You are to write a 5 page research paper on a topic relating to the course.

Use this paper to

explore something that interests you in the field of MEEC (some topics that have been written

about in the past include destination wedding planning, the history of events, the economic

impact of meetings on a host city, the Olympics, etc

.) See me if you need help coming up with a

topic or if you want clarification as to whether your topic meets the guidelines of the paper. You

must

include a minimum of 3

different sources for the paper (t

extbooks, journal articles, industry

magazines,

a

n interview with an industry professional,

etc.)

•

Must be a

minimum

of 5 pages (not including your references

/works cited page

–

references

/works cited

should be on their own page)

•

Must be in APA format and include a references page and in

–

text citations

for any

thing that is

not your own

(

direct

quotes, paraphrasing,

statistics and

numbers, etc

–

refer

to

plagiarism slides more

information

)

•

Do

NOT

include a title page or abstract

for this paper

•

Must use a minimum of 3 different sources (books, interviews, websites, articles, etc).

One of

those sources MUST be the text book.

Helpful Tools:

References page:

www.bibme.org

APA Format:

https://owl.english.purdue.edu/owl/resource/560/01…

http://www.apastyle.org

http://psychology.about.com/od/apastyle/a/apagener…

UNLV Writing Center:

http://writingcenter.unlv.edu