Senior Seminar Paper Format Page

BIO499/ENS498 REQUIREMENTS FOR SENIOR RESEARCH PAPERS: Style, formatting, submission instructions and deadlines (2006)

1. Cover Page

Title

Author

(space)

A Research Thesis

Submitted in Partial Fulfillment

of the Requirements for

the BA (BS) in Biology

Bethel University

May 2006

2. Abstract - no more than 200 words

3. Introduction - this section must be a part of all senior papers

4. Materials and Methods - section for research papers only. Replaced by review section in review papers. See below

5. Results - section for research papers only

4. - 5. Review Section - for review papers only the body of the literature review should be subdivided by subheadings to organize the paper in the most readable and clearly-understandable way. See one of the Annual Review of .... in the Library for examples of typical review-paper formats.

6. Discussion/Conclusion - section for research and review papers

7. Literature Cited - this section must be a part of all senior papers.

All citations in the body of the paper must be in Author (date) format, e.g. "(McMillan 1997)". See citation format for examples
Each citation is listed alphabetically in the Litrrature Cited section at the end of the paper- See Chapter 6, p 104 - 109, in McMillan, V.E. 1997, Writing papers in the biological sciences. St. Martin's Press, New York. for examples of proper format and punctuation etc.. Some general cases are listed below:

Book:
Wright, R. T. 1989. Biology Through the Eyes of Faith. Harper and Row, San Francisco Article:
Pimentel, D. , C. Wilson, C. McCullum, R. Huang, P. Dwen, J. Flack, Q. Tran, T. Saltman, and B. Cliff.
1997. Economic and Environmental Benefits of Biodiversity. BioScience 47(11):747-757.

Internet:
Harris, R. 1997. Evaluating Internet Research Sources. [Internet] http://www.sccu.edu/faculty/R_Harris/evalu8it.htm (Date you accessed web page).

See Preferred Biology Department Format for Citing Sources for more details and examples

8. Other Format Issues

All papers should be formatted in the same way, namely:
- Text margins 1.5 inch left, and 1.0 inch right, top, and bottom margins.
- Text double spaced.
- Font size should be 12 and the recommended font is Times New Roman.
- Page numbers should be placed at the bottom center of the page.

9. Deadlines (for the Academic Year 2005-2006)

Turn in one copy of your rough draft to the Seminar Coordinator. This draft should be as complete as possible and in the format stated above. This copy should be posted to Blackboard and available for peer review. A second copy should be given to your research advisor. Your advisor will read this version and return it to you for revision.

On, or before, November 28 you must turn in three complete paper copies of the final paper to the Seminar Coordinator. One copy will become part of the permanent record, one copy will be evaluated by your research advisor and the third copy by the Seminar coordinator. In addition, you must also file a complete digital copy of the paper; the digital version of your final paper should be filed on the Gaviiformes server ... inside the folder marked Senior Papers open the folder marked 2006 Senior Research, within which you should find your own separate folder just waiting to receive your paper! The digital version of your paper should be a pdf formated file. If your research produces images (e.g. photomicrographs) that lose quality when reduced to a digital format you should still submit digitized versions of these images, but you are encouraged to use photographic prints as appendices to the two "paper copies."