All SUM students should own A Manual for Writers of Research Papers, Theses, and Dissertations, Eighth Edition (or the 7th edition, if you already own it).
Use this Turabian Formatting Checklist to ensure that your paper format is correct.
Students may use this PDF or Word document as an example for what their class papers should look like according to Turabian standards.
b. Narrow and refine your topic focus!
a. Find relevant materials to your topic!
b. Make sure your research is sufficient!
b. Make sure you have cited all of your sources correctly!
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