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

equirements beyond those discussed in A.1. The only additional issues are how to begindivisions of the text, how to format notes or parenthetical citations, and how to position tablesand figures within the text.Begin the arabic numbering of your paper with the first page of the text.INTRODUCTION. Many theses and dissertations (and, in some cases, class papers) begin witha section that previews the contents and argument of the entire paper and is so distinct that thewriter separates it from the rest of the paper. (The background of the project and any issuesthat informed the research should be covered in the preface; see A.2.1.) If you begin with suchan introduction, label the first page Introduction at the top of the page. Do not repeat the titleon subsequent pages of the introduction. Leave two blank lines between the title and the firstline of text. If the substance of your introductory material is not clearly distinct from thefollowing chapters, consider incorporating it into your first chapter.PARTS. If you divide the text of your thesis or dissertation into two or more parts, eachincluding two or more chapters, begin each part with a part-title page. The first part-title pagefollows the introduction (even if the introduction is labeled chapter 1). Count a part-title pagein paginating, but do not put a page number on it except in the case described below or unlessdirected by your local guidelines. Label this page Part followed by the part number at the topof the page. Depending on your local guidelines, give the part number either in capitalizedroman numerals (II) or spelled out (Two); be sure to number the chapters in a different style.If the part has a descriptive title in addition to its number, place this title two lines down,following a blank line.If you include text introducing the contents of the part on the part-title page, number thepage with an arabic numeral. Leave two blank lines between the title and the first line of text.If the text is more than one page long, do not repeat the part number or title.Follow a consistent format for all of your part-title pages: if one part has a descriptive titlein addition to a number, then give all parts descriptive titles; if one part has introductory text,then include introductory text in all parts.www.itpub.net