By: Susan Logie
Agenda1. How to get started
2. Tips and strategies
3. Plagiarism
4. Copyright
How do we get started?write every day ‐‐ maybe only 15 minuteswrite to help you work through an idea – writing is a p y g gthinking processdon’t worry about writing in a particular order
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Structuring the Introduction Antoinette Wilkinson, The Scientist’s Handbook for Writing Papers and Dissertations.Englewood Cliffs New Jersey Prentice Hall: 1991 – modified by S L LogieEnglewood Cliffs, New Jersey. Prentice Hall: 1991 – modified by S.L.Logie
Different ways of organizing the essential parts:1. problem background your research
question2. background problem your research
question3. your research question problem
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and the roadmap
What is a literature review?
a broad acquaintance with the literature
the ability to put the literature into a meaningful i fi di h perspective – finding the gap
i i l l i f h lia critical evaluation of the literature
Conclusions and RecommendationsConclusions and Recommendations section could include:
A restatement of the main purpose of the report
A f h i h d f i i iA summary of the main methods of investigation
A summary of the most important resultsA summary of the most important results
Recommendations Recommendations
Future work
Writing lacks cohesionHow do we fix this problem?
Create an outline or an organization chart.
Repeat key terms in close proximity.
Check to make sure the relationship between sentences and paragraphs is clear.
Writing lacks a sense of audienceConduct an audience analysis before you write. Ask your self –Who is your audience?Who is your audience?What is the audience’s level of expertise?What do they need from the document?What do they need from the document?Do they have any biases or prejudgments? Under what conditions will they read the document?yWhat is the appropriate level of formality given the audience?
Writing has no clear purposearticulate your purpose(s) clearly – in writing (e.g. what is the purpose of this thesis?) – clarify your research questionsquestionsidentify what you need to include to achieve your purpose(s)verify the purpose(s) with your supervisordetermine if your purpose is attainable
( ) d h hrestate your purpose (s) as you do your research – the purpose may change
Writing is not conciseDelete meaningless words
Delete the use of redundant categories
Replace a phrase with a word
Writing is not well formattedengineering writing is highly formatted – why?
use headings/ numbering systems/short paragraphs
be consistent in your use of headings/numbering systems/font/abbreviations
Writing is not supported byWriting is not supported by appropriate resources
Use the resources from the library – librarians who are expert in finding engineering resources
Use a tool such as Refworks, Mendeley, or WizFolio to collect and organize your research
Consider the bibliography of articles you read – do you recognize anyone? ecog e a yo e?
Ask the librarian how to citation chase (find out how ft ti l h b it d)often an article has been cited)
Writing is not supported byWriting is not supported by appropriate resources
How do you choose what to read? Don’t read the whole article from beginning to end before youread the abstractread the abstractread the conclusionslook at the graphics and datalook at the graphics and data
Do not pad your writing with irrelevant literatureDo not pad your writing with irrelevant literature
Writing is not supported byWriting is not supported by appropriate references (Plagiarism)
1. What is plagiarism?Using someone else’s words without quotingU i ( h i ) l ’ id i h Using (paraphrasing )someone else’s ideas without attribution
2. Err on the side of “over citing”.
3. ALWAYS – write down the bibliographic information when you are taking notes from a source
Obtaining CopyrightTo use copyrighted material (e.g. a figure) you must –
Obtain permission from the copyright holderStart the process of getting this permission early on
If you are submitting your thesis to Theses CanadaYou should sign the “Library and Archives Canada You should sign the Library and Archives Canada Theses Non‐Exclusive License)
Webinar – sample of repeating keyWebinar sample of repeating key terms in close proximity
Wireless communication technology has enabled mobility of personal devicesequipped with sensing and computing capabilities. An important consequenceof such mobility is that resource and information needs of users changewith their physical location. This location dependency has incited theemergence of location based services that cater to changing user contextsemergence of location‐based services that cater to changing user contexts.Such services are offered as value‐added features on top of existingcommunication infrastructures in various applications includinglocation‐specific information delivery and network management.
To support location‐based services, accurate and reliable user locationinformation is needed. This need has sparked a new interest in positioningand tracking systems. In this talk, I will discuss the history,applications, and theory of positioning in indoor wireless local areanet orks (WLAN)networks (WLAN).