Political Science

Once accepted by your department, submit your thesis electronically to University Archives. It will be stored and made accessible under a Creative Commons license through DukeSpace, the Library's digital repository. Your thesis will be assigned a persistent URL to share with others for easy access.

Submission standards for Honors papers
How to format your paper and submit it electronically to University Archives

The Libraries offer special privileges to support students writing a thesis for graduation with distinction.

• Loan periods same as graduate students
• Book and article delivery to the library of your choice
• Group study room, carrels for four-hour blocks, lockers--ask at the Perkins Circulation Desk
• DukeSpace--submit your paper to our open-access repository for preservation and your own link for your c.v.
• Awards for excellence in research include $1000 for best honors thesis

Duke's Social Science Research Institute (SSRI) offers consultations to undergrads.

Search terms to combine for guide books:

• research methodology
• content analysis
• mass media
• discourse analysis
• statistical methods
• evaluation
• political
• public opinion

Citing Sources
Links to the major citation style guides, with examples of how to cite various materials

Citation Management Tools
Start early using a citation management tool; it will help you assemble your citations, format them, and insert them in your paper.