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

class paper) includes many foreign words or technical terms and phrases that may beunfamiliar to your readers. Some departments and universities allow or require the glossary tobe placed in the back matter, after any appendixes and before the endnotes and bibliographyor reference list. If you are free to choose, put it in the front matter if readers must know thedefinitions before they begin reading. Otherwise, put it in the back matter (see A.2.3).If it appears in the front matter, number all pages of a glossary with roman numerals. Labelthe first page Glossary at the top of the page. If the glossary is more than one page, do notrepeat the title. Leave two blank lines between the title and the first item listed. Single-spaceindividual items listed, but leave a blank line between items. Figure A.8 shows a sampleglossary.Note that the terms are arranged alphabetically, flush left and followed by a period (a colonor dash is sometimes used). You may put the terms in boldface or italics to make them standout. The translation or definition follows, with its first word capitalized and a terminal period.If, however, the definitions consist of only single words or brief phrases, do not use terminalperiods. If a definition is more than one line, indent the runovers by a half inch.EDITORIAL OR RESEARCH METHOD. If your thesis or dissertation requires an extensivepreliminary discussion of your editorial method (such as your choices among variant texts) orresearch method, include it as a separate element. You can also briefly discuss method in thepreface. If you only state that you have modernized capitalization and punctuation in quotedsources, put that in the preface or in a note attached to the first such quotation.Number all pages of a note on method with roman numerals. Label the first page EditorialMethod or Research Method at the top of the page. If the section is more than one page, donot repeat the title. Leave two blank lines between the title and the first line of text. Doublespacethe text of this section, and format it to match the main text.ABSTRACT. Many departments or universities require that a thesis or dissertation include anabstract summarizing its contents. (Sometimes the abstract is submitted as a separatedocument.) This abstract will likely be submitted to the publication Dissertation AbstractsInternational. Number all pages of this element with roman numerals. Label the first pageAbstract at the top of the page. If the abstract is more than one page, do not repeat the title.Leave two blank lines between the title and the first line of text. Most departments oruniversities have specific models for abstracts that you should follow exactly for content,length, format, and placement.A.2.2 TextThe text of a paper includes everything between the front matter and the back matter. It beginswith your introduction and ends with your conclusion, both of which may be as short as asingle paragraph or as long as several pages. In a thesis or dissertation, the text is usuallyseparated into chapters and sometimes into parts, sections, and subsections. Many longer classpapers are also divided in this way.Since most of the text consists of paragraphs laying out your findings, there are few format