use at least 7 academic sources other than textbooks & the extra readings for the class to bolster your paper (most of you will have far more than 7, but that’s the absolute minimum); these must be peer-reviewed academic journal articles, not something you read online (unless you were perusing online archives of academic periodicals). You are welcome to use non-academic sources to buffer the information gleaned from your academic ones, but unless they are peer-reviewed journals they won’t count towards your minimum limit. If you are unsure whether or not one of your sources qualifies as “academic”, please check with me; some things you may presume are academic sources (i.e. .gov websites) aren’t, so it’s worth inquiring if your not positive. Your paper should be 8 – 10 pages in length, regular 1 inch margins, 12 pt. Times New Roman font & double-spaced, saved in either .doc or .docx format; also, no extra spacing between paragraphs, it’s unnecessary. You should give your paper a title and a cover page, as well as a thorough bibliography (neither of which count towards your page limit); be sure to cite all sources appropriately in any professional format you choose (MLA, APA, ASA, etc…).