A-manual-for-writers-of-research-papers-theses-and-dissertations

Instead of requesting double or single spacing, some departments and universities definethe amount of vertical space between items in terms of points (“exactly 24 points”), an optiongiven in many word processors.Put only one space, not two, following the terminal punctuation of a sentence. Use tabsrather than spaces for indentation, columns of text, and other content requiring consistentalignment.Indent all paragraphs consistently. Block quotations have their own rules for indentation,depending on whether they are prose or poetry (see 25.2.2).A.1.4 PaginationNUMBERING. If your only front matter is a title page, do not number that page. Number pagesin the body of the paper and the back matter with arabic numerals, starting on the first page oftext.If you are writing a thesis or dissertation, number front matter separately from the rest ofthe text.Front matter includes the title page and various other elements (see A.2.1). Number thesepages consecutively with lowercase roman numerals (i, ii, iii, etc.; see table 23.1). Everypage of front matter except the submission page is usually counted in numbering, but notall of these pages have numbers displayed on them. Departments and universities oftenprovide specific directions for numbering front matter pages; if they do not, follow theguidelines described in this appendix.The rest of the text, including back matter (see A.2.3), is numbered consecutively witharabic numerals.If your thesis or dissertation is very long, your department or university may bind it inmultiple volumes. Your local guidelines should indicate the maximum number of pages pervolume as well as any special requirements for numbering a multivolume paper.PLACEMENT. Page numbers are usually placed in one of three locations: centered in thefooter (at the bottom of the page), centered in the header (at the top of the page), or flush rightin the header. For class papers, choose one of these locations and follow it consistently.Traditionally, page numbers for theses and dissertations have been placed in differentlocations depending on the part of the paper (as shown in the samples in this appendix).In the footer (centered): All front matter pages; pages in the text and back matter that beartitles, such as the first page of a chapter or an appendixIn the header (consistently either centered or flush right): All other pages in the text andback matter