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Obj. 3.01

Obj. 3.01. Business Documents: Research Report and Table of Contents. Research Report. What is a Research Report ? It is a multi-page document that usually contains several sub-topics of information related to one main topic . All margins should be set to 1 inch.

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Obj. 3.01

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  1. Obj. 3.01 Business Documents: Research Report and Table of Contents

  2. Research Report What is a ResearchReport? • It is a multi-page document that usually contains several sub-topics of information related to one main topic. • All margins should be set to 1 inch

  3. Research Report Style • MLA • Modern Language Association • Used within Liberal Arts and Humanities • Grammar, Rhetoric, Logic • Language, Literature, Philosophy, History, Mathematics, Psychology, Science

  4. Research Report Components • Title Page • Title • Header • Body • Parenthetical Citations • Endnotes/Footnotes • Works Cited • Notes Page

  5. Research Report:Components (Continued) The Titleof a report is required. The Title includes the identifying information and is keyed in the top left margin of the Report.

  6. Title Page • Center the title in the top third portion of the page • Double space the writer’s name and professor’s name and center the two lines in the middle of the page • Center the date in the bottom third portion of the page • Include email address and phone number (optional)

  7. Title • Key the following at the top left margin of the first page in double space mode • Writers name • Teacher/professor’s name • Course name

  8. Research Report:Components (Continued) AHeader is placed on every page of the report and includes: • writer’s last name • page number

  9. Header • Formatted to include the writer’s last name followed by one space and the page number in .5 inch top right margin

  10. Research Report:Components (Continued) The Bodyof the Report is the content (the paragraphs). Parentheticalcitationsare reference notes keyed in the body of the report.

  11. Body • Double-space all lines • Use a legible font size • Leave only one space after periods or other punctuation marks • Indent the first line of a paragraph .5” from the left margin • Use either italics or underlining for the titles of longer works

  12. Body (con’t) • Double space after the title line and center the title of the report • Key the title in Title Case (initial caps), not in all capital letters • Double space between the title and the first line of the text

  13. Parenthetical Citations • Keyed immediately following a quote or referenced source in the body of a report • Includes the author’s name and page number • Example • (Lowery 45) • The complete reference is keyed in the works cited section of the report

  14. Research Report:Components (Continued) Endnotes/Footnotes: • Endnotes and Footnotes • used only when necessary to add commentary or to clarify. • used to add commentary • References are used to cite a source

  15. Endnotes/Footnotes • Should be used only sparingly and for necessary clarifying commentary • Indicated by a superscript within the report body and keyed after any punctuation in the reference to which it refers (with the exception of a dash or hyphen)

  16. Endnotes/Footnotes (con’t) • Footnotes (notes that appear at the bottom of the page of the body of the report) should be keyed in single space, first line indent format with a double space separating each additional footnote • When endnotes/footnotes are used, they must be referenced separately on a notes page

  17. Research Report:Components (Continued) A Works Citedis: • complete listing of references cited parenthetically • keyed on a separate page Notes (Page): • a complete list of resources and references used to accompany endnotes • keyed on a separate page

  18. Works Cited • Accompany parenthetical citations • Keyed on separate page • Includes header (last name, page number) • Titled Works Cited • center the title at the top 2” margin of the page • Keyed in hanging indent format and double spaced • Listed in alphabetical order by author’s last name

  19. Notes Page • List of resources and references when footnotes or endnotes are used • Keyed on separate • Includes header • last name, page number • Titled Notes • Title centered at the top 2” margin of the page • Keyed in hanging indent format and double spaced • Listed in chronological order by superscript number

  20. Table of Contents (TOC) A Table of Contents is: • accompany a report, document, or manuscript • to list the topics and sub-topics in the order in which they occur. Example: • Chronological listing with page numbers of contents of an accompanying research report

  21. Table of Contents (TOC) (continued) • Components (in order) • Title (Table of Contents) • List of topics and subtopics and their respective page numbers • Page number - in Roman Numeral style at the bottom of the page

  22. Report Vocabulary

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