Thread:Prodigy X/@comment-1493741-20130913060813/@comment-3008090-20131015171559

Well, you should have to see all the hoops I have to jump through just to get this done. Hang on, I will copy and paste the criteria....

**NOTE**  No quotes (use of quotations copied word for word from the original text) are allowed in your paper. If your paper is found to contain quotes, the percentage that is quoted will be deducted. For instance, if 10% of your paper is quoted, you will lose 10% of the total points available. If more than 10% is found to be quoted, the paper will be returned to you with a grade of -0-. Anything copied word for word and not in quotation marks is plagiarism and will be put on file but this should not be a problem since nothing word for word is allowed period. All work must be in your own words.


 * IMPORTANT** All parts of the paper must be submitted in Microsoft Word format (.doc or .docx) using the supplied template.    If you do not have Word, the college computer labs do and you will need to use them to type your final paper.  I will not accept work submitted in other formats.  Do NOT use Microsoft Works, Word Perfect or other formats.

2. Length of paper: the length of the paper not counting the cover sheet or reference pages must be 6-10 pages.

3. Resources for your paper: you must use academically acceptable resources for your references. When you find a resource that you feel you would like to use, you must critique it for validity. You critique the AUTHOR, not the material and always ask why you would consider the author an expert whose word you would accept on a topic.

References must be current: this means no more than 10 years old for purposes of this paper.

You must have a minimum of 10 references in your paper. You may use full length books, library data base sources or the Internet. Library sources are hard cover books or journals OR sources that are accessed through library databases using your password. Internet sources are those accessed through a search engine or by going directly to the URL. Many students have difficulty critiquing sources found on the Internet (remember, if you cannot identify the author if material found on the Internet, do not use it).

 Do NOT use the following types of sources:  4. Formatting: your papers must be done using APA format. Be sure to include a title page, the body of the paper and a reference page. Use Times New Roman font in size 12 point. A template has been provided for you and must be used.
 * Wikipedia
 * Encyclopedia (including electronic encyclopedia or almanacs such as Encarta), dictionaries or similar works.
 * Popular magazines (Time, Newsweek, etc.)
 * Media or news sources (PBS, other sources that are for giving news)
 * Travel or other commercial sources from the Internet
 * Student work found on the Internet (beware of the .edu sites and know who the author is).
 * Work for which you cannot identify the author (the author can be a person or an organization/government department.
 * Work from homework help sites such as ask.com or similar
 * Your textbook.

6. Your paper must be cited using APA format. This means that you MUST have in-text notation (citation in the body of the paper that indicates where you are using knowledge obtained from a reference. A paper is not considered to be cited without in-text citation and will not be accepted with a reference list alone. A reference list does NOT cite a paper, but is merely a list of where the citations are from.

7. Use spell checking and grammar checking tools. Proofread before turning in your paper.