Instructions Based on your Annotated Bibliography, write your Final Term Paper (2,000 words, excluding references and the abstract.). Please organize your paper using the indicated below section headings and follow APA style for your in-text citations and references. The Term Paper should have the following structure: 1) Title (indication of the topic) 2). Your name 3) Abstract: 150-200 words including a concise summary of the key points of your paper. 4) Introduction: explain the scope of your topic to familiarize your audience with the focus of your paper and outline the research gap/problem(s). Clarify the objectives of the paper and expand on the importance of or need for this topic. If appropriate, provide major key terms and brief conceptual definitions. 5) Literature Review: review minimum 10 sources (including 8 peer-reviewed/scholarly resources) to your topic. These sources should be selected through scholarly literature such as peer-reviewed journals, books, conference proceedings, reports of professional associations etc. Note: Literature Review is an essay instead of a list of annotated bibliographies! Synthesize your ideas through extensive reading on a research topic, and then provide an overall perspective on this research topic. Please use sub-headings to organize the literature you’ve reviewed. (Note: you may choose those sources from your annotated bibliography, but you should add more new sources to the final term paper.) 6) Discussion: : provide a concise discussion of critical issues that reflect the current situation (state of the art) and future developments in this area including your personal assessment based on the literature review. Describe professional implications of the discussed issues and how they affect roles and responsibilities of information professionals? Include relevant information about professional competencies, professional education, career paths, the job market, etc. 7) Conclusion: provide a final perspective on your topic and lessons learned if any. 8) References: Include list of all sources referenced in text. Check references for APA style, accuracy, and matches, as follows: Each source referenced in text (no matter how many times) appears once in reference list. Every reference list citation is referenced at least once in text. Authors (including multiple authors) and publication years match exactly (check spelling) in text references and reference list. Format Word file named in this style: Lastname_TermPaper. Margins 1 inch on each side. Standard body type (e.g., 11-point Calibri or 10-point Arial or 12-point Times New Roman). Double-space body text (indent paragraphs; no extra line spaces between paragraphs).
