Format:
All papers should list your name, my name, the name of the course and the date, single- spaced, at the upper left corner of the first page (NO TITLE PAGE).  All papers must be affixed by a staple in the upper left corner (NO PAPERCLIPS OR LOOSE PAPERS).

12-pt font, double-spaced, except for quotes longer than 2 ½ lines long.  These should be indented one-half inch on each side and single spaced.  Margins should be 1 inch all the way around (i.e., top, bottom, left and right).

Citations:
You should have at least one citation per paragraph and any sentence giving statistics, percentages, etc., should have a citation.  This is the format for citations.

Books, articles with author names and page numbers:
First reference (Brunell, 2002:  23).
Second reference (Brunell, 25).
If you refer to the author by name in the sentence and have already cited her previously, it is acceptable to just have the page number (26).

Internet articles with author, page numbers.
(Cohen, 2002: 2)

Internet articles without author, page numbers:
(WAVE Network, 2002:  http://www.wave-network.org/Main_frame_IC.html)

Works cited format:
Book:
Brunell, Laura.  2002.  How to Write a Paper.  Spokane:  Gonzaga University Press.

Article:
Brunell, Laura.  2002. “How to Write a Bibliography.” How to Write a Paper.  Spokane: Gonzaga University Press.

Article from the Internet with author:
Cohen, Ariel.  2002. “U.S.-Russian Energy Cooperation Is Good Policy.”  Heritage Foundation.  Executive Memorandum #836.  October 10, 2002. http://heritage.org/Research/RussiaandEurasia/em836.cfm

Article from the Internet without author:
WAVE Network. 2002.  European Information Centre Against Violence:
A Daphne Project.  Info Centre.
http://www.wave-network.org/Main_frame_IC.html

Sources/Research Hints:
You must rely on BOTH internet AND conventional sources (books, journal articles, newspaper articles, magazine articles).

For books, you must cast the net wider than the collection at Foley Center.  This will entail searching the on-line catalogs of one or two LARGE, RESEARCH-ORIENTED UNIVERSITY LIBRARIES.  Some general suggestions are: Harvard University, University of Michigan, University of Chicago, University of North Carolina, UC Berkeley, UCLA, and University of Washington.  Many universities have specific areas of research expertise, so they may have a good collection in say, African-American literature, Asian culture, Middle Eastern politics, etc.  Please see me or a research librarian at Foley for suggestions on what libraries to search that may offer a good collection on your topic.

Once you identify books and articles from specific journals via these other library sources, then return to Foley Center’s homepage.  Search for the materials in our library.  If we do not own them, fill out an Interlibrary Loan request form and submit it.  Normally, you will receive your materials within a week to 10 days.

On-line indexes/databases:
From Foley Center Library’s homepage, click on the “Indexes & Databases” link or click here.  Once there, scroll down the list of general sources. Click on Academic Search Premier and then do some searches using this search engine.  After this, you may also want to try FirstSearch, ProQuest, WorldCat, or other databases available via the “Indexes & Databases” page.

If you are looking for journalism on public affairs kinds of issues, you may want to search the archives of major newspapers such as the New York Times, The Financial Times, The Guardian, The Washington Post, The L.A. Times, etc.  Sometimes you have to pay to download their articles, however.