Submissions
Submission Preparation Checklist
As part of the submission process, authors are required to check off their submission's compliance with all of the following items, and submissions may be returned to authors that do not adhere to these guidelines.
- The submission file is in Microsoft Word or WordPerfect document file format.
- Where available, URLs for the references have been provided.
- The text is double-spaced; uses a 12-point font; and all illustrations, figures, and tables are placed within the text at the appropriate points, rather than at the end.
- At least 3 works must have been consulted (or at least 3 appropriate references).
- You are an undergraduate student at IUSB and research included must have been done while you were an undergraduate student at IUSB. For example, if you are a transfer student and did your research at IU Bloomington, you may not submit this research.
- Work is between 5-20 pages in length.
- Work contains original research or novel ideas on others' research.
Copyright Notice
IUSB Student Journal Copyright Agreement
☐ I declare that this submission is my original work, and that it does not, to the best of my knowledge, infringe upon anyone's copyright.
☐ I agree that that [the journal] may, without changing the content, translate the submission to any medium or format for the purpose of preservation.
☐ The Undergraduate Research Journal may keep copies of my submission, and to translate it to any medium for future reproduction and distribution. I understand that I have the right to request that my submission be removed from IUSB online sources at any time by emailing Stephen Finlay, IUSB ScholarWorks administrator, at scfinlay@iusb.edu. Once I have made the request, the item in question will be taken down immediately.