Revised Guidebook for Submission of Theses and Dissertations in Electronic Format

Guidebook for Submission of Theses/Dissertations in

Print and Electronic Format

Guidelines, Format Features and File Naming Convention

Baba Farid University of Health Sciences

GGS Hospital Complex Sadiq RoadFaridkot – 151 203

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Item: Guidebook for Submission of Theses and Dissertations in El

Instructions to Candidates

The format features for thesis or dissertation are as under:

PaperUse only one side of high-quality, plain white (unlined in any way) bond paper, minimum 85gm and A4 in size. Erasable paper should not be used.

Type, Size and PrintSelect fonts type Arial and size of 12 points for text. The size of the titles should be 14 and Bold, the size of subtitles should be 12 and Bold. Print should be letter quality or laser (not dot matrix) printing with dark black characters that are consistently clear and dense. Use the same type of print size throughout the document.

PaginationNumber all of the pages of your document, including not only the principal text, but also all plates, tables, diagrams, maps, and so on. Roman numerals should be used on the preliminary pages (pages up to the first page of text) and Arabic numerals should be used on the text pages. The numbers themselves can be placed on the Right Bottom of the page, however they should be consistent.

SpacingUse double spacing except for long quotations, footnotes, and endnotes, which are single-spaced. Triple Space before, between after all scientific equation calculations.

MarginsTo allow for binding, the left-hand margin must be 1.5”. Other margins should be 1.0”. Diagrams, photographs, or facsimiles in any form should be s standard page size, or if larger, folded so that a free left-hand margin of 1.5” remains and the folded sheet is not larger than the standard page.

Photographs Professional quality coloured photographs are necessary for reproduction for all the required copies of theses/ dissertations, but you should be certain the colored figure will print clearly and will not be confusing when printed in black and white.

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[TYPE THESIS TITLE HERE]Font: Arial; 22; Bold; Center

A Thesis/ Dissertation submitted to the [university name]

For the Award of

[Degree name]

in[Faculty name]

by[Name of creator]

GUIDE/ SUPERVISOR[Name of Contributor(s)]

Department of Studies in [Department name]

[College name]Font: Arial; 18; Bold; Center

[Year with Month]Font: Arial; 16; Bold; Center

All other text should be Font: 12; Center

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Monitoring Fluid Absorption During Turp By Marking the Irrigating Fluid

With Ethanol

A Thesis submitted to the Baba Farid University of Health Sciences

For the Award of

Master of Surgery

inSurgery

byMohan Prasad

GUIDEDr. Anupama Mittal

Department of SurgeryGovernment Medical College Patiala

May 2006

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DECLARATION

I declare that the thesis entitled [Name of Thesis/ Dissertation] has been prepared by me under the guidance of [Name of the Guide], Professor [Designation] of [Department Name, College Name]. No part of this thesis has formed the basis for the award of any degree previously.

Signature[Your Name]

[Department Name], [College Name][College Address]

DATE:

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CERTIFICATE

I certify that [Name of Candidate] has prepared her/ his thesis/ dissertation entitled [TYPE THESIS TITLE HERE], for the award of [Degree Name] degree of the [University Name], under my guidance. He/ She has carried out the work at the Department of [Department Name], [College Name].

Signature [Supervisor Name]

[Designation],[Department Name], [College Name][College Address]

DATE:

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ENDORSEMENT BY THE HEAD OF THE DEPARTMENT AND PRINCIPAL

This is to certify that the thesis entitled [TYPE THESIS TITLE HERE] is a bonafide research work done by [Name of the Candidate] under the guidance of [Name & Designation of the Guide].

Signature Signature HOD [Principal][Official Stamp] [Official Stamp]

DATE:

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COPYRIGHT

Declaration by the Candidate

I hereby declare that the Baba Farid University of Health Sciences, Faridkot, shall have the rights to preserve, use and disseminate this thesis/ dissertation in print or electronic format for academic/ research purpose.

Signature[Name of the Candidate]

[Department Name], [College Name][College Address]

DATE:

© Baba Farid University of Health Sciences, Faridkot

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Dedication, if any

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ACKNOWLEDGMENT

[Type your Acknowledgement here (Not lengthy. Avoid Superlatives)]

Signature[Name of the Candidate]

DATE:

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LIST OF ABBREVIATIONS USED

[In alphabetical order]

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ABSTRACT

[Type your Abstract here (Max. 200-300 words)]

Introduction

Objectives

Methods

Results

Conclusion

Keywords

[Minimum 5 upto Max. 10 (Each keyword should be separated by semicolon)]

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TABLE OF CONTENTS

[Type your Table of Contents here]

Page No.

1. Introduction

2. Aims and Objectives

3. Review of Literature

4. Methodology

5. Results

6. Discussion

7. Conclusion

8. Summary

9. Bibliography

10. Appendices

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LIST OF TABLES

[Type your List of Tables here]

Table No. Title Page No.

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LIST OF FIGURES

[Type your List of Figures here]

Figure No. Title Page No.

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LIST OF APPENDICES

Appendix A: [Type your Appendix A here]

Appendix B: [Type your Appendix B here]

Appendix C: [Type your Appendix C here]

Appendix D: [Type your Appendix D here]

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TITLE OF CHAPTER

[Type your Contents of First Chapter Here]

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REFERENCE LIST

[According to Haward Style Sheet: See Annexure - I]

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[Same formatting style to be followed for all other chapters]

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BIBLIOGRAPHY

[In alphabetical order]

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APPENDIX

[Proforma]

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Electronic File FormatTheses or Dissertations format should be in .doc (MS Word Document) or PDF (Portable Document Format), image files in JPG format and audio visual in AVI (Audio Video Interleave), GIF, MPEG (Moving Picture Expert) files format and graphs in .xls (MS Excel) format.

Name of Files/ Folders

The following file naming conventions should be used while saving the files/ folders in electronic format/ CD-ROM:

For FolderYear of Submission_initialsLast name of researcher_library

numberNote: library number will be assigned by University Library. Example

2006_rmanhas

Here ‘2006’ is the Year of submission, ‘r’ is the initial of researcher’s name and ‘manhas’ is the last name of the researcher. There may be two or more initials in a researcher’s name for example “Rajesh Kumar Rana” then the initials are ‘rk’ and the last name is ‘rana’. The folder name for said example is ‘2006_rkrana’.

The folder should contain all the files of thesis.

For Main Thesis FileYear of Submission_initialsLast name of researcher_mainExample

2006_rmanhas_main

For Graph File(s)Year of Submission_initialsLast name of researcher_graphs_numberExample

2006_rmanhas_graph_1

There may be two or more graphs in a thesis. So, for the first graph, number will be ‘1’ and for the second graph, number will be ‘2’ and so on.

For Chart File(s)Year of Submission_initialsLast name of researcher_chart_number

Example2006_rmanhas_chart_1

There may be two or more charts in a thesis. So, for the first chart, number will be ‘1’ and for the second chart, number will be ‘2’ and so on.

For Master Chart File(s)

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Year of Submission_initialsLast name of researcher_masterchart_number

Example2006_rmanhas_masterchart_1

For Photographs File(s)Year of Submission_initialsLast name of researcher_photos_number

Example2006_rmanhas_photo_1

There may be two or more photographs in a thesis. So, for the first photo, number will be ‘1’ and for second photo, number will be ‘2’ and so on.

Labeling on CDCD-ROM labeling should contain title, subtitle, name of the candidate, degree name, guide name, name of the department, college, place and year.

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ANNEXURE – I

The Harvard Author-Date Referencing System

Referencing, or citing, means acknowledging the sources of information and ideas you have used in an

assignment (e.g. essay or report). This is a standard practice at university and whenever you write an

assignment that requires you to find and use information, you are expected to reference the source of the

information in your writing. Sources could include books, journal or newspaper articles, pictures, diagrams

or items from the internet. The two most common types of referencing systems used are:

author-date systems—such as the Harvard system, APA and MLA

numeric systems—such as Chicago or Turabian, Vancouver and Footnote.

There are a number of variations of the Harvard system and this Guide presents one consistent version which is based on Snooks & Co (eds.) 2002, Style manual for authors, editors and printers, 6th edn, Wiley & Sons, Australia. The first part of the Guide outlines the main rules for referencing; the second part contains frequently asked questions and the final part contains examples of a range of reference types.

Why do we reference?

Academic assignments require wide reading so that the current thinking about a particular topic can be identified. Ideas expressed by other people reinforce the arguments you present in your assignment. The referencing in your assignment:

shows the range of ideas and approaches that you have found and thought about

gives your acknowledgement of where these ideas came from

shows where your reader can locate the sources you have used

avoids plagiarism. Plagiarism is presenting someone else’s ideas and/or the way they express their ideas, as if they are your own. Plagiarism can be unintentional and appropriate referencing helps writers to avoid this.

Citation management software

Citation management software such as RefWorks and EndNote enables you to establish your own database of references, store and transfer them from the database to your own documents (e.g. an assignment). There is further information about this software in the ‘Managing References’ link on the Library’s homepage.

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How do you reference?

In-text reference

Every time you use someone else’s ideas or information an intext reference must be included (this is sometimes called a citation). For example when you:

paraphrase (express someone else’s idea in your own words)

summarise (express someone else’s idea concisely in your own words)

quote (express someone else’s idea in their exact words)

copy (reproduce a diagram, table or any other graphic).

The in-text reference is shown each time you refer to an idea or information and should include:

the author’s or editor’s family name (or organisation responsible). Do not include given names or initials

the year of publication

page numbers if appropriate and where available.

There are two main ways to present an in-text reference.

1. In brackets, outside your sentence structure:

Many factors are known to affect the successful outcomes for students at university (Johnston 2003).

2. using the author’s name as part of your sentence structure, with the date in brackets:

Johnston (2003) claims that there are many factors that are known to affect the success of students at university.

Page numbers are included when you:

use a direct quote from an original source

summarise an idea from a particular page

copy tables or figures, or provide particular details like a date.

McLaine (2002, p. 16) stated that productivity was found to be affected by work related stress in 69% of workers.

The reference list

Each citation must have a matching entry in the reference list. It must have the full bibliographic details so that readers can find the source.

The reference list is not a bibliography. A bibliography lists everything you may have read, while a reference list is limited to the in-text references in your assignment. A bibliography is not needed unless specifically asked for by your lecturer.

The reference list is:

titled ‘References’

arranged alphabetically by author’s family name, or title if a source has no author

a single list—books, journal articles and electronic sources are listed together and not arranged in separate lists.

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Setting out items in a reference list

The main elements required for all references are the author, the date, the title and the publication information.

The basic formats are shown in the examples below. These should be followed exactly, paying special attention to details of capitalisation, punctuation, italics and wording.

Example of a book

The basic format required for books is:

Author’s family name, Initial(s) year, Title of book, Publisher, Place of publication.

Daly, J 2004, Nursing leadership, Elsevier, Sydney.

Component Explanation

Daly, J The author’s name, family name first, followed by a comma and an initial.

2004, Year of publication followed by a comma, no parentheses/brackets.

Nursing leadership, Title in italics, followed by a comma. Upper case used for first letter; lower case forthe rest.

Elsevier, Publisher followed by a comma.

Sydney. Place of publication. If more than one place is listed give only the first listed. If thereis another place of the same name or if the place is little known add the state orcountry. Full stop at the end.

Example of an academic journal article

The basic format required for journal articles is:

Author’s family name, Initial(s) year, ‘Title of article’, Title of Journal, volume number, issue number, page range.

Davis, L, Mohay, H & Edwards, H 2003, ‘Mothers' involvement in caring for their premature infants: an historical overview’, Journal of Advanced Nursing, vol. 42, no. 6, pp. 578–86.

Component Explanation

Davis, L, Mohay, H & Edwards, H

2003,

‘Mothers' involvement in caring for their premature infants: an historical overview’,

Journal of Advanced Nursing,

vol. 42,

no. 6,

pp. 578–86.

Author’s family name followed by a comma, then initial(s) with no punctuation after the initials. Ampersand (&) joins second or last author— no comma after last author's initials.

Year of publication followed by a comma, no brackets.

Title of the article in single inverted commas, (capital for first word only), followed by a comma.

Title of the journal capitalised and in italics, followed by a comma.

Volume number of the journal followed by a comma.

Number of the issue followed by a comma.

Page numbers of the article, with an En dash between.

Example of an electronic publication

The basic format required for electronic sources is:

Author’s family name, Initial(s) year date, Title of document or website, date viewed, <URL>.

Thomas, S 1997, Guide to personal efficiency, Adelaide University, viewed 6 January 2004, <http://library.adelaide.edu.au/~sthomas/papers/perseff.html>.

Component Explanation

Thomas, S Author’s family name followed by a comma, then initial(s) with nopunctuation after the initials.

1997, Year of publication followed by a comma, no brackets.

Guide to personal efficiency, Title of the source in italics, followed by a comma.

Adelaide University, The document’s publisher, if known.

viewed 6 January 2004, Date the document was viewed with a comma after year.

<http://library.adelaide.edu.au/~sthomas The internet address (URL or Uniform Resource Locator) is enclosed in </papers/perseff.html>. and >, with the full address and followed by a full stop if at the end.

Frequently asked questions

1. How do I reference an idea or information by one author (Author 1) which occurs in a book or journal article by another author (Author 2)?

The rule is that you should mention both authors (Author 1 and Author 2) in your in-text reference; but in your reference list you only list the item you read, that is, by Author 2. For example, if you read about an idea by Lim (Author 1) in a book by Strauss (Author 2) you need to mention both in your in-text reference. So the in-text reference would be written as:

Lim (Strauss 2004, p. 71) stated that … or

Lim’s study (cited in Strauss 2004, p. 71) indicates that … or

Lim’s 1972 study (Strauss 2004, p. 71) shows that … or

Strauss (2004, p. 71) in reporting Lim’s study, emphasized the aspect …

In the reference list you list only Strauss (Author 2 - the source you read) and not Lim (whose idea you only read about in Strauss).

2. How do I present exact quotations?

Short quotations of fewer than thirty words should be enclosed in single quotation marks (‘….’) as part of your own sentence accompanied by an in-text reference including a page number. For example:

A recent report showed that ‘…universities are forced to expect a significant level of independence from students in their learning’ (Pokorny & Pokorny 2005, p. 449).

Long quotations of more than thirty words should be written without any quotation marks, indented (using Tab key) at the left, and introduced in your own words. A font one size smaller should be used followed by an in-text reference including a page number. For example:

Australians have developed:

an emerging interest in values, vision, meaning and purpose which is the common characteristic of

societies facing the end of a chronological era … each new decade is approached as if it holds

some new promise (Mackay 2005, p. 231).

The three dots after the word ‘era’ show that a word or words have been left out.

3. How do I reference two or three authors?

When there are two or three authors for a reference, all their family names are included in the in-text reference. For example:

According to Cooper, Krever and Vann (2007) the use of this process leads to greater

accuracy. or

The use of this process leads to greater accuracy (Cooper, Krever & Vann 2007).

4. How do I reference more than three authors?

If there are four or more authors for a reference you use ‘et al.’ (which is Latin for ‘et alia’ meaning ‘and the others’) in the in-text reference, after the first family name listed on the source. For example:

This has been suggested by Sandler et al. (2002) in their first Australian study.

Use ‘et al.’ for the first and every time you give an in-text reference for more than three authors. However, all the authors are listed in your reference list in the same order that they are listed in the original reference.

5 How do I reference the work of an author who has published more than one work in the same year

If an author has published more than one work in the same year you place a lower case letter of

the alphabet next to the year date and keep these letters in your reference list as well. For

example:

In a recent publication Pedder (2001b) argued that this process was only applicable in a few circumstances and that for small business alternative processes were more suitable (Pedder 2001a).

The order in which you attach the letters is determined by the alphabetical order of the title of the works by the author.

Using citation management software

Citation management software such as RefWorks and EndNote allow you to set up your own database of stored references and to insert and format these references (both in-text references and reference lists) into your Word documents. For further information about citation management software explore the ‘Managing References’ link on the Library’s homepage.

Both RefWorks and EndNote have a Harvard author-date style. However the versions of the Harvard system used in both software packages are not the same as the version presented in this guide. The Refworks Harvard style is closest to the version in this guide. It is acceptable to use either software package for the references in your assignment and if you do, add a note such as the following under your ‘References’ heading:

This reference list has been compiled using the RefWorks (or EndNote, as applicable) version of the Harvard author-date system.

Can’t find an example to match your resource?

If none of the examples (pages 8 to 14) match the resource you want to reference. Identify:

the type of resource you want to reference (book, journal article, web page, blog, wiki, video etc). A book in electronic form is still categorised as a book

the author or authors. An author can be an individual, a number of individuals, an editor (abbreviated to ed.) or a number of editors (eds), or an organisation (such as a business, a government department). If there is no author, use the title (in italics)

the year the resource was produced. If there is no date the use the abbreviation n.d. which stands for ‘no date’

the title of the resource.

Go to the example pages of this Guide and find a similar type of reference to use as a model. Then, construct your reference using the main elements you have identified, including the:

author

year of publication

title

publication information.

Examples of referencing using Harvard

Books

Basic format for books: Author’s family name, Initial(s) year, Title of book, Publisher, Place of publication

Example An example of an in-text reference The entry in the reference list

Book with single author Escritt (2006) argues that… Escritt, S 2006, Art nouveau, Phaidon, London.

Book with two or three According to Cooper, Krever and Vann (2002) … Cooper, GS, Krever, E & Vann, RJ 2002, Income taxation: commentary and materials,authors

OR4th edn, Australian Tax Practice, Sydney, NSW.

It has been argued (Cooper, Krever & Vann 2002) that…

Book with more than As suggested by Sandler et al. (1999, p. 14)… Sandler, MP, Patton, JA, Coleman, RE, Gottschalk, A, Wackers, FJ & Hoffere, PBthree authors 1999, Diagnostic nuclear medicine, Williams & Wilkins, Baltimore.

Book with no author As shown in Networking essentials plus (2009) … Networking essentials plus 2009, Microsoft Press, Redmond, Washington.

Book with no date This has been emphasised by Seah (n.d.) when … Seah, R n.d., Micro-computer applications, Microsoft Press, Redmond, Washington.

Electronic book Trochim (2004) maintains that… Trochim, WM 2004, The research methods knowledge base, 2nd edn, viewed 14November 2009, <http://www.socialresearchmethods.met/kb/index.htm>.

Second or later edition Several characteristics support this (Derham 2001, p. 46) Derham, F 2001, Art for the child under seven, 7th edn, Australian Early Childhoodof a book and … Association, Watson, ACT.

Translated book Popularity of the novel Les enfants terribles (Cocteau Cocteau, J 1961, Les enfants terribles, trans. R Lehmann, Penguin, London.1961) increased after it was translated …

Edited (ed.), revised Walpole (ed. 2001) questions whether … Walpole, M (ed.) 2001, Tax administration in the 21st century, Prospect Media, St(rev.) or compiled Leonards, NSW.(comp.) book

Edited book with more … key diagnostic tools (eds. Sandler et al. 1999) Sandler, MP, Patton, JA, Coleman, RE, Gottschalk, A, Wackers, FJ & Hoffer, PB (eds)than three authors 1999, Diagnostic nuclear medicine, 3rd edn, Williams & Wilkins, Baltimore.

One volume of a multi- It has been implied (Einax 1995) that … Einax, J 1995, Chemometrics in environmental chemistry: applications, vol. 2,volume set of books Handbook of environmental chemistry, Springer, Berlin.

Encyclopaedia or Chilvers (1998, p. 225) demonstrates that … Chilvers, I 1998, 'Funk art’, in The Oxford dictionary of twentieth century art, OxfordDictionary – with University Press, Oxford, p. 225.author

Encyclopaedia or The Hutchinson encyclopaedia (2007) defines ethics as No entry is required in the reference list because you have the name and date of theDictionary - no author … encyclopaedia or dictionary as an in-text reference.

Book sponsored by an Deni Green Consulting Services (2008) has compiled … Deni Green Consulting Services 2008, Capital idea: realising value frominstitution, corporation environmental and social performance, Deni Green Consulting Services, Northor other organisation Carlton, Victoria.

Chapter in an edited In conclusion, Cicourel (1999) emphasises … Cicourel, AV 1999, ‘The interaction of cognitive and cultural models in health carebook delivery’, in Talk, work and institutional order: discourse in medical, mediation and

management settings, eds S Sarangi & C Roberts, Mouton de Gruyter, Berlin, pp. 183–224.

Journal articlesBasic format for journal articles: Author’s family name, Initial(s) year, ‘Title of article,’ Title of Journal, vol and issue numbers, page range.

Example An example of an in-text reference The entry in the reference list

Journal article with This procedure has received support (O’Hara 2009, p.single author 1548) and …

Journal article with two Williams, Sewell and Humphrey (2002, p. 18)or three authors acknowledge …

OR

It has been acknowledged (Williams, Sewell &Humphrey 2002, p.18) that …

Journal article with The fact that alpha-bungarotoxin isotoxins are notmore than three derived from edited mRNAs (Chang et al. 2008, p.authors 3971) suggests that …

Journal article with no Such a strategy is already in use (‘Building humanauthor resources instead of landfills’ 2000) and …

Journal article from an … and this has been established by Garcia (2004) whoelectronic journal …

Journal article accessed Carpenter and Feroz (2003) link this idea with …using an electronicdatabase

O'Hara, MJ 2009, ‘Flood basalts, basalt floods or topless bushvelds? Lunar petrogenesis revisited’, Journal of Petrology, vol. 41, no. 11, pp. 1545–1651.

Williams, RA, Sewell, D & Humphrey E 2002, ‘Perspectives in ambulatory care.Implementing problem-based learning in ambulatory care’, Nursing Economics, vol. 20, no. 3, pp. 135–41.

NOTE: If the article is accessed using a database (e.g Ebsco, Academic Science Direct) there is no need to refer to the database in the reference. Journals which have an electronic form may be accessed using different databases and these can vary from library to library.

Chang, L, Lin, S, Huang, H & Hsiao, N 2008, ‘Genetic organisation of alpha-bungarotoxins from Bungarus multicinctus (Taiwan banded krait): evidence showing that the production of alpha-bungarotoxin isotoxins is not derived from edited mRNAs’, Nucleic Acids Research, vol. 27, no. 20, pp. 3970–5.

NOTE: The use of italics for Bungarus multicinctus is a scientific convention with species and genera.

‘Building human resources instead of landfills’ 2000, Biocycle, vol. 41, no. 12, pp. 28– 9.

Garcia, P 2004, ‘Pragmatic comprehension of high and low level language learners’, TESL–EJ, vol. 8, no. 2, viewed 2 December 2009, <http://berkeley.edu/TESL-EJ/ej30/a!.html>.

Carpenter, VL & Feroz, EH 2003, ‘Institutional theory and accounting rule choice: an analysis of four US state governments' decisions to adopt generally accepted accounting principles’, Accounting, Organizations and Society, vol. 26, nos. 7–8, pp. 565–96.

Electronic publicationsBasic format for electronic publications: Author’s family name, Initial(s) year date, Title of document or website, date viewed, <URL>.

Example An example of an in-text reference The entry in the reference list

Electronic book

Journal article from an electronic journal

A World Wide Web site

Document on World Wide Web

Document on World Wide Web with no author

Document on World Wide Web with no date

Document on World Wide Web, without an author but with a sponsoring body

Document on World Wide Web with no author or no date

Trochim (2000) maintains that…

… and this has been established by Garcia (2004) who …

The Department of Immigration and Multicultural and Indigenous Affairs’ website (2009) has details of …

This is clarified by desJardins (2005) who identifies …

An overview of lung cancer was provided in Lung Cancer(2004) and …

This is clarified by desJardins (n.d.) who identifies …

In discussing the issues related to Mp3s (Mp3-mac.com 2008) the …

If a resource from the web has no author and no date you may need to reconsider whether it is a suitable source for academic work.

Trochim, WM 2004, The research methods knowledge base, 2nd edn, viewed 14 November 2009, <http://socialresearchmethods.net/kb/index.htm>.

Garcia, P 2004, ‘Pragmatic comprehension of high and low level language learners’,TESL–EJ, vol 8, no. 2, viewed 2 December, 2009, <http://berkeley.edu/TESL-EJ/ej30/a!.html>.

NOTE: If the article is accessed using a database (e.g Ebsco, Academic Science Direct) there is no need to refer to the database in the reference. E-Journals may be accessed using different databases and these can vary from library to library.

Department of Immigration and Multicultural and Indigenous Affairs 2009, The Department of Immigration and Multicultural and Indigenous Affairs, Canberra, viewed 7 March 2009, <http://www.immi.gov.au/>.

desJardins, M 2005, How to succeed in postgraduate study, Applied Ecology Research Group, University of Canberra, viewed 26 April 2009, <http://aerg.canberra.edu.au/jardins/t.htm>.

Lung Cancer 2004, msn Health, viewed 12 June 2009, <http://content.health.msn.com/condition_center/lung_cancer/default.htm>.

desJardins, M n.d., How to succeed in postgraduate study, Applied Ecology Research Group, University of Canberra, viewed 26 April 2009, <http://aerg.canberra.edu.au/jardins/t.htm>.

Mp3-mac.com 2008, What is Mp3?, viewed 15 October 2009, <http://www.mp3-mac.com/Pages/What_is_Mp3.html>.

Electronic thesis (ADT Price (2005) has argued that … collection)

Media release on the The Minister confirmed this (Pirelli 2009) in a mediaWorld Wide Web release issued in the same week that the questions were

raised in Parliament.

Discussion lists, Patterson (2009) acknowledged this in a posting on the …newsgroups

Email Davenport confirmed this by email on 1 August 2003.

Computer program A program was developed (MathWorks 2001) to …

Blog These comments were echoed in a post (Alford 2099) that…

Podcast In federal Parliament the issues was raised (House ofRepresentatives Question Time 2009) by the …

Wiki This British group (‘Monty Python’ 2009) was influenced

YouTube In order to have some control over the use of theirmaterial the group set up a YouTube channel (MontyPython’s Channel 2008) which contains a selection …

Price, K 2005, ‘Exploring what the doing does: a poststructural analysis of nurses’ subjectivity in relation to pain’, Department of Nursing and Midwifery, PhD thesis, University of South Australia, viewed 10 May 2009, Australian Digital Theses Project, <http://www.library.unisa.edu.au/adt-root/public/adt-SUSA-20030501-145110/index.html>.

Pirelli, A (Minister for Transport and Regional Services) 2009, CASA approves new safety measures, media release, 1 April, Department of Transport and Regional Services, Canberra, viewed 14 April 2009, <http://www.dotrs.gov.au/media/pirelli/archive/2003/apr_03/al6_2003.htm>.

Patterson, S <[email protected]> 2009, ‘Something’s got to give’, list server, 29 January, National Association of Sceptics, viewed 8 February 2009, <http://www.nsa.net.au/listserv/>.

Emails are dealt with in the same way as personal communications. The document is mentioned in the text but no entry is given in the reference list. It is important to get permission of the person being referred to before mentioning them.

MathWorks 2001, MATLAB, ver. 6, computer program, The MathWorks Inc., Natick, MA, USA.

Alford, D 2009, ‘Stormy Mondays: Zen Tricksters salute’, Hidden track, 26 October, viewed 27 October 2009, <http://www.glidemagazine.com/hiddentrack/#>

The date after the title of the blog is the day and month of the individual post. If no proper name is given for the author the user name may be presented instead.

House of Representatives Question Time 2009, podcast, 29 October, viewed 5 November /2009, <http://www.abc.net.au/newsradio/podcast/QUESTIONREPS.XML>.

‘Monty Python’ 2009, Wikipedia, viewed 27 September 2009, <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Monty_Python>.

Monty Python’s Channel 2008, YouTube, viewed 29 September 2009, <http://www.youtube.com/user/MontyPython>.

Special publications and materials

Basic format for special publications and materials: Author’s family name, Initial(s) year, Title of item, description of item, publisher, place of publication

Example An example of an in-text reference The entry in the reference list

Conference paper It has been shown (Hills 2000) that … Hills, QG 2000, ‘Relative timing of deformation, metamorphism and mineralisationwithin the Willyama Complex, New South Wales’, in Proceedings of the 14th

Victorian Universities Earth Sciences Conference, Geological Society of Australia,Melbourne, pp. 38–42.

Newspaper article As Ionesco described (2001) in his article… Ionesco, J 2001, ‘Federal election: new Chipp in politics’, Advertiser 23 October,

(with author)p.10.

Note: An initial ‘the’ in English language newspaper titles is omitted

Newspaper article (no … in the Advertiser (23 October 2001, p. 10). Advertiser 2001, ‘Federal election: new Chipp in politics’, 23 October, p. 10.author)

Online newspaper Victorian universities (Perkins 2009) have been unable to Perkins, M 2009, ‘Unis fail to make gains on equity’, Age 10 November, viewed 11article increase the number of equity undergraduate students … November 2009, <http://www.theage.com.au/national/education/unis-fail-to-make-

(with author) gains-on-equity-20091102-hth3.html>.

Government report The Human Rights and Equal Opportunity Commission Human Rights and Equal Opportunity Commission, 1997, Bringing them home:(1997) considered that … report of the National Inquiry into the Separation of Aboriginal and Torres Strait

Islander Children from their Families, (R Wilson, Commissioner), Human Rightsand Equal Opportunity Commission, Sydney.

Legislation: Acts, The Commonwealth Constitution Act 1900 was passed to Constitution Act 1900 (Cwlth)Ordinances and establish the commonwealth of Australia.Regulations

OR

Inconsistent States and Territory legislation was overriddenRacial Discrimination Act 1975 (Cwlth)(Racial Discrimination Act 1975) and …

Bills before parliament The Human Rights (Mandatory Sentencing of JuvenileOffenders) Bill 1999 was proposed in response to aperceived shift in …

Legal case Three representatives of the Meriam people brought theaction (Mabo and Others v Queensland 1992) before theHigh Court …

Patent Ultimately Tadayuki, Kazuhisa and Atsushi (1999) took outa patent in Japan in 1999.

Video, DVD or The processes involved have been well documented (Theytelevision recording did it their way, 1998).

Radio program The recent broadcast of The War of the Worlds (2006) didnot cause the panic that resulted from the original in 1938.

Pamphlet or brochure Additional resources are identified in the pamphlet …(Online resources, publications, training 2001).

Compact disk (CD) & The original broadcast (War of the worlds 1999) in 1938 isAudio cassette said to have caused mass panic amongst listeners.

Standard Ultimately the Standards Association published a standardcovering colour in chocolate in 1996 (Standards Associationof Australia 1996).

Personal It has been confirmed by Seow (2003, pers. comm. 3 July)communication that this practice is widespread.

Thesis Pope (1996, p. 78) argued exactly this …

Unpublished report Such habitats have been studied extensively by, forexample, Sinclair, Knight and Merz (1999)

Human Rights (Mandatory Sentencing of Juvenile Offenders) Bill 1999 (Cwlth).

Mabo and Others v Queensland (no.2) 1992 175 CLR1.

Tadayuki, O, Kazuhisa, Y & Atsushi, N 1999, Hard butter composition and its production, Japanese Patent 99–78710.

They did it their way 1998, video recording, BBC for The Open University.

OR if it is a broadcast television program it would be:

They did it their way 1998, television program, SBS television, Sydney, 5 May.

The War of the Worlds 2006, radio program, ABC National, 17 March.

Online resources, publications, training 2001, Australian Copyright Council, Redfern, NSW.

War of the worlds 1999, Mercury Theatre On The Air, audio CD, Radio Spirits, ASIN: B00002R145.

Standards Association of Australia 1996, Colour Standards for general purposes: Chocolate (AS 2700S-1996 (X64)), Standards Australia, North Sydney.

For personal communications such as conversations, letters, email s and faxes, the document is mentioned in the text but no entry is given in the reference list. It is important to get permission from the person being referred to.

Pope, JJ 1996, ‘The nature and origin of magnetite-rich zones in the Mount Fort Constantine Volcanics, adjacent to the Ernest Henry Cu-Au-Co deposit, NW Queensland’, MSc. thesis, University of Leicester.

Sinclair, J, Knight, G & Merz, R 1999, ‘Video transect analysis of subtidal habitats in the Dampier Archipelago’, Museum of WA.

Unpublished …and Wolff (2000) has argued this point at some length.conference paper

Document on Richard (2001) suggests that…microfiche

Thesis on microfiche Dance is seen as having an important educational role(Dominiak 1998).

Image Seven Sisters, Milky Way Dreaming (Nungurrayi 2002)

Artwork: paintingdepicts the …

Image in another source Dream People, an etching by Hanrahan, is one of the works

Artwork in a bookthat Carrol (1986, p. 64) describes as part of her secondprintmaking phase...

Graph or diagram An example of referencing a graph:

Modes of Support

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11Unrated

10

Not Effective9

8 Quite Effective7

6 Very Effective

5

4

3

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Generic websitesTailored online materialsEmail serviceIn-country programsCD-RomsOnline languageVideo,coursesbook +LASWebCTin-country staff

Modes of support, (Wachmeister 2009, p.11)

Lectures It is generally not acceptable to cite university lecture notes;the original source of the lecturer’s information should belocated and cited.

Wolff, L 2000, ‘Corporate compliance and human rights in Japan’, paper presented at the Australasian Law Teachers' Association Conference, University of Canberra, 2–5 July.

Richard, P 2001, Towards the goal of full employment: trends, obstacles and policies, microfiche, International Labour Office, Geneva, Educational Resources Information Center, Washington, ED 477814.

Dominiak, KM 1998, The role of dance making for the older adult, microfiche,MappSci. thesis, Texas Woman’s University, Microform Publications, University ofOregon.

Nungurrayi, GP 2002, Seven Sisters, Milky Way Dreaming, painting, held at Art Gallery of South Australia.

Carrol A 1986, Barbara Hanrahan Printmaker, Wakefield Press, Netley, SouthAustralia.

Wachmeister, J 2009, ‘The support for learning by celestial bodies’, Future Learning, vol 1, no.2, pp.1–24.

ANNEXURE-II

BABA FARID UNIVERSITY OF HEALTH SCIENCES, FARIDKOT

PROFORMA FOR REGISTRATION OF SUBJECTS FOR DISSERTATION

1. NAME OF THE CANDIDATE AND ADDRESS

2. NAME OF THE INSTITUTE

3. COURSE OF STUDY AND SUBJECT

4. DATE OF ADMISSION OF COURSE

5. TITLE OF THE TOPIC

6. BRIEF RESUME OF THE INTENDED WORK

6.1 NEED FOR THE STUDY

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6.2 REVIEW OF LITERATURE:

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6.3 AIMS AND OBJECTIVES OF THE STUDY.

6.4 MATERIALS AND METHODS

7.1 SOURCE OF DATA.

7.2 METHOD OF COLLECTION OF DATA

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7.3 DOES THE STUDY REQUIRE ANY INVESTIGATIONS OR INTERVENTIONS TO BE CONDUCTED ON PATIENTS OR OTHER HUMANS OR ANIMALS? IF SO, PLEASE DESCRIBE BRIEFLY.

OR OTHER HUMANS OR ANIMALS? IF SO, PLEASE DESCRIBE BRIEFLY.

7.4 HAS ETHICAL CLEARENCE BEEN OBTAINED FROM YOUR INSTITUTION IN CASE OF 7.3?

8. LISTS OF REFERENCES.

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