Current guidelines for Junior Independent Work can be found on Princeton Neuroscience Institute's website.
The Junior Tutorial Papers includes a background section with the following requirements:
Conduct a literature search and summarize the major and most relevant findings in the field. The background should be a succinct review of the topic in the paper being critiqued. You should rely on review articles to point the reader to a more extensive source of information, but don’t use a review article as a primary citation for a fact. You are strongly encouraged to research beyond the articles discussed or provided in class. Typically, 5 - 10 references should be used for the background section.
References should:
The Spring Junior Research Proposal will include a "survey of the literature." Specifically, in the Background section, students are required to
References should: