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TERM PAPERS
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Introduction
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PART I: RESEARCHING AND WRITING YOUR PAPER

Choosing a Topic and Developing a Thesis

    Choosing a Topic
    Angles for Approaching a Term Paper Topic
    Techniques for Effective Brainstorming
    Developing and Revising Your Thesis

Finding and Organizing Source Material

    Starting at the Library Reference Desk
    Hitting the Stacks
    Organizing Your Source Material
    Creating an Outline
    Using the Internet for Term Paper Research

Writing Your First Draft

    Incorporating Outside Material into Your Paper
    Some DO's and DON'Ts for Using Source Material
    Documenting Outside Source Material
    The MLA Form
    The APA Form
    Citing Electronic Sources—a New Frontier
    Including Footnotes in Your Paper
    Tips for Building Effective Paragraphs
    Suggestions for Style and Voice
    Ten DO's and DON'Ts to Keep You Moving on Your First Draft
    Annotated Samples (MLA and APA Styles)

Editing, Revising, and "Detailing" Your Paper

    Editing and Revising Your Draft: An 8-Point Plan
    Top Proofreading Tips
    Finding (and Fixing) Grammatical Errors
    Sentence Construction and Sense
    Word Usage
    Idiomatic Prepositional Phrases
    Two-Word Phrases Often Confused with Single Words
    Diction Errors—the Term Paper Hit List
    Punctuation
    Your Final Task: The Spell-Check

PART II: 50 REAL A+ TERM PAPERS

American History

  1. Jefferson's Society and the Slavery Question
  2. The Iroquois League
  3. The Great Awakening Movements

Ancient History

  1. Influences of Royal Patronage on Science in Ptolemaic Alexandria
  2. The Role of Women in the Rise of Western Monasticism
  3. The Stoics

Communications

  1. The Mass Media's Role in Politics
  2. Cross-Cultural Communication
  3. Upward Communications in Organizations

Computers and Technology

  1. Artificial Intelligence: The Chess Board and Beyond
  2. The Y2K Problem-Implications and Solutions
  3. Computer Technology: Burgeoning Medical Applications

Economics

  1. The Origins of the Euro
  2. Ricardo's Solution to England's Monetary Crisis
  3. U.S.-Japan Trade Disputes: Causes, Consequences, and Cures
  4. The Economics of Oz: How Communist Inefficiency Was Not Just a Cause, but Also a Consequence of Shortages

Fine Arts

  1. It's All Kitsch Today
  2. The Steadicam Revolution
  3. The Architecture of Leon Baptista Alberti and of Philip Johnson

Law and Society

  1. Should the Death Penalty Be Abolished?
  2. Alternative Dispute Resolution (ADR): Its Past, Present, and Future as a Mechanism for Resolving Employment Disputes
  3. Euthanasia and the Case of Rodriguez v. British Columbia

Literature

  1. William Faulkner's "Wash": The Title Character's Emerging Consciousness
  2. Wickham's Role in Jane Austen's Pride And Prejudice
  3. Captain Vere of Melville's "Billy Budd": A Man Conflicted?
  4. The King-Father and Warrior-Son in Beowulf and Sir Gawain and the Green Knight

Modern World Affairs

  1. Russia's Change to a Free-Market Economy
  2. Japan and Korea: Neighbors and Rivals
  3. Why Vaclav Havel? Why Czechoslovakia?

Philosophy

  1. Three Philosophers on Individual Freedom, Authority, and the Interests of Society
  2. The Republic: What Was Plato's Primary Motive and Intent?
  3. Free Will Versus Determinism, and the New Scientific Determinism

Physical Sciences

  1. The Environmental Adaptation of the Alligator
  2. The Process of Lake Acidification
  3. The Controversy Over Dinosaur Extinction
  4. Plate Tectonics

Psychology

  1. Moral Development
  2. Are Freud's Theories about Repressed Memories Valid?
  3. The Placebo Effect

Religious Studies

  1. Prelude to Christianity: Hellenic and Hellenistic Religion and Philosophy
  2. Handsome Lake and the Iroquois Religious Revival
  3. Martin Luther on Faith and Free Will

Sociology

  1. Sociological Explanations for Criminalization of Drug Use in Canada
  2. Cities in North America: Decline of the Urban City
  3. Hispanic and Asian-American Values
  4. The Contemporary Suburb: A Response to Fishman's Technoburb

Technology and Society

  1. The Social Responsibility of Scientists: A Look at Edward Teller
  2. The Consequences of Genetic Engineering
  3. The Influence of Modern Technology: Beyond Good and Evil
  4. The Best Piece of Work (Apollo 13, April 11-17, 1970)
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