Must be APA format

10 academic references can have citations and quotes as well from sources

1″ margins top/bottom and sides
12 font SINGLE SPACE

– do not leave unnecessary gaps between paragraphs or unnecessary large spaces at the ends of pages as it will appear you are stretching your work to meet a required limit. I will call you on that
– use an appropriate referencing style … use a minimum of 10 academic references

– when you use references from the web, please ensure they are bonafide and accurate. Here the rule of thumb is academic (.edu, .ac); governmental (.gov) are usually accurate as they have been vetted by anonymous experts in the field. Others are more dubious. Also, check to see when the website was last updated. ACEDEMIC JOURNALS PLEASE

– when you cite references from the web, please include not only the website address but also the date that you retrieved them.

– if you do not cite a source in the body of your paper do not put it in your reference section – proofread your work out loud or give it to an enemy to read to catch ambiguous, non- and incomplete sentences

– number your pages

General rules of thumb:
– numbers one through ten are usually written out, 11 and above are usually represented in their numeric form unless they are at the beginning of a sentence in which case they are usually written out.

– be aware that I am particular about grammatical (ie., comma splices) and spelling errors in research papers, ie., be sure to use the correct word (there versus their; society’s versus societies et

*** IMPORTANT**
– use subtitles to signpost the next stop on your trip through your research paper – your paper is to be an analytical one where you critically assess the text in an effort to make your
argument
– your conclusions should briefly reiterate your topic, and what you’ve found in addition to your assessment as well as some suggestions for charting a way forward.
– a minimum of five academic sources must be used