Scientific Methodology Guidelines for the Writing of Assignments and Theses for the Students of Philosophy and Theology

includes index and biblioraphy

STEPS IN WRITING A SCIENTIFIC PAPER .........3 2.1 Select a Topic... 3 22 Prepare a Basic Bibliography ... 4 2.3 Preliminary Reading... 4 2.4 Make a Personal Outline... 4 2.5 Read and Take Notes ... 5 2.6 Organize the Material Collected and Make the Final Outline... 6 2.7 The First Draft ... 7 2.8 The Second and the Final Drafts ... 7 THE STRUCTURE OF A SCIENTIFIC PAPER... 8 3.1 Preliminaries/Front Matter ... 9 3.1 .1 Title Page ...9 3. 1.2 Dedication ... 9 3. 1.3 Preface... 9 3. 1.4 Foreword ... 10 3.1 .5 Acknowledgements... 10 3.1.6 List of Abbreviations ... 10 3.1.7 Contents... 10 3.2 Body/Text... 11 3.2.1 Introduction... 12 3.2.2 Chapters... 12 3.2.3 Conclusion ... 13 3.3 Back Matter... 13 3.3.1 Appendix ... 13 3.3.2 Bibliography... 13 3.3.3 Index ... 14 3.4 General Guidelines ... 14 3.4.1 Spacing... 14 3.4.2 Pagination... 15 3.4.3 Margins ... 15 3.4.4 Use of ltalics ... 15 3.4.5 Quotation Marks ... 16 3.4.6 Capitals... 16 3.4.7 FontSizeand Style... 16 3.4.8 Date and Time ... 17 3.4.9 Punctuation... 19 3.4.10 Further Considerations... 25 4. FOOTNOTES... 29 4.1 General Guidelines for Footnotes... 30 4.1.1 Numbering... 30 4.1.2 Style of the Footnote ... 30 4.1.3 Position of the Footnotes ... 31 42 Details of the Footnote... 31 4.2.1 Name of the Author ... 31 4.2.2 Title of the Book ... 32 4.2.3 Name of Editor, Translator or Compiler ... 32 4.2.4 Later Editions...33 4.2.5 Facts of Publication... 33 4.2.6 Page Numbers... 34 4.3 Subsequent References... 34 4.4 Footnote for Other Important Types of Material.... 36 4.4.1 Periodicals... 36 4.4.1.1 Journals... 36 4.4.1.2 Magazines... 37 4.4.1.3 Newspapers... 38 4.4.2 Encyclopaedias ... 38 4.4.3 Materials from the Internet...