Project Paper

Research About Your Future

Choose a topic (your future major or future job) and research it. Then create an online research project to explain your research journey and what you learned. This is similar to your Team Project, but it is an individual assignment. This is NOT a traditional research paper.

Use Google Doc, Google Slides, WordPress site, or other online format. For this assignment, do NOT use .docx/Word.

Length: Total of 1,000-1,500 words.

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Final Project Details and Grading

___/55 Create an Online Research Paper/Exhibit: Create an online “exhibit” about your future major or dream job. Google Doc, Google Slides, WordPress site, or other online format is fine. Provide accurate, useful, interesting content with sources you found through the Gallaudet Library (+1 source via Google, if you want).

Required sections — all must be inserted or linked in the “exhibit”

Introduction (Research Topic, What I Knew) Provide your research topic as a statement or question. Explain why you’re interested in that major or job.

My Research Journey (How I Searched, Keywords, Source Summaries) – Explain how you researched, list the keywords you used, and include 2-3 source summaries. You can use the source summaries from your Annotated Bibliography. Feel free to revise the summaries.

Conclusion (What I Learned). What did you learn from your research — especially the sources in your Annotated Bibliography? What opinions did you form? Tell your audience about it. Cite info as necessary.

References/Works Cited. List of full citations for each source you mentioned in your project. Use basic full citation style or APA style (see *Citation). URLs only = 0 points. Citing sources you never used in your project = don’t do it!

___/10 Language and Format: Written English and ASL are grammatically correct. Google Doc, Google Slides, WordPress site, or other online format. For this assignment, do NOT use .docx. The “exhibit” is attractive to view and the document is accessible to view. Either share with rhea.morgenstern@gallaudet.edu or set to “anyone with the link can view”. Length: Total of 1,000-1,500 words.

Late submissions will lose 25% of the grade per day.

TOTAL ______/100
*Citation/References/Works Cited

In-text Citation
Sometimes, you will have to cite your sources IN your project (in-text citation). Mention the author and date of the source. If it doesn’t have an author or date, use the title.
In-text Citation Examples:
● (Lipin, 2013)
● According to a 2013 article by Michael Lipin…
● (“About Sunnydale Farm,” N.D.)

References/Works Cited
For your References section: Give the full citation, including author, date, publication, and other important information.
References Examples:
● Basic reference citation example
Author: Michael Lipin
Title: “Washington Food Market Becomes Hub for Deaf Community”
Date: Oct. 3, 2013
Publication: Voice of America
Volume number: NA
URL: http://www.voanews.com/content/washington-food-market-becomes-hub-for-deaf-community/1762302.html

● APA reference citation – More about APA here
APA general format:

Author last name, first initial. (Date published). Title. Publication or publishing company. Retrieved date. URL (if online source).
APA example:
Lipin, M. (2013, Oct. 3). Washington Food Market Becomes Hub for Deaf Community. Voice of America. Retrieved on 2/28/14. http://www.voanews.com/content/washington-food-market-becomes-hub-for-deaf-community/1762302.html

· You can use basic citation style or APA style.
· Put your sources in alphabetical order by the author’s last name. If there is no author, sort by the title.
Here is some info about how to cite articles, websites, and other types of sources: APA Citation Guide: How to cite anything in APA format. You can also see more about APA here.

NOTE: If you use a citation generator like citationmachine.net, make sure you plug in the info correctly and check the result! Does it have a title? Author? Publication? Is information repeated? Often, citation generators spit out incorrect citations and you need to fix them.