AGUIDELINETOWRITEMINIPAPER/RESEARCHPAPERONTOPICSRELATED

TOINTERNATIONALCONSTRUCTION

INTRODUCTION

Statetheresearchquestionyouaretryingtoanswer
Statewhythequestionisimportant
Statetheissuesinvolved
Statewhyweshouldbeconcernedwithresolvingwhateverissuesareinvolved
Statehowansweringthequestionwillhelpus
Statetheimplicationsandconsequencesofdealingwithorresolvingtheissues
involved

REVIEWOFTHELITERATURE

Identifywhohastriedtoanswerthequestionbeforebydoingthefollowing:
o Summarizehoweachofthesourcespresentsanddealswiththesubject
o Explainhoweachsourcepresentsanddealswithitsfindingsorresults
o Explaintherelevancyofeachsourcetoyourresearchquestion
o Statewhatyoulearnedfromeachofyoursources
o Stateinwhatway(s)eachsourcecontributestoansweringyourresearch
question

DISCUSSION

Stateyouranswertoyourresearchquestion
Statehowandelaborateonhow,explainhow,illustratehoweachofthesourcesyou
previouslyreviewedhelpyouansweryourresearchquestion
Statewhatquestionsaboutyourtopicyoustillhavethatyoursourcesmaynothave
answered

CONCLUSIONS*

Statetheconclusionsregardingyourtopicyouhavereachedfromhavingsurveyed,
interpreted,evaluatedtheliterature
Indicatehoweachofthesourceshavecontributedtoyourconclusions(andclearly,
accurately,correctlydocumentthosesourceswithinyourtext)
Statetheimplicationsofyourconclusions
Statewhatmightbethepossibleconsequencesofyourconclusions
Statethesocialsignificancetheseimplicationsandconsequencesmighthave

DOCUMENTATION*

Onaseparatepage,includeasectionlabeledReferenceswhichprovidesthefull
publicationinformationforallthesourcesyouusedinyourpaper
YoushouldhaveaMINIMUMofthree(3)sourcesforyourpaper
Notmeetingthisminimumrequirementofthree(3)sourceswillleadtoalower
evaluationofyourpaperforeachmissingsource
UseAPAformatfordocumentingyoursources

*Notrequiredfortheminipaper