Submitting your Economics Senior Research to Special Collections INTRODUCTION The manuscript copy that you donate to Special Collections and University Archives becomes a permanent part of your academic record and is a reflection of the scholarship and the research encouraged by the Economics Department. This record will be shared with students and faculty at UNC Asheville and with scholars and the public worldwide. Dr. Chris Bell, Economics Department (KAR157, bell@unca.edu), coordinates the submission process for the Economics Department. Contact him with any questions about the process or manuscript preparation. SENIOR PAPER SUBMISSION Two unbound paper copies of your manuscript are required for submission to Special Collections. This will be your final paper complete with signatures of your Econ 480 instructor, your departmental mentor, your second reader and the Chair of the Economics Department. One copy will be bound in a volume with other economics senior papers for the calendar year of your graduation. It will become a permanent part of the University collection. Detailed guidelines for paper format follow. ELECTRONIC SUBMISSION The Economics Department requires that a copy also be submitted in electronic form. Electronic copies MUST be in ADDITION to the paper copy of the Senior Paper. All electronic copies must be submitted to Dr. Bell in Microsoft Word. The digital copy must be an EXACT duplicate of the paper manuscript. We ask that students provide an electronic abstract of their work for publication on the Special Collections website. PUBLISHING YOUR WORK ELSEWHERE You may wish to withhold your manuscript from submission in order to honor publication in another source. If you plan to publish your work somewhere else, we will arrange for Special Collections and University Archives to withhold your manuscript for a period of up to six months from the date of submission of your request. This means that your manuscript will be neither cataloged for the D.H. Ramsey Library collections, nor will it be made available to users until after that time. This arrangement MUST be clearly spelled out in the required Release Form. See Dr. Bell for more details and help with this process.
RESPONSIBILITIES OF SPECIAL COLLECTIONS AND UNIVERSITY ARCHIVES Your Department will deliver your approved manuscripts to Special Collections and University Archives. When the manuscripts arrive, the Archive staff will review your manuscripts to determine if: all forms are present and signed (approval form, release form, departmental signatures). the paper meets minimum requirements for quality. the formatting of margins, pagination, and other requirements have been followed. all required pages are present. If there are changes to be made as a result of the University Archives review, you will be notified by Dr. Bell, and you must take responsibility for correction before the Archives will accept your manuscript. When all checklists are complete, the University Archives will send your manuscript for binding with the other departmental papers. Your work, when returned to University Archives from the bindery, will be available for access and possible circulation (inter-library loan). Your electronic abstract will be published for a broad audience on the Web. Requests for copies made by the author will be honored should that need arise.
DETAILED GUIDELINES FOR PREPARATION OF YOUR MANUSCRIPT Introduction The manuscript must be neat, clean, legible and error-free. Use of a spell-checker is recommended, but the human eye is the best proofreader. The print should be dark, black characters that are consistently clear and dense and be considered of "letter quality." Pages with dirt, smudges, and stains will require replacement. There should be no visible corrections, strike-overs, crossed-out words or letters, interlineations, or additions inside or outside of the margins. Use of "Liquid Paper," other correction fluids, and type-over correction tape is not allowed. Any errors you may discover after the Special Collections and University Archives accepts the manuscript cannot be corrected. Citation Style: MLA, Chicago or APA may be used by Economics Students. Be sure you are using your style consistently. Consult a style sheet. Do not rely on a word processing program. Manuscript paper quality, thickness, size, etc.: 100% rag paper (acid-free) is preferred, but not mandatory. Use 20- to 24-pound, white, bond finish, 100% cotton paper for original and the copy. (No perforations or staples, please.) Typeface [fonts]: Use Times New Roman, 12 pt for body of the text. Spacing: Double space. Indent paragraphs. Do not add a space between paragraphs. Margins : Should be 1.5" from left edge of the page and 1" from the top, right, and bottom edges of the page. Check your margins with a ruler to be sure they are correct as printers can shift margins. Adjust your tables, figures, graphs, photographs and your appendices to fit the manuscript margins. Reduce or enlarge as necessary. Avoid the following if possible: hyphenating at the end of a line first line of a paragraph as the end line on a page last line of a paragraph as the first line at the top of a page fragmenting formulas, fragmenting items in a list, fragmenting grouped works Be sure to include page numbers.
CAMPUS RESOURCES Citing Sources Ramsey Library http://bullpup.lib.unca.edu/library/lr/cite.html Writing Center located in D.H. Ramsey Library on the Main Floor Reference desk, Library (251-6111) MANUSCRIPT ORGANIZATION Title page Use your full legal name and include Economics Senior Research below your name (see example) Signature page (see example) Abstract Text section Bibliography (Check MLA, Chicago, or APA) Appendices.
SENIOR PAPER SUBMISSION CHECK-LIST Two unbound copies of your manuscript on 8.5" x 11" paper. 100% rag paper (acid-free) is preferred, but not mandatory. Use 20- to 24-pound, white, bond finish, 100% cotton paper for both copies. No perforations or staples. The original will have the original signatures on the signature page in permanent blue ink, while the copy may have a photocopy of the signatures. Original and Copy will be printed only on one side of the paper (no double-sided copies, please) Place copies in two manila envelopes, each large enough to hold one copy of the manuscript, with a copy of the title page taped to the front of each for identification purposes. Complete and submit the Release Form. The Release Form is available from Dr. Bell (Economics Department, KH 157). Complete and submit the Approval Form. The Approval Form must have the designated faculty signature. An Approval Form is available from Dr. Bell (Economics Department, KH 157). Submitted papers may not be corrected after they are bound. Please carefully proofread every page of your manuscript before submitting it to Dr. Bell (Economics Department, KH 157) to ensure there are no missing or incorrectly numbered pages, and that there are no ink or pencil annotations on the manuscript. A clean copy is required. Please use your full legal name as it appears in official University records on any form or manuscript. Submit all of the above to Dr. Bell (Economics Department, KH 157) and make sure he has a digital copy of the paper as well. You may submit the digital copy attached to an e-mail (bell@unca.edu).
Title page example PAYING FOR THE BULLDOG: THE WILLINGNESS OF STUDENTS TO PAY FOR UNCA ATHLETICS ASHLEY MIRANDA WOODRING UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA AT ASHEVILLE SENIOR ECONOMICS RESEARCH FALL 2009
Signature page example change names as necessary. You may not have a second reader just delete that section. Economics Department University of North Carolina at Asheville We approve this paper as satisfactory fulfillment of the senior research requirement and for inclusion in the University Archive of Senior Papers. Date: Dr. Chris Bell, Chair, Department of Economics Date: Dr. Joe Sulock, Senior Research Mentor, Department of Economics Date: Dr. Dee Eggers, Second Reader, Department of Environmental Studies Date: Dr. Chris Bell, Instructor, Economics 480: Senior Research in Economics
N O R T H C A R O L I N A S P U B L I C L I B E R A L A R T S U N I V E R S I T Y This agreement constitutes a release of RELEASE OF SENIOR RESEARCH PAPER TO RAMSEY LIBRARY SPECIAL COLLECTIONS UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA AT ASHEVILLE (Title of Paper) " " which is submitted to the Economics Department by (Author's Name) in candidacy for the degree of Bachelor of Arts in Economics. The paper will be made available to the public for reference and other academic research purposes. I voluntarily offer the Ramsey Library Special Collections of the University of North Carolina at Asheville full use of the information contained in my research paper, unless restrictions on use are specified below. Restrictions on Use: Permission to Photocopy: Ramsey Library Special Collections of the University of North Carolina at Asheville is hereby granted the right to photocopy or to allow this paper to be photocopied in whole or in part by interested parties. Signature Printed Name Address Phone: email: Date: Permission to Publish: This agreement further grants to the Ramsey Library Special Collections at UNC Asheville the right to digitally publish an abstract of this paper on the D.H. Ramsey Library Special Collections web site: Signature
Senior Approval Form for Economics Senior Research I HAVE READ THE GUIDELINES FOR SUBMISSION OF SENIOR PAPERS. Yes (initials) Research papers are required for completion of the economics degree. Papers vary in length and depth, but are generally completed in the last year of residence. The paper topics can vary widely, but must be the product of original research in their discipline or determined by the student in consultation with his/her faculty. This form is to accompany the final paper when it is turned in to your faculty. Please ask your faculty to sign and date the form when your paper has been approved. Student Name: Title of paper: Department: Economics Course Title and #: Econ 480: Senior Research in Economics Date: INSTRUCTOR, Economics 480, Senior Research in Economics I approve this paper as satisfactory fulfillment of the guidelines for research papers as stated above and for inclusion in the University Archive of Senior Papers. Signature: Date: