Research Proposal Example

Below is an example of what your Research Proposal should look like.

The bibliography below is in the Chicago Style format for bibliographies.

Note the following elements in the example:

–the list of sources is in alphabetical order by the author’s last name

–the author’s name is listed with the last name first

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–article and chapter titles are placed in quotation marks

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–books and periodical titles are placed in italics OR underlined (a periodical is a journal,

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magazine, or newspaper)
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–the 1st source in the example below is the correct form for an article in an academic

journal
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(see that the title of the article is provided, along with the journal’s title, volume
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number, issue number, & year, as well as the page numbers of the complete

article)
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–the 2nd & 4th examples are in the form for a book with one author

–the 3rd example is the form for a chapter being used in an edited collection
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Alfred Sloan and General Motors
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History 1803E
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T.A. Lauren Auger

Feb. 4, 2009.

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#5: How important was a particular entrepreneur or executive to the success of a particular
business?

Research Question

How important was Alfred Sloan to the success of General Motors from 1923 to 1946?

Bibliography

Clarke, Sally. “Closing the Deal: GM’s Marketing Dilemma and its Franchised Dealers,

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1921-41.” Business History 45, 1 (2003): 60-79.

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WILL CONTRIBUTE TO YOUR PAPER.

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Doe, John. Alfred P. Sloan. Chicago: University of Chicago Press, 2000.

INSERT A PARAGRAPH HERE DESCRIBING THIS SOURCE AND WHAT IT

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WILL CONTRIBUTE TO YOUR PAPER.

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McCraw, Thomas K. and Richard S. Tedlow. “Henry Ford, Alfred Sloan, and the Three Phases
of Marketing.” In Creating Modern Capitalism: How Entrepreneurs, Companies, and
Countries Triumphed in Three Industrial Revolutions, ed. Thomas K. McCraw, 264-300.
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Cambridge, Mass.: Harvard University Press, 2000.

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Smith, John. GM. Toronto: Ryerson, 2001.

INSERT A PARAGRAPH HERE DESCRIBING THIS SOURCE AND WHAT IT

WILL CONTRIBUTE TO YOUR PAPER.

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