PSA+Research+Paper+Information


 * PSA Capstone Research Paper Guide **


 * How to Submit Components: **
 * Option 1: Email the Capstone Coordinator and attach your file at psacapstone@gmail.com
 * Option 2: Use Google Docs and share your document with the Capstone Coordinator at psacapstone@gmail.com
 * Option 3: Drop off a hard copy of your document __ (always have backup copies!)


 * Research Paper Overview **
 *  Your paper will be divided into FOUR major sections.
 * Section I: The Proposal Overview
 * Section II: The Initial Process
 * Section III: Research Findings
 * Section IV: Conclusions and Extensions
 * [|Click here for a detailed description of each section and its content.]


 * The Outline and Annotated Bibliography **
 * An outline should provide a brief overview of what you will have in each section. There are several different ways to create an outline. Click below for a guide and examples.
 * [|How to Outline]
 * [|Types of Outlines]


 * <span style="font-family: 'Palatino Linotype','Book Antiqua',Palatino,serif; font-size: 20px;">An annotated bibliography provides two major pieces of information.
 * 1) <span style="font-family: 'Palatino Linotype','Book Antiqua',Palatino,serif; font-size: 20px;">An MLA formatted citation of each of your primary sources
 * 2) <span style="font-family: 'Palatino Linotype','Book Antiqua',Palatino,serif; font-size: 20px;">A description of how you are going to use that source and/or what information you will be taking from it.


 * <span style="font-family: 'Palatino Linotype','Book Antiqua',Palatino,serif; font-size: 20px;">Below are several resources that will help you create a correctly formatted MLA-style annotated bibliography
 * <span style="font-family: 'Palatino Linotype','Book Antiqua',Palatino,serif; font-size: 20px;">[|A Basic Guide to Annotated Bibliographies]
 * <span style="font-family: 'Palatino Linotype','Book Antiqua',Palatino,serif; font-size: 20px;">[|A Sample MLA-style Annotated Bibliography Entry]
 * <span style="font-family: 'Palatino Linotype','Book Antiqua',Palatino,serif; font-size: 20px;">Current MLA Style Guides
 * <span style="font-family: 'Palatino Linotype','Book Antiqua',Palatino,serif; font-size: 20px;">[|Electronic Sources]
 * <span style="font-family: 'Palatino Linotype','Book Antiqua',Palatino,serif; font-size: 20px;">[|Books]
 * <span style="font-family: 'Palatino Linotype','Book Antiqua',Palatino,serif; font-size: 20px;">[|Newspapers/Magazines]
 * <span style="font-family: 'Palatino Linotype','Book Antiqua',Palatino,serif; font-size: 20px;">[|Other Common Sources]
 * <span style="font-family: 'Palatino Linotype','Book Antiqua',Palatino,serif; font-size: 20px;">[|Citation Style Guide] - this is a large document that you can print and use to help you create citations for almost any source


 * <span style="font-family: 'Palatino Linotype','Book Antiqua',Palatino,serif; font-size: 26px;">Drafting Your Paper **
 * <span style="font-family: 'Palatino Linotype','Book Antiqua',Palatino,serif; font-size: 20px;">You will write a minimum of three drafts of your Capstone research paper. You must achieve "Effective" on all sections of the Capstone Writing Rubric to complete this component.
 * <span style="font-family: 'Palatino Linotype','Book Antiqua',Palatino,serif; font-size: 20px;">[|Click here for a detailed guide to writing your research paper]
 * <span style="font-family: 'Palatino Linotype','Book Antiqua',Palatino,serif; font-size: 20px;">[|Click here to see the Capstone Writing Rubric]
 * <span style="font-family: 'Palatino Linotype','Book Antiqua',Palatino,serif; font-size: 20px;">Click here to see sample, graded, Capstone papers.


 * <span style="font-family: 'Palatino Linotype','Book Antiqua',Palatino,serif; font-size: 26px;">Research and Works Cited **
 * <span style="font-family: 'Palatino Linotype','Book Antiqua',Palatino,serif; font-size: 20px;">Use the following guides to help you correctly use research, avoid plagiarism, and create a correct Works Cited page.
 * <span style="font-family: 'Palatino Linotype','Book Antiqua',Palatino,serif; font-size: 20px;">[|Using Research: Quotations]
 * <span style="font-family: 'Palatino Linotype','Book Antiqua',Palatino,serif; font-size: 20px;">[|Using Research: Paraphrasing]
 * <span style="font-family: 'Palatino Linotype','Book Antiqua',Palatino,serif; font-size: 20px;">[|Using In-Text Citations: A Guide]
 * <span style="font-family: 'Palatino Linotype','Book Antiqua',Palatino,serif; font-size: 20px;">[|Plagiarism: An Overview]
 * <span style="font-family: 'Palatino Linotype','Book Antiqua',Palatino,serif; font-size: 20px;">[|Is It Plagiarism: A Guide]


 * <span style="font-family: 'Palatino Linotype','Book Antiqua',Palatino,serif; font-size: 20px;">For your Works Cited page, you can use your Annotated Bibliography. Simply remove sources that you did not cite in your research paper, and remove the annotations.
 * <span style="font-family: 'Palatino Linotype','Book Antiqua',Palatino,serif; font-size: 20px;">[|Works Cited Page: A Guide]
 * <span style="font-family: 'Palatino Linotype','Book Antiqua',Palatino,serif; font-size: 20px;">[|Sample Works Cited Page]