Quotation marks

You may want to use this as a checklist to make sure that your paper is ready for submission:

• Did you submit the paper through Turnitin?  ***
  • I recommend that you submit your paper through Turnitin well before it is due.
  • Make adjustments if needed and then resubmit.
  • You will have to submit the paper into the submission folder to run it through TII
• Is the Turnitin percentage 25% or less?
  • This is the goal.
  • It is important to look at the report to see where the citations may need to be fixed.
• Did you make adjustments and rerun the paper through Turnitin?
• Are all of the in-text citations noted correctly?
  • Quotation marks used when needed?
  • Author, date, and page numbers used correctly?
  • Large quotes done correctly?
• Is the reference list done correctly?
  • Titles of books and journals (and volume number) italicized?
  • In alphabetical order?
  • Is the format correct for each reference based on its type?
  • If electronic sources are used is the URL included (but NOT the retrieval date)?
• Is the format of the paper correct?
  • Title page? Formatted correctly
  • Running head?
  • 12 pt font, double spaced, 1 in. margins?
  • Reference Page in correct format?
  • Subtitles placed correctly?
• Did you look at the rubric to make sure that you covered everything that should be included?
• Did you reread your paper and run spell check?