Crafting a research paper Guidance notes explained Ronan Fitzpatrick School of Computing, Dublin Institute of Technology Kevin Street, Dublin 8, Ireland.

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Crafting a research paper Guidance notes explained Ronan Fitzpatrick School of Computing, Dublin Institute of Technology Kevin Street, Dublin 8, Ireland. October 2003

Crafting a research paper: Guidance notes explained Ronan Fitzpatrick Overview Structure and formatting Content guidelines Illustrated in a paper by Fitzpatrick and O’Donnell

Crafting a research paper: Guidance notes explained Ronan Fitzpatrick Structure

Crafting a research paper: Guidance notes explained Ronan Fitzpatrick Format Page setup Font styles Headings styles and numbering Headers and footers Citations and references Tables and figures

Crafting a research paper: Guidance notes explained Ronan Fitzpatrick Abstract content Overview of paper Keywords No citations

Crafting a research paper: Guidance notes explained Ronan Fitzpatrick Introduction content Overview paragraphs Aim Audience Challenge Research method Deliverables Signposting

Crafting a research paper: Guidance notes explained Ronan Fitzpatrick Coverage of source content Depth & breadth Completeness of research Content balance Seminal sources Dated/modern sources Argument & Critique

Crafting a research paper: Guidance notes explained Ronan Fitzpatrick References Academic journals Conference proceedings Standards documents White papers Textbooks WWW

Crafting a research paper: Guidance notes explained Ronan Fitzpatrick Authoritative Scholarly Colloquialisms One, etc, gender-free Spelling & choice of words Language

Crafting a research paper: Guidance notes explained Ronan Fitzpatrick Research analysis Original perspective Original contribution

Crafting a research paper: Guidance notes explained Ronan Fitzpatrick Conclusion Review of key issues Clear conclusions No new content No citations Emphasises contribution Value to others Future work

Crafting a research paper: Guidance notes explained Ronan Fitzpatrick Examples Include them regularly in order to assist clarification for your readers. If you don’t include them will your readers understand the points you make? is it because you don’t understand the points yourself?