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| agenda | a list of items to be discussed or acted upon, prepared before meetings, events, and conferences |
| Minutes | used to describe the discussions, decisions, and actions that occurred during a business meeting |
| Call to Order | formal declaration by the chairperson of the meeting that it has officially begun |
| Approval of Minutes | review of previous minutes by board members |
| Committee Reports | progress reports presented by sub-committee chairs |
| Old Business | unresolved discussions from a previous meeting |
| New Business | new topics and issues |
| Adjournment | notation of who ended the meeting |
| Research report | a multi-page document that usually contains several sub-topics of information related to one main topic |
| Parenthetical citations | reference note keyed in the body of the report |
| Endnotes/Footnotes | another type of reference format used in reports, but recommended for use only when necessary to add commentary or clarify |
| Works Cited | a complete listing of references cited parenthetically in the report and keyed on a separate page |
| Notes | a complete list of resources and references used to accompany endnotes and keyed on a separate page |
| Table of contents | used to accompany a report, document, or manuscript to list the topics and subtopics in the order in which they occur |
