東吳大學資訊系論文研討• How do you begin a research project?• How do you develop a research project?

– How to use WORD to organize your thesis

Chapter 35, 36The Scott, Foresman Handbook for WritersBy Hairston, Ruszkiewicz and Friend, Longman)

How do you begin a research project?

• Claming a topic

• Researching a Thesis

• Locating Information

• Searching with Keywords

• Evaluating Your Sources

• Organizing your research process

How do you develop a research project?

• Working with research materials

• Shaping your project

• Documenting sources– Using Word

• Understanding academic responsibility

• Handling quotations

• Completing your project

Claming a topic

• Research and Dialogue: The research should bring important information to your attention, and the dialogue may help transform that material into knowledge.

• Size up an assignment carefully• Find a topic in “your world”• Browse in your topic area• Connect your topic to a wider community

Claming a topic Researching a Thesis Locating Information Searching with Keywords Evaluating Your Sources Organizing your research process

Claming a topic

• Your browsing and Background Reading should:– Confirm whether you are, in fact, interested in your

topic.– Survey your subject so you can identify key issues

and begin narrowing the scope of your project, if appropriate.

– Determine whether sufficient resources exist to support your project in the time available.

Claming a topic Researching a Thesis Locating Information Searching with Keywords Evaluating Your Sources Organizing your research process

Claming a topic

• Encyclopedias:– In general : bound(electronic)

• The Encyclopaedia Britannica (Britannica Online)

• Encyclopedia Americana (Encarta)

• Collier’s Encyclopedia (Grolier Multimedia Encyclopedia)

• Columbia Encyclopedia (Academic American Encyclopedia)

– Specialized• Science: McGraw-Hill Encyclopedia of Science and Technology

• Computer: Encyclopedia of Computer Science

• Law: The Guide to American Law

• Economics: Encyclopedia of American Economic History

Claming a topic Researching a Thesis Locating Information Searching with Keywords Evaluating Your Sources Organizing your research process

Researching a Thesis

• Narrow your topic

• Consider the kind of research you must do

Claming a topic Researching a Thesis Locating Information Searching with Keywords Evaluating Your Sources Organizing your research process

Locating Information

• Use Libraries and library catalogs efficiently• Locate suitable bibliographies (complete, Selective, A

nnotated, Annual)• Locate suitable indexes to search the periodical literatu

re• Check the World Wide Web

– http://www.google.com (google)– http://www.ask.com (jeeves)– http://www.yahoo.com (Yahoo!)– http://webcrawler.com (WebCrawler)– ….. (p597, Text book)

Claming a topic Researching a Thesis Locating Information Searching with Keywords Evaluating Your Sources Organizing your research process

Locating Information

• Consult biographical resources• Check guides to reference books• Locate statistics• Check news sources

– http://www.cnn.com (CNN– http://www.nytimes.com (New York Times)– http://www.usatoday.com (USA Today News)– http://www.savers.org/wash_times (Washington Times)

• Check book/film reviews• Enter electronic conversation• Write or email professional organizations• Conduct field research

Claming a topic Researching a Thesis Locating Information Searching with Keywords Evaluating Your Sources Organizing your research process

Searching with Keywords

• Understand how a simple keyword search works• Understand the principles of Boolean search• Search by exact phrase• Decide where you will search• Decide on the time frame for your search• Decide how you want your information reported• Evaluate your electronic search

Claming a topic Researching a Thesis Locating Information Searching with Keywords Evaluating Your Sources Organizing your research process

Evaluating Your Sources

• Consider the purpose of a source• Consider the authority and reputation of a source• Consider the credentials of author(s) or sponsoring

agencies• Consider the timeliness and stability of a source• Consider the biases of a source• Consider how well a source presents key information• Consider commercial intrusions into a source• Consult librarians and instructors

Claming a topic Researching a Thesis Locating Information Searching with Keywords Evaluating Your Sources Organizing your research process

Organizing your research process

• Classify the materials you expect to gather

• Prepare a working bibliography– EndNotes

• Make photocopies and note cards for printed sources

• Print or download electronic sources

Claming a topic Researching a Thesis Locating Information Searching with Keywords Evaluating Your Sources Organizing your research process

How do you develop a research project?

• Working with research materials

• Shaping your project

• Documenting sources– Using Word

• Understanding academic responsibility

• Handling quotations

• Completing your project

Working with research materials

• Position your research materials

• Annotate your research materials

• Decide whether a given source should be summarized or paraphrased

• Relate and connect your research materials

Working with research materials Shaping your project Documenting sources

Using Word Understanding academic responsibility Handling quotations Completing your project

Shaping your project

• Make sure you have a point to make

• Focus on issues that matter

• Limit your claim

• Find a structure appropriate to your project

• Modify your structure

• Prepare a first draft early

Working with research materials Shaping your project Documenting sources

Using Word Understanding academic responsibility Handling quotations Completing your project

Shaping your project

• Word issue: – 大綱模式– 文件追蹤

Working with research materials Shaping your project Documenting sources

Using Word Understanding academic responsibility Handling quotations Completing your project

Documenting sources

• Provide a source for every direct quotation– How to “Quotation” in Word

• Document all ideas, opinions, facts, and information that you acquire from sources and that cannot be considered common knowledge

• Document all idea, opinions, facts, and information in your paper that your readers might question or wish to explore further

• Furnish dates, credentials, and other information to assist readers.

• Use links to document electronic sources

Working with research materials Shaping your project Documenting sources

Using Word Understanding academic responsibility Handling quotations Completing your project

Understanding academic responsibility

• Understand the special nature of collaborative projects.

• Appreciate the unique features of some electronic discourse.

• For conventional sources, acknowledge all direct or indirect use of anyone else’s work

• Summarize and paraphrase carefully

Working with research materials Shaping your project Documenting sources

Using Word Understanding academic responsibility Handling quotations Completing your project

Handling quotations

• Select direct quotations strategically• Introduce all direct and indirect borrowings in some

way.• Tailor your language so that direct quotations fit into

the grammar of your sentences• Use ellipses (…) to indicate where you have cut

material from direct quotations.• Use square brackets [] to add necessary information to

a quotation.• … [See text]

Working with research materials Shaping your project Documenting sources

Using Word Understanding academic responsibility Handling quotations Completing your project

Completing your project

• Check the organization

• Pay attention to the format of papers

• Insert tables and figures as need.

• Be consistent with headings

• Include all the parts your project requires

• Follow the rules for documentation right down to the punctuation and spacing

• Submit your project professionally

Working with research materials Shaping your project Documenting sources

Using Word Understanding academic responsibility Handling quotations Completing your project

Check the organization

• Underline the topic idea, or thesis, in your draft• Underline just the first sentence in each

subsequent paragraph• Read the underlined sentences straight through

as if they formed an essay in themselves.• If the underlined sentences don’t make sense,

reexamine those paragraphs not clearly related to the topic idea

• Test your conclusion against your introduction.

Check the organization Pay attention to the format of papers Insert tables and figures as need. Be consistent with headings Include all the parts your project requires Follow the rules for documentation right

down to the punctuation and spacing Submit your project professionally

Pay attention to the format of papers

• 一、 論文編印項目次序•

1.  封面• 2.  書名頁• 3.  論文口試委員會審定書• 4.  誌謝或序言• 5.  中文摘要• 6.  英文摘要• 7.  目錄• 8.  表目錄

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• 9.  圖目錄• 10.    論文本文• 11.  參考文獻• 12.  附錄• 13.  封底•

 

Pay attention to the format of papers

• 二、 規格說明• 1. 封面：著者繕填校名、系所名稱，學位別，論文名稱

﹙中、英文﹚，指導教授及本人姓名，提送年月等，如附件一。（基本Word操作）

• 2. 書名頁：包括論文中英文名稱，著者及指導教授中英文姓名、校名、系所名稱、學位別、提送論文英文說明及地名，提送年月等，如附件二。

• 3. 論文口試委員審定書：依學校格式。• 4. 中英文摘要：內容應說明研究目的，資料來源，研究

方法及結果等，約 500~1000 字﹙並以一頁為原則﹚，中英文各一份裝訂於論文內。(工具/字數統計)

Check the organization Pay attention to the format of papers Insert tables and figures as need. Be consistent with headings Include all the parts your project requires Follow the rules for documentation right

down to the punctuation and spacing Submit your project professionally

Pay attention to the format of papers

1. 5. 論文尺寸及紙張：以 210mm ﹡297mm 規格 A4白色紙張繕製。封面封底採用 150 磅以上淡藍色布紋紙或卡紙。

2. 6. 版面規格：紙張頂端留邊 2.5 公分，左側留邊 3公分，右側留邊 2 公分，底端留邊 2.5 公分，版面底端 1.5 公分處中央繕打頁次﹙見下頁圖 1﹚ 。 （檔案 /版面設定）

3. 7. 文字規格：文章主體中英文皆可，自左至右，橫式打字繕排，文句中引用之外語原文以﹙﹚號附註。

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Pay attention to the format of papers

•8.    頁次：﹙ 1﹚致謝或序言至圖目錄等，以 i ， ii ，iii ，…等小寫羅馬數字連續編頁。 ( 檢視 / 頁首頁尾 )(插入 /頁碼 /格式 /i,ii, …)•﹙2﹚論文第一章以至附錄，均以 1 ， 2 ， 3 ，…等阿拉伯數字連續編頁。 ( 插入 / 分隔設定 / 自下頁起 ; 插入/ 頁碼 / 格式 /1 2 3 and 起始頁碼 )•9. 裝訂：自論文本左端裝訂，書脊打印畢業年度，學位論文別，論文名稱，校、系所名，著者姓名。•10. 論文摘要線上建檔：請依教育部國家圖書館規定將論文摘要上網建檔，請參考 http://www.ncl.edu.tw/theabs說明並洽系所秘書取得上網建檔所需帳號及密碼。

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Insert tables and figures as need.

• 交互參照– 圖– 表– 章節頁碼– 章節目錄– 圖表目錄– 論文索引– Footnote– 數學公式及符號參照

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down to the punctuation and spacing Submit your project professionally

– 如何將 Windows 剪貼至 Word

– 繪圖 : Visio– 圖片格式 ( 及浮水印 )– 圖及解釋同面– 圖片橫畫– 兩面印刷

Be consistent with headings

Check the organization Pay attention to the format of papers Insert tables and figures as need. Be consistent with headings Include all the parts your project requires Follow the rules for documentation right

down to the punctuation and spacing Submit your project professionally

Include all the parts your project requires

Check the organization Pay attention to the format of papers Insert tables and figures as need. Be consistent with headings Include all the parts your project requires Follow the rules for documentation right

down to the punctuation and spacing Submit your project professionally

Follow the rules for documentation right down to the

punctuation and spacing

•三、 撰作細則：• 1.   目錄：按本規範所訂“論文編印項目次序”各項順序，依次編排論文內容各項目名稱、章、節編號、頁次等﹙見圖 2﹚ 。（插入 /索引及目錄 /目錄）

• 2.   圖表目錄：文內表圖，各依應用順序，不分章節連續編號，並表列其頁目次﹙見圖3﹚。（插入 /索引及目錄 /圖表目錄）

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down to the punctuation and spacing Submit your project professionally

Follow the rules for documentation right down to the

punctuation and spacing3.    論文本文：• (1)    章節編號：章次使用 1. 、 2. 、……等中文數字編號，節段編號則配合使用 1.1 、 1.1.1 、﹙ 1﹚、 等層次順序之阿拉伯數字。 ()

• (2)    章節名稱及段落層次：﹙見圖 4﹚。•      章次、章名稱位於打字版面頂端中央處。 ()

     節次、段次均自版面左端排起，各空一、二格後，繕排名稱。 ()

•      小段以下等號次及名稱，均以行首空數格間距表明層次。 ()

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punctuation and spacing(1)    字體：中文以標楷體，英文以 Times New Roman。 ()

(2)    字型大小：內文為 12點、章名稱為 16點、標題名稱為 14點。 ()

(3)    行距：中文採用 1.5 倍行高，英文 2倍行高，章名下留雙倍行距。 ()

1. (4)    字距︰中文為標準間距，英文不拘。 ()

2. (5)    縮排：每段採首行縮排 0.85公分。 ()

Check the organization Pay attention to the format of papers Insert tables and figures as need. Be consistent with headings Include all the parts your project requires Follow the rules for documentation right

down to the punctuation and spacing Submit your project professionally

Follow the rules for documentation right down to the

punctuation and spacing

(8) 數學公式︰文中各數式，依出現次序連續編式號，並加﹙﹚號標明於文中或數式後。 ()

(9) 註腳：特殊事項論點等，可使用註腳 (Footnote) 說明。 註腳依應用順序編號，編號標於相關文右上角以備參閱。各章內編號連續，各章之間不相接續。

                    註腳號碼及內容繕於同頁底端版面內，與正文之間加劃橫線區隔，頁面不足可延用次頁底端版面。 ()

Check the organization Pay attention to the format of papers Insert tables and figures as need. Be consistent with headings Include all the parts your project requires Follow the rules for documentation right

down to the punctuation and spacing Submit your project professionally

Follow the rules for documentation right down to the

punctuation and spacing

(10)    文獻參閱︰文中所有參考之文獻，應將參閱編號，加〔〕號標明於參閱處。文獻資料另編錄於論文本文之後。

例：在設計管制圖時最常用的成本模式是 Duncan〔 1〕所導出來的模式。此模式是根據下述製程行為和收入的某些假設而成立的。

(11) 圖表編排︰表號及表名列於表上方、置中，圖號及圖名置於圖下方、置中。資料來源及說明，一律置於表圖下方、置中。

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Submit your project professionally

• To the department, graduate school, library.

• To Web.

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