GCUF Guide

For Research Writing/Presentation

By The Directorate of Advanced Studies

Government College University Faisalabad Pakistan

Phone No + 92 41 9200157 Email: das@gcuf.edu.pk

Dear Student / Scholar / Supervisor, Directorate of Advanced Studies wants to help you to write your thesis in a style that is being advocated as GC Faisalabad style by the directorate. Our writing guide would not only help you to write your thesis without consuming much time rather it would be a good exercise for you to learn that how to present your ideas in a scientific manner. Wishing you a very successful research presentation Yours Sincerely Director, Directorate of Advanced Studies

For Queries please do not hesitate to contact us The Directorate of Advanced Studies Government College University Faisalabad Pakistan Phone#:. + 92 41 9200157 Email: das@gcuf.edu.pk

Table of Contents
1) General Instruction . i) Abbreviation ii) Tense iii) Typing Instructions iv) Pagination

2) Distribution of Work ; Order of Contents in the Thesis / Research work .. .

3) Title Page Instructions .. 4) Declaration Page Pattern .. 5) Research Supervisors Certificate Pattern (Type: Form G) 6) Research Supervisors Certificate Pattern (Type: Form C) 7) Format of Supervisory Committee and Scrutinizing Committee 8) Thesis Writing Instructions; i) Summary ii) Introduction iii) Review of Literature iv) Materials and Methods v) Results vi) Discussion 9) Reference Writing Instructions i) In-text Citation ii) Bibliography iii) Referencing online material 10) Procedure for submission of thesis .. 11) Synopses Performa 12) Detachable Forms: i) Observation Form (Thesis Submission) ii) Thesis Check List

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GENERAL INSTRUCTIONS
Same for Synopses and Thesis writing

I. Abbreviations.
Acceptable abbreviations may be used in foot notes, tables, and references. To save space and time, it is sometimes convenient to use abbreviations for lengthy scientific words or phrases used frequently, throughout the text. Such abbreviations must be presented in parentheses immediately after the words or phrase for which they stand. An example is Phosphate Buffered Saline (PBS) was used in all dialysis operations. In succeeding sentences throughout the thesis, the initials PBS are used in place of the words phosphate buffered saline.

II. Tense.
The past tense is preferred for scientific writing.

III. Typing Directions

Good quality white bond paper of the size A4 size must be used. One inch broad margin must be on each side except the left side margin which should be 1.25 inch. No header footer used while typing no extra margin should be left within the marked margin. Arial writing font style is the recommended throughout the thesis. The main headings font size should be 16 and capital while for the sub heading and general text should be 14 and 12 respectively

IV. PAGINATION
All pages must be numbered. Pages of Summary and Acknowledgements should bear Roman numbers (i, ii, iii, iv, v, vi etc), whereas pages from introduction onward should be given Arabic numbers (1, 2,3,4,5 etc,).in the center of the page at bottom.

Distribution of Work:
Order of Contents in the Thesis / Research Reports
Thesis must be written in the following order; 1. Title 2. Declaration 3. Certificate by the Research Supervisor 4. Contents 5. Acknowledgements 6. Summary 7. Introduction 8. Review of Literature 9. Materials and Methods 10. Results 11. Discussion 12. References 13. List of Abbreviation (if any) 14. Appendices (if any)

1: TITLE PAGE INSTRUCTIONS:

1. The main tile of the thesis should be all Capital (not Bold) and the font size should be of size 16

EFFECT OF INORGANIC FERTILIZER ON THE GROWTH PERFORMANCE OF MAJOR CARPS

By Muhammad Asrar 2007-GCUF-3283-326

Thesis submitted in partial fulfillment of the requirements for the degree of
4. Purpose of submitting the Report/Thesis. Arial Font size 14

2. Authors name should be written in font size 14 (Arial Font style, without Bold), followed by the Registration No. only

3. Purpose of submitting the Report/Thesis. Arial Font size 12

DOCTORATE OF PHILOSOPHY IN ZOOLOGY

4 cm
5. GC University insignia with the suggested length and width measurements of 4cm each

4 cm cm cm

DEPARTMENT OF ZOOLOGY GC UNIVERSITY, FAISALABAD.

6. Related Department and University name information. Arial Font Size 14

August 2010

7. Session complete date and year information. It should be placed at the bottom of the page. Arial Font Size 12

2: DECLARATION: DECLARATION

Pls mention here the full name along with the complete designation of the teacher assigned as Supervisor of the research project.

The Declaration page should be written as per the following page pattern.
Pls mention the Title of thesis here

The work reported in this thesis was carried out by me under the supervision of _________________________ Department of __________________ GC University, Faisalabad, Pakistan. I hereby declare that the title of thesis ___________________________ and the contents of thesis are the product of my own research and no part has been copied from any published source (except the references, standard mathematical or genetic models /equations /formulas /protocols etc). I further declare that this work has not been submitted for award of any other degree /diploma. The University may take action if the information provided is found inaccurate at any stage.

Signature of the Student/Scholar Registration No. : _____________

3: RESEARCH SUPERVISORS CERTIFICATE

Research Supervisors Certificate is a certificate by the research supervisor and cosupervisor/ supervisors (if any) to certify with signatures that thesis is being submitted for evaluation with his/her/their consent. There are two kinds of such certificates. G (General) type applies when there is no co supervisor whereas (C) (Co-supervisor) type is considered in case of co-supervisor/ supervisors

Research Supervisors Certificate (G) Type: Form G (General) type specimen certificate is as follows

Main heading of the certificate should be in font size Arial 16 at the top and center of the page in capital letters

CERTIFICATE BY THE RESEARCH SUPERVISOR

certify that the contents and form ResearchI Supervisors Certificate (C)of thesis submitted by Mr./Miss/Mrs, Registration No... has been found satisfactory and in accordance with the prescribed format. I recommend it to be processed for the evaluation by the C (Co-supervisors) certificate type specimen certificate is as. External Examiner for the award of degree.
The main text of the certificate shall be typed in Arial font size 12 tab of 4 characters Signature.
The Supervisor signature would be placed at 4 down spaces aligned to the right of the page including his name, designation

Name: ... Designation with Stamp.

The Chairperson signature would be placed at 4 down spaces from the end of the supervisory text aligned to the left of the page including his name, designation and official stamp

Chairperson

The Coordinator signature would be placed at 4 down spaces from the end of the Chairperson text aligned to the right of the page including his name, designation and official

Main heading of the certificate should be in font size Arial 16 at the top and center of the page in capital letters

Dean / Academic Coordinator

C ( Co-Supervisor/Supervisors ) type specimen certificate is as follows 8

Type: Form C : Co-Supervisor type specimen certificate is as follows

CERTIFICATE BY THE RESEARCH SUPERVISOR

I certify that the contents and form of thesis submitted by Mr./Miss/Mrs, Registration No... has been found satisfactory and in accordance with the prescribed format. I recommend it to be processed for the evaluation by the External Examiner for the award of degree.
The Supervisor signature would be placed at 4 down spaces aligned to the left of the page including his name, designation and official stamp in Arial font size

Signature.. Name: Designation with Stamp.

Co-Supervisor
Signature.. Name: Designation with Stamp.

The Co-Supervisor signature would be placed at 4 down spaces from the end of the supervisory text aligned to the left of the page including his name, designation and official

Chairperson

The Chairperson signature would be placed at 4 down spaces from the end of the Cosupervisory text aligned to the left of the page including his name, designation and official

Dean / Academic Coordinator,

The Coordinator signature would be placed at 4 down spaces from the end of the Chairperson text aligned to the left of the page including his name, designation and official

SUPERVISORY COMMITTEE Supervisor

Signature.. Name: Designation with Stamp.

Co-Supervisor (if any)

Signature.. Name: Designation with Stamp.

Member-1
Signature.. Name: Designation with Stamp.

Member-2
Signature.. Name: Designation with Stamp.

Member-3
Signature.. Name: Designation with Stamp.

SCRUTINIZING COMMITTEE Member-1

Signature.. Name: Designation with Stamp.

Member-2
Signature.. Name: Designation with Stamp.

Member-3
Signature.. Name: Designation with Stamp.

THESIS WRITING INSTRUCTIONS

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1. Summary This section must include the object of study, methodology

adopted, major features of results (must be quantified, wherever necessary) and conclusions.

2. Introduction
i. This section must spell out different but relevant aspects of the topics under investigation, present status of the problem in the light of previous relevant work done, and category statement about the reasons of undertaking the study. The aims and objectives must be highlighted under this section, and should not be treated as separate sub-heading.

3. Review of Literature
i. This section must include the recent review of literature relevant to the research under investigation.

4. Materials and Methods

i. Describe this section in detail, so the future crop of students may be able to follow the techniques adopted and repeat the experiments.

5. Results
a. Describe results succinctly. Avoid Verbosity. b. The results which are given in the form of Tables and figures may be described in words as and when needed ,otherwise avoid verbosity and try to be concise and to the point as much as possible c. Give data either in Figure or Table form. Do not give the same data in two forms. d. Tables and Figures should form part of Results Section and should never be collected together at the end of the section. 11

e. Do not give raw data Analyze the data statistically and include only the essential details.

6. Discussion
i. This section should include discussion of the data generated by you and not work done by other workers. The data of other laboratories may be given only to support your data. In case you have different results from the previously recorded literature, one can give possible reasons for that. The discussion must end with clearly defined conclusion and future prospects of the subject of investigation.

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REFERENCE WRITING INTRUCTIONS

IN-TEX CITATION Quotations: as a general rule, if the quote is less than a line it may be included in the body of the text in quotation marks. Longer quotations are indented and single-spaced; quotation marks are not required. Pagination: for citing quotations from particular parts of the document the relevant page number(s) etc. should be given after the year within the parentheses. This also applies to online documents except where pagination is absent. In such cases, the extent of the item may be indicated in terms such as the total number of lines, screens, etc., e.g. "[35 lines]" or "[approx. 12 screens]". Summaries or paraphrases give the citation where it occurs naturally or at the end of the relevant piece of writing. Page numbers are not required. Diagrams, illustrations should be referenced as though they were a quotation if they have been taken from a published work. So page numbers are after the year within the parentheses. Examples i) If the authors name occurs naturally in the sentence, the year is given in parentheses:e.g. In a popular study Harvey (1992) argued that we have to teach good practices e.g. As HARVEY (1992, p.21) said, good practices must be taught and so we ii) If the name does not occur naturally in the sentence, both name and year are given in parentheses:e.g. A more recent study (STEVENS 1998) has shown the way theory and practical work interact. e.g. Theory rises out of practice, and once validated, returns to direct or explain the practice (STEVENS 1998).

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iii) When an author has published more than one cited document in the same year, these are distinguished by adding lower case letters (a,b,c, etc.) after the year and within the parentheses:e.g. JOHNSON (1994a) discussed the subject NB The addition of letters is determined by the order of appearance within the main text, not by the alphabetical sequence of the items themselves. Thus, a citation JOHNSON (1994a) will always precede Johnson (1994b) iv) When more than one source is cited, the sequence of citations may be either chronological, e.g. (SMITH 1999; JONES 2001; TURNER 2006) or in order of academic relevance. v) If there are two authors the surnames of both should be given:e.g. MATTHEWS AND JONES (1997) have proposed that vi) If there are more than two authors the surname of the first author only should be given, followed by et al.:e.g. Office costs amount to 20% of total costs in most business (WILSON et al. 1997) (A full listing of names should appear in list of references.) vi) If the work is anonymous then ANON. should be used:e.g. In one history (ANON. 1908) it was stated that vii) If it is a reference to a newspaper article with no author the name of the paper can be used in place of ANON.:e.g. More people than ever seem to be using retail home delivery (THE TIMES 1996) (You should use the same style in list of references.) viii) If you refer to a source directly quoted in another source you cite both in the text:e.g. A study by SMITH (1960 cited JONES 1994) showed that (You should list only the work you have read, i.e. Jones, in list of references.) ix) If you refer to a contributor in a source you cite just the contributor:e.g. Software development has been given as the cornerstone in this industry (BANTZ 1995). 14

See Section References at the end of a piece of work below for an explanation of how to list contributions (chapters in books, articles in journals, papers in conference proceedings) in list of references. x) If you refer to a person who has not produced a work, or contributed to one, but who is quoted in someone elses work it is suggested that you should mention the persons name and you must cite the source author:e.g. Richard Hammond stressed the part psychology plays in advertising in an interview with MARSHALL (1999). e.g. Advertising will always play on peoples desires, Richard Hammond said in a recent article (MARSHALL 1999, p.67). (You should list the work that has been published, i.e. MARSHALL, in list of references.) Person-to-person communications (letters, emails, interviews, etc): 1 Taken from: APA, 2009. Publication Manual of the American Psychological Association. 6th ed. Washington: APA. They do not provide recoverable data and so are not included in the reference list. Cite personal communications in the text only. Give initials as well as the surname of the communicator and provide as exact a date as possible. When citing research data which you have collected, it is advisable to also include copies or summaries of source data in Appendices. e.g. Many designers do not understand the needs of disabled people according to J. O. Reiss (personal communication, April 18, 1997).

BIBLIOGRAPHY / REFERENCES
At the end of a piece of work, list references to documents cited in the text. This list may be called a Bibliography or References. We suggest to make the heading as References. Exceptionally you may be asked to list references not 15

cited in the text but which make an important contribution to your work. These are usually listed under the heading of Further Reading. You are advised to review the guidelines issued to you for the preparation of work to clarify this point. The references are listed in alphabetical order of authors names. If you have cited more than one item by a specific author they should be listed chronologically (earliest first), and by letter (1993a, 1993b) if more than one item has been published in the same year. Whenever possible, elements of a bibliographical reference should be taken from the title page of the publication.

A. REFERENCING PUBLISHED MATERIALS

For place of publication give the city. If more than one town/city is listed give the first one or the location of the publishers head office. If the town/city is not well known, you may in addition add a county, region or state. Note that in the United States of America states are denoted by a two letter code, for example Hillsdale, NJ. For the publishers name omit superfluous terms such as Publishers, Co, or Inc. Always retain the words Books or Press. Where the publisher is a university and the place or location is included in the name of the university, do not include the place of publication. Where authorship is attributed to an organization or corporation instead of an individual author, e.g. BBC, ascribe authorship to the smallest identifiable organizational unit. Give the author as it is written e.g. BBC, Training and Development or UNESCO. Each reference should use the elements and punctuation given in the following examples for the different types of published work you may have cited. Underlining is an acceptable alternative to italics when bibliographies are hand written. 16

1. Reference to a book
AUTHORS SURNAME, INITIALS., Year of publication. Title. Edition (if not the first). Place of publication: Publisher. a. e.g. MERCER, P.A. AND SMITH, G., 1993. Private view data in the UK. 2nd ed. London: Longman.

2. Reference to a Contribution in an Edited Book

Contributing AUTHORS SURNAME, INITIALS., Year of publication. Title of contribution. Followed by In: SURNAME, INITIALS., of author or editor of publication followed by ed. or eds. if relevant. Title of book. Place of publication: Publisher, Page number(s) of contribution. a. e.g. BANTZ, C.R., 1995. Social dimensions of software development. In: Anderson, J.A., ed. Annual review of software management and development. Newbury Park, CA: Sage, 502-510.

3. Reference to an Article in a Journal

AUTHORS SURNAME, INITIALS., Year of publication. Title of article. Title of journal, Volume number and (part number), Page numbers of article. a. e.g. EVANS, W.A., 1994. Approaches to intelligent information retrieval. Information processing and management, 7 (2), 147-168.

4. Reference to a Newspaper Article

AUTHORS SURNAME, INITIALS., (or NEWSPAPER TITLE,) Year of publication. Title of article. Title of newspaper, Day and month, Page number/s and column number. a. e.g. INDEPENDENT, 1992. Picking up the bills. Independent, 4 June, 28a.

5. Reference to a Map

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Originators SURNAME, FIRST NAME OR INITIALS, (may be cartographer, surveyor, compiler, editor, copier, maker, engraver, etc.) year of publication. Title, Scale. (should be given normally as a ratio) Place of publication: Publisher. e.g. MASON, JAMES, 1832. Map of the countries lying between Spain and India, 1:8,000,000. London: Ordnance Survey.

6. Reference to a Conference Paper

Contributing AUTHORS SURNAME, INITIALS., Year of publication. Title of contribution. Followed by In: SURNAME, INITIALS., of editor of proceedings (if applicable) followed by ed or eds if relevant. Title of conference including date and place of conference. Place of publication: Publisher, Page numbers of contribution. e.g. SILVER, K., 1991. Electronic mail: the new way to communicate. In: RAITT, D.I., ed. 9th international online information meeting, 3-5 December 1990 London. Oxford: Learned Information, 323-330.

7. Reference to a report from a corporate author

(e.g. a government department or other organisation). Name of Issuing Body, Year of publication. Title of publication. Place of publication: Publisher, Report Number (where relevant). e.g. UNESCO, 1993. General information programme and UNISIST. Paris: Unesco, PGI-93/WS/22.

8. Reference to a Thesis
Authors SURNAME, INITIALS., Year of publication. Title of thesis. Designation, (and type). Name of institution to which submitted. e.g. AGUTTER, A.J., 1995. The linguistic significance of current British slang. Thesis, (PhD). Edinburgh University

9. Reference to a Patent
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ORIGINATOR, (name of applicant), Year of publication. Title of patent. Series designation which may include full date. e.g. PHILIP MORRIS INC., 1981. Optical perforating apparatus and system. European patent application 0021165 A1. 1981-01-07.

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Reference to a Translation

Author's SURNAME, INITIALS., Year. Title. Translated from given language by Translator. Place of publication: Publisher (Originally published in given year). a. e.g. KOTLER, P. 2003. Les cls du marketing. Translated from English by Marie-France Pavillet. Paris: Village Mondial (Originally published in 2003).

11. Reference to a Video, Film or Broadcast

Title, Year. (For films the preferred date is the year of release in the country of production.) Material designation. Subsidiary originator. (Optional but director is preferred) Production details place: organisation. a. e.g. MACBETH, 1948. Film. Directed by Orson Welles. USA: Republic Pictures. b. e.g. BIRDS IN THE GARDEN, 1998. Video. London: Harper Videos.

12. Programs and Series: the number and title of the episode should
normally be given, as well as the series title, the transmitting organization and channel, the full date and time of transmission. a. e.g. Yes, Prime Minister, Episode 1, The Ministerial broadcast, 1986. TV, BBC2. 1986 Jan 16. b. e.g. News at ten, 2001. Jan 27. 2200 hrs.

13. Contributions: individual items within a program should be cited as

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a. e.g. BLAIR, TONY, 1997. Interview. In: Six oclock news. TV, BBC1. 1997 Feb 29. 1823 hrs.

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Reference to CD-ROMs and DVDs

This example refers to CD-ROMs and DVDs which are works in their own right and not a video, film, or bibliographic database. Author's SURNAME, INITIALS., Year. Title [type of medium, e.g. CD-ROM]. (Edition). Place of publication: Publisher (if ascertainable). Available from: Supplier/Database identifier or number (optional) [Accessed Date] (optional). a. e.g. HAWKING, S.W., 1994. A brief history of time: an interactive adventure. [CD-ROM]. London: Crunch Media. b. e.g. HERIGSTAD, G. 2005. Houdini 101: interface and workflow [DVD] Hollywood : Gnomon Workshop

B. REFERENCING ONLINE MATERIALS

The recommendations here follow best practice in referencing online resources. NB Scanned chapters, journal articles, etc, located on Unit pages in myBU have been provided from print sources located within the BU Library and thus should be referenced the same as their print original. Equally, lecture notes, whether downloaded from myBU or not, are not regarded as published materials and are intended as pointers toward such sources rather than as source materials in themselves.

1. Reference to a book located in a database

Author's /Editor's SURNAME, INITIALS., Year. Title. (Edition). Place of publication: Publisher (if ascertainable). Available from: URL [Accessed Date].

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e.g. MOLONEY, K., 2000. Rethinking public relations: the spin and the substance. London: Routledge. Available from: http://site.ebrary.com/lib/bournemouth [Accessed 22 May 2006].

2. Reference to an online journal article

If you are certain that the copy you find on a database is identical to the printed version you may omit the URL and reference as a printed journal. If you are in any doubt you should use one of the options below. If the article has been located on a bibliographic database, e.g. Business Source Complete, or a publisher's archive, e.g. Emerald, then also give core URL, e.g. www.sciencedirect.com, so: Author's SURNAME, INITIALS., Year. Title. Journal Title, volume (issue), page numbers (if available). Available from: core URL [Accessed Date]. e.g. MCFALL, R., 2005. Electronic text books that transform how text books are used. Electronic Library, 23 (1), 72-81. Available from: http://www.emeraldinsight.com [Accessed 20 May 2006]. In all other cases, give full URL, so: Author's Surname, INITIALS., Year. Title. Journal Title, volume (issue), page numbers (if available). Available from: URL [Accessed Date]. e.g. KORB, K.B., 1995. Persons and things: book review of Bringsjord on Robot-Consciousness. Psycoloquy, 6 (15). Available from: http://psycprints.ecs.soton.ac.uk/archive/00000462/ [Accessed 20 May 2004].

3. Reference to Web Pages and e-books

Author's /Editor's SURNAME, INITIALS., Year. Title. (Edition). Place of publication: Publisher (if ascertainable). Available from: URL [Accessed Date]. a. e.g. NATIONAL CENTRE FOR SOCIAL RESEARCH, 2006. Qualitative research. London: National Centre for Social Research. Available from: http://www.natcen.ac.uk/natcen/pages/hw_qualitative.htm [Accessed 14 August 2006].

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4. Reference to a Conference Paper from the Internet

Contributing authors SURNAME, INITIALS., Year of publication. Title of contribution. Followed by In: SURNAME, INITIALS., of editor of proceedings (if applicable) followed by ed or eds if relevant. Title of conference including date and place of conference. Place of publication: Publisher (if ascertainable). Available from: URL [Accessed Date]. a. e.g. WILDE, E., 2006. Merging trees: file system and content integration. In: 15th international conference on World Wide Web, WWW 2006, May 23-26, 2006, Edinburgh, Scotland, UK. Available from: http://dret.net/netdret/docs/wilde-www2006-fsx.pdf [Accessed 29 June 2007].

5. Reference to a digital map

Originators SURNAME, FIRST NAME OR INITIALS, (may be cartographer, surveyor, mapping agency, editor, copier, maker, engraver, etc.), year of publication. Title (if not supplied, provide an appropriate title). Scale (should normally be given as a ratio). Place of publication: Publisher. Available from: core URL [Accessed Date]. a. e.g. ORDNANCE SURVEY, 2008. Bournemouth, Poole and surrounding area, 1:50000. Southampton: Ordnance Survey. Available from http://digimap.edina.ac.uk [Accessed 16 January 2009].

6. Reference to a Blog
Author's SURNAME, INITIALS., Day Month Year. Subject of message. Blog Title. Available from: list e-mail address [Accessed Date]. e.g. SCHOFIELD, J., 20 May 2006. Yahoo is winning in the portal wars. GU technologyblog. Available from: http://blogs.guardian.co.uk/technology/ [Accessed 22 May 2006].

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7. Reference to JISCmail/listserv e-mail lists

Author's SURNAME, INITIALS., Day Month Year. Subject of message. Discussion List. Available from: list e-mail address [Accessed Date]. e.g. BRACK, E.V., 2 May 2004. Re: Computing short courses. Lis-link. Available from: jiscmail@jiscmail.ac.uk [Accessed 17 Jun 2004]. e.g. JENSEN, L.R., 12 Dec 1999. Recommendation of student radio/tv in English. IASTAR. Available from: listserv@ftp.nrg.dtu.dk [Accessed 29 Apr 2004]. It should be noted that items may only be kept on discussion group servers for a short time and hence may not be suitable for referencing. A local copy could be kept by the author who is giving the citation, with a note to this effect.

8. Reference to moving images accessed online

Use ORIGINATOR/AUTHOR if ascertainable otherwise use title. Originator. Year. Title. Place of publication or production (if ascertainable): Publisher or Producer (if ascertainable). Available from: URL [Accessed Date]. e.g. WALKERS CRISPS. 2009. Builders wheel a wheelbarrow full of crisps while announcing the flavour. Available from: www.creativeclub.co.uk [Accessed 19 June 2009] a. HEROES OF GALLIPOLI. 1915. London: Imperial War Museum Film and Video Archive. Available from: www.filmandsound.ac.uk [Accessed 19 June 2009] b. MOCAP STUDIO BOURNEMOUTH UNIVERSITY PT 1. 2008. Bournemouth. Available from: www.youtube.com [Accessed 19 June 2009]

9. Reference to photographs/images accessed online

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Photographer/Artists Surname, INITIALS., Year of publication. Title of image [type of medium photograph/image]. Place of publication: Publisher (of online image) if ascertainable. Available from: URL [Accessed Date]. a. e.g. Sweetman, E. A., 1935. The Square and Compass Inn, Worth Matravers [photograph]. Bournemouth, Dorset Coast Digital Archive. Available from: http://www.dcda.org.uk/images/jpg600/dcm_pht_11442d3.jpg [Accessed 22 May 2006]

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Reference to a computer program

Authors SURNAME, INITIALS., (if given, see also advice on using corporate authors). Date (if given). Title of program. Version (in brackets) [type of medium e.g. computer program]. Place of Publication: Publisher. a. e.g. THOMSON RESEARCHSOFT, EndNote. (9.0.1) [computer program]. Stamford, Conn.: Thomson ResearchSoft.

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Citing unpublished material

See BS 6371:1983. Citation of unpublished documents. B.S.I. (available online via British Standards Online). ____________________________

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PROCEDURE FOR SUBMISSION OF THESIS

Three copies of thesis along with the Observation Form should be submitted in the Directorate of Advanced Studies. The directorate shall send these verified copies to the Controller Examination for onward submission to the External Examiner, Internal Examiner and to the Convener. The department shall send the theses along with the list of the names of the internal, external examiners recommended by the Board of Studies/ Board of Faculty/ Advanced Studies Board (as the case may be). After receipt of the copies of theses and other relevant material mentioned above, the Controller of Examinations shall arrange for its evaluation and send a copy to the Department for Departmental Library. Theses shall be treated as reserved document in the Library to readers for reference in the Library.

Plagiarism
Remember that you must acknowledge your source every time you refer to someone else's work. Failure to do so amounts to plagiarism, which is against the University rules and is a serious offence.

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DIRECTORATE OF ADVANCED STUDIES GC UNIVERSITY, FAISALABAD

SYNOPSIS PROFORMA
1. Title:
2. 3. 4. 5. 6. Name of the Student Registration No Date of Admission . Date of Initiation (Research) _ Probable Duration (Research)

(SYNOPSIS FOR M.Sc., MS/M.Phil & Ph.D.)

Page I : There should be the following informations on the first page of the synopsis.

7. Supervisory Committee: Supervisor: Co-Supervisor (if any) : Member-1: Member-2: Member-3:

Name/Designation: _____________ Name/Designation: _____________ Name/Designation: _____________ Name/Designation: _____________ Name/Designation: _____________

Signature: ___________ Signature: ___________ Signature: ___________ Signature: ___________ Signature: ___________

Page II on wards; 1. Abstract 2. Need tor the Project/Introduction 3. Review of Literature 4. Materials and Methods/Methodology 5. References/Literature cited Last Page Student (Signature) :________________ Forwarded: Chairman/Director, Department/Institute of________________________________________ Faculty Scrutiny Committee: a)............................................. c)............................................. Reviewed and Witnessed: Dean/Director Division/Principal_________________________________ Director of Advanced Studies: __________________________________ GC University Instructions All Ph.D. students have to submit their synopsis for their dissertation preferably up to 4th semester. MS, M.Phil, M.Sc. scholars must submit their synopses by the third semester, the latest. No enrolment in the fourh semester shall be permissible with the approval of the synopses. Abstract of the synopsis should be between 150 to 250 words. Faculty scrutiny Committee Member(s) should be other than supervisory committee. Role of the Faculty Scrutiny Committee Faculty Scrutiny member(s) has / have to check: technical aspects of the research, scope of the research weather it relates to the field, addressing the current issues of the practical nature etc. Review of literature is related to the title. And number of citations should not be less than fifteen. b)....................................... d).......................................

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DIRECTORATE OF ADVANCED STUDIES GC UNIVERSITY, FAISALABAD

OBSERVATION FORM (THESIS SUBMISSION)

FOR STUDENT USE (Observation on M.Sc./M.Phil./Ph.D. thesis)
Mr./Ms./Mrs _____________________________________________ Registeration No.:______________________________ Roll No. : _______________ Department of : ______________________________________ Faculty of : ________________________________________ 1. Thesis Title : ______________________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________________ 2. Whether processed through Supervisor/Head of the Department. Yes / No 3. Title according to the approved Synopsis. Yes / No 4. Whether submitted on prescribed form 75 pages. Yes / No 5. Thesis is written under limit of 75 pages. Yes / No 6. Thesis is written under prescribed section. Yes / No 7. Total number of references quoted in thesis. _______ 8. References in Introduction. _______ 9. References in Review of Literature. _______ 10. References in Materials and Methods/Methodology. _______ 11. References digested in Discussion. _______ 12. References given in Alphabetical Order Yes / No 13. Bibliography./ References Complete/Incomplete 14. Table of Contents. Too Detailed / Not Too Detailed 15. Acknowledgements brief and relevant. Yes / No 16. Tables and their headings in proper formal as prescribed. Yes / No 17. References given in prescribed form. Yes / No **************************************************************************** 27

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1. Statistical Data Checked By:_____________________ Designation:________________ 2. General Observation/ Format Checked By:______________ Designation:________________ 3. Thesis Fee Voucher : Approved By: Attached / Not Attached

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(Director Advanced Studies. GC University, Faisalabad)

Dated:_________

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