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Iona University Libraries Research Guide on Citing Source
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Research Paper
Goal
- Summarize the scope of your research and demonstrate the importance of your study.
Title
- Descriptive title
- Sentence case:
- Capitalize the first word
- Capitalize the first word following a colon or em dash
- Capitalize proper nouns
- Capitalize nouns followed by a numeral or letter
- All other words in lower case
- Do not end with a period - your title should not be a sentence
- Do not start with an article
- Use plain (no bold, italics, or special fonts)
Author(s) & Affiliations
- List names of everyone who contributed - you need to include your research advisor - any lab partners, or other colleagues
- The lead author (usually you) name goes first
- Affiliation usually will be Iona University
Body
- Written in third person
- Written in passive voice
- Be sure to include
- the importance of the research
- any problems you attempted to solve
- the approaches and methods you took
- an overview, not too much detail
- a conclusion but not specific results
- 200 - 500 words (follow instructions of your professor)
Title
- Follow the rules under Abstract
Introduction
- Importance
- What is currently known/accepted
- What are you trying to prove
Results
- Explain results as they relate to what you are trying to prove
- Use graphs to illustrate your findings
Conclusion
- What were your results
- What questions or methods should be explored further
- What questions arise from the results which need to be studied
Acknowledgments
- Anyone who helped or provided funding
References
- Use ACS formatting
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