DO NOT compare & contrast ancient topics or compare & contrast an ancient and a modern topic.
You CANNOT use a paper you previously submitted in another class; this must be a new and original paper.
The paper is to be between 5 (full) pages and 7 (full) pages of text (NO MORE & NO LESS),
meaning between 1700 and 2350 words.
(cover page/footnotes/bibliography etc. do not count towards page/word total)
Do not use: large/small fonts, abnormal spacing, massive chapter subdivisions, outlines/numbered sequence points etc.)
Do not use extended quotes (meaning more than a few lines).
Use: double spacing, 12-point font and 1-inch margins.
Use: Times New Roman font.
For the paper you must use 4 sources (2 secondary and 2 primary):
2 Secondary Sources
This means modern, scholarly books written by a university professor. Books from the UCR campus library fulfill this requirement. You can either go to the library and find hard copies of the books you need through the library catalogue. Or, you can find Ebooks through the UCR library website.
To find Ebooks from the UCR library:
1) go to the UCR library website: library.ucr.edu
2) click on UCR Catalogue
3) search for a specific topic
4) Tweak Your Results:
-Availability: check the “Available Online” box
-Resource Type: check the “Books” box
-Language: check the proper language box
-click “Apply Filters” button
This search will yield anywhere from a couple to a couple thousand books that you will be able to access for your paper.
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Journal articles from JSTOR (which must be at least 15 pages long) can also fulfill the secondary source requirements.
To find JSTOR and JSTOR articles:
1) go to the UCR library website: library.ucr.edu
2) click “Databases”
3) in “Search for Databases” type in JSTOR
4) click on JSTOR link
5) click “Advanced Search”
6) type in keyword to search
7) Narrow Result:
-Item Type: check “Articles” box
-Language: click on proper language
-Journal Filter: click on the relevant box or boxes:
History, African Studies, Archeology, Asian Studies, Classical Studies etc.
8) click on “Submit Advanced Search”
Once you find some secondary sources (Ebooks or journal articles) these can lead you to other secondary sources. In particular, check the bibliographies of the books you find since they will list dozens of secondary sources (books and articles) the authors used which you can then easily find on the library website.
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