Research Paper: Topic Thesis and Reference Page (Simple Bibl…

RESEARCH PAPER: TOPIC THESIS AND REFERENCES PAGE (SIMPLE

BIBLIOGRAPHY)

OVERVIEW

Your paper must involve the study of terrorism or homeland security, it cannot be a general

criminal justice, foreign policy or history paper. The topic must substantively address an issue

related to terrorism or homeland security so your sources must focus on and align to that topic.

You need to select a topic in the terrorism and homeland security arena and craft a draft thesis.

You need to identify your 5-7 sources to support this topic and submit as a References page in

APA format. The information given in your References page/Simple Bibliography must be

sufficient to retrieve the source easily. You should follow APA format and leverage the Liberty

University APA resources page to guide your citations. Ideally you should use the Falwell

Library and many available databases within the Library as your primary search tool to find

relevant scholarly sources for your topic. Carefully research these sources to ensure they are

scholarly. Also, be sure to read the bibliographic references and use your wisdom. In addition,

your sources should develop along the topic identified for the paper, so they should not be on

many topics but aligned to a core direction for your paper.

INSTRUCTIONS

Submit a References page with the following:

Topic and draft thesis at the top of page

Your thesis should be phrased as a question to be examined by the paper that reflects an

issues or position that you will research around a terrorism or homeland security policy

topic

Current majority of sources approximately 5 years or newer

Relevant to the topic area

Scholarly Sources from peer review journals or periodicals

5-7 sources in current APA format.

All papers must use the following format: Times New Roman, 12-point font, 1 margins from

left to right and top to bottom and be double-spaced.

Note: Your assignment will be checked for originality via the Turnitin plagiarism tool.

Final Research Paper will be 6-8 pages. An Annotated Bibliography will also need to be completed in the future on this thesis.