULATION YOU ARE WRITING ABOUT
8. MAKE SURE YOUR AUTHORS AND NAMES, DATES, STATISTICS,ARE CITED WITHIN THE TEXT AS WELL AS IN A LIST AT THE END

ASA Format
The American Sociological Association Style is intended for use by authors preparing
manuscripts for publication in ASA journals. This handout is intended for students who are
instructed to use ASA style when writing research papers. Consult the American Sociological
Association Style Guide for more detailed information (Ref Desk HM 569.A54 2007).
Manuscript Format
•All text (including footnotes & references) must be doubled spaced and in a
12 point type.
•Margins must be at least 1¼ inches on all four sides.
•A separate title page including title of paper, name(s) & institution(s) of authors,
word count for the manuscript (including footnotes and references), title footnote
(includes names, addresses of authors, acknowledgements, credits, and grants).
•If required, on a separate page provide a short (150-200 word) abstract headed
with the title.
•Begin the text of the paper on a separate page headed with the title of the paper.
Citations in Text
•If author’s name is in the text, follow it with the publication year in parentheses:
When Chu (1977) studied…
•If the author’s name is not in the text, enclose the last name and year in parentheses:
When the study was completed… (Jones 1994).
•If the page number is to be included, it follows the year of publication after a colon, with
no space between the colon and the page number:
…as reported by Chavez (1966:16).
•For three authors, give all last names in the first citation in the text. Afterwards use the
first name and “et al.” For more than three names, use the first author’s last name plus
“et al.” Examples as follow:
Three authors, first in-text citation = (Smith, Garcia and Lee 1954)
Three authors, later in-text citations = (Smith et al. 1954)
More than three authors = (Snow et al. 1999)
•Quotations in the text must begin and end with quotation marks. The citation follows the
end-quote mark and precedes the period, as follows:
“In the late 1990s, reported data shows that technologically oriented jobs paid better”
(Hildenbrand 1999:47).
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Footnotes & Endnotes
•Try to avoid footnotes, but if necessary, use footnotes to cite material of limited
availability or to add information presented in a table.
•Footnotes should be numbered consecutively throughout the essay with superscript
Arabic numerals and included at the bottom of the manuscript page or in a separate
section headed “Endnotes.”
Reference List
•References follow the text and endnotes in a separate section headed “References.”
•All references cited in the text must be listed and vice-versa.
•Remember: Like all other parts of the manuscript, references should be
double-spaced.
•List references in alphabetical order by author’s last names.
•Use hanging indention (see examples below).
•Invert the author’s name (type it last name first). If there are two or more authors,
invert only the first author’s name.
•Arrange multiple items by the same author in order by year of publication, earliest
year first.
•Use six hyphens and a period (——.) in place of the name(s) for repeated authorship.
•Distinguish works by the same author in the same year by adding letters (e.g. 1993a,
1993b, 1993c).
•Use italics for book and periodical titles (underline if italics are not available).
•If no date is available use “N.d.” in place of the date.
•Include both city and state for place of publication (except for New York) using U.S.
Postal Code abbreviations. For foreign cities provide the name of the country.
Examples of Citations
Books
The basic form for a book entry includes…
1. Author’s last name, followed by a comma and author’s first name and middle initial,
ending with a period.
2. Year of publication followed by a period.
3. Title of book italicized ending with a period. Follow with edition number if 2nd ed.
or later.
4. City and state of publication, followed by a colon and name of publisher, ending
with a period.
– Book with One Author
Bergesen, Albert. 2006. The Depth of Shallow Culture: The High Art of Shoes, Movies, Novels,
Monsters, and Toys. Boulder, CO: Paradigm Publishers.
– Book with Two Authors
Mouer, Ross and Hirosuke Kawanishi. 2005. A Sociology of Work in Japan. New York:
Cambridge University Press.
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– Chapter in Book
Holley, P.D. and D.E. Wright, Jr. 2006. “A Sociology of Rib Joints.” Pp. 46-53 in
McDonaldization: The Reader, edited by George Ritzer. Thousand Oaks, CA: Pine
Forge Press.
– Book with No Author (List books alphabetically by the first significant word in the title.)
Merriam-Webster’s Collegiate Dictionary. 2005. 11th ed. Springfield, MA: Merriam-Webster.
Journal Articles
The basic form for a journal article includes…
1. Author’s last name, followed by a comma and the first name and middle initial ending
with a period.
2. Year of publication followed by a period.
3. Title of article in “quotations,” ending with a period inside the closing quotation mark.
4. Title of journal in italics, no period following.
5. Volume number followed by issue number in parentheses, followed by a colon, page
number(s) and period.
6. For articles retrieved from a commercial database, in parentheses identify the database
source and date of retrieval: (Retrieved from [name of database] on [date of retrieval].)
– Print Journal Article with One Author
Garcia, Alma M. 1998. “An Intellectual Odyssey: Chicana/Chicano Studies Moving Into the
Twenty-first Century.” Journal of American Ethnic History 18(1):109.
– Print Journal Article with Two or More Authors
Exum, William H., Robert J. Menges, Bari Watkins, and Patricia Berglund. 1984. “Making It at
the Top: Women and Minority Faculty in the Academic Labor Market.” American
Behavioral Scientist 27(3):301-324.
– Journal Article from a Commercial Database
Brunson, Rod K. and Jody Miller. 2006. “Gender, Race, and Urban Policing: The Experience of
African American Youths.” Gender & Society 20(4):531-552. (Retrieved from Sage
Journals Online on May 18, 2009.)
Newspaper & Magazine Articles
The basic form for a newspaper or magazine entry includes…
1. Author’s last name, followed by a comma and the first name and middle initial,
ending with a period.
2. Year of publication followed by a period.
3. Title of article in “quotations,” ending with a period inside the closing quotation mark.
4. Name of newspaper/magazine in italics, followed by a comma.
5. Month and date of publication followed by a comma.
6. Page number of article within the publication, designated by “pp.” and ending
with a period.
7. For articles retrieved from an online database, in parentheses identify the database
source and date of retrieval: (Retrieved from [name of database] on [date of retrieval].)
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– Print Magazine Article
Jana, Reena. 2000. “Preventing Culture Clashes – As the IT Workforce Grows More Diverse,
Managers Must Improve Awareness Without Creating Inconsistency.” InfoWorld, April
24, pp. 95.
– Newspaper Article from a Commercial Database
Harris, Gardiner. 2007. “Teenage Birth Rate Rises For First Time Since ’91.” New York Times,
December 6, pp. 26. (Retrieved from Lexis/Nexis Academic on January 12, 2008.)
Electronic Resources
– Journal Article from a Commercial Database
Sweeten, Gary, Shawn D. Bushway, and Raymond Paternoster. 2009. “Does Dropping Out of
School Mean Dropping Into Delinquency?” Criminology 47(1):47-91. (Retrieved from
Wiley Interscience on April 23, 2009.)
– Information Posted on a Web Site
Spalter-Roth, Roberta and William Erskine. 2007. “Race and Ethnicity in the Sociology
Pipeline.” Washington, DC: American Sociological Association. Retrieved January 9,
2008 (http://www.asanet.org/galleries/default-file/Minorities_Career_Pipeline.pdf).
– Web-Based Journal Article
Smith, Herman W. and Takako Nomi. 2000. “Is Amae the Key to Understanding Japanese
Culture?” Electronic Journal of Sociology 5:1. Retrieved May 5, 2000
(http://www.sociology.org/content/vol005.001/smith-nomi.html).
– Web Version of Newspaper
Blank, Rebecca M. 2008. “How We Measure Poverty.” Los Angeles Times, September 15.
Retrieved January 7, 2009 (http://www.latimes.com/news/opinion/sunday/
commentary/la-oe-blank15-2008sep15,0,7811609.story).
Other
– Government Documents
U.S. Department of Justice. Federal Bureau of Investigation. 2004. Crime in the United States,
2003: Uniform Crime Reports. Washington, DC: Government Printing Office. (Also
available at http://www.fbi.gov/ucr/ucr.htm.)
– Dissertations & Theses
Valencia, Albert. 1995. “An Examination of Selected Characteristics of Mexican-American
Battered Women and Implications for Service Providers.” Ph.D. dissertation, Department
of Education, University of the Pacific, Stockton, CA.
For additional information, please refer to the American Sociological Association Style Guide
(Ref Desk HM 569.A54 2007).
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