Appendices The appendices are supplementary materials that are too lengthy to be included or may not suite well in the main part of your document. The following is a guideline on the arrangement of appendices and what may be included as part of the appendices. - Specifications, data sheets and drawings of equipment or components used. - Data used for analysis. - Survey sheets. - Charts and data tables. - Lengthy mathematical derivations. - etc. 4.2 Report Contents and Arrangement Guidelines for Project I The essential components of the content of the final year project proposal should include the items listed below. They should also be arranged in the top-down order as listed. The proposal usually should not exceed 30 pages. Please follow/copy the report writing example in Appendix E. Report with incorrect format can get 5 mark (1 grade) reduction. Item No. Arrangement of the Proposal Content Title Page 2 pages. Refer to Appendix D page 40 and E page 43. Declaration of Originality 1 page. Refer to Appendix E. Remember to sign. Abstract Maximum 1 page. Usually it is limited to between 150 and 300 words. Refer to Appendix E. It should describe the format / outline of the proposal. Abstract is a formal summary of your completed work: Abstract, like summary, covers the main points of a piece of writing that includes the field of study, problem definition, methodology adopted, research process, conclusion and planning of the project work, etc. Unlike executive summaries written for non-specialist audiences, abstracts use the same level of technical language and expertise found in the article itself. Abstract typically serves the following goals: Help readers decide if they should read an entire article. Help readers to see your key findings and achievement of your project. Help readers understand your project by acting as a outline of key points. Help readers to review technical work without becoming bogged down in details.
The essential components of the content of the poster report should include the items listed as follow: Item No. Poster Presentation Content 1 Size A1 paper 2 Font Use contrasting fonts for the title, text and figure legends. (Ensure the font size used are large enough) 3 Required Elements You may use photos, figures, and table Determine a logical sequence for the material you will be presenting. Organize that material into sections, e.g., FYP2: Introduction, Methods (may use flowchart or block diagram), Results, Discussion, and Conclusions. FYP1: Introduction, Methods (may use flowchart or block diagram), Discussion, and Conclusions. Arrange the material into columns. 4 File Type Softcopy, save the softcopy in any of the following format: JPEG / TIFF / BMP / EPS. 5 See poster examples at FICT FYP web site, 5 Project Report Format 5.1 Report Format for Introduction to Inventive Problem Solving and Proposal Writing / Project I The report should be written using the third person and in the past tense. For example, do not use "I" and "you" in the report. Font – Times New Roman, 12 points, 1.5 line spacing applies to figure caption, table caption, chapter headings, subheadings, and citations. – Exceptions: Header, Footer, Footnote, Words in Figure/Table, font size should be within 10 to 11 points. – Colour: black. – Citing references in text: refer to the citation style “Harvard Style Referencing” in Appendix F. Language – British English
_________________________ _________________________ Supervisor’s signature Student’s signature Appendix D: Report Front Cover
Citation within the Text and Reference List Examples Books & eBooks Material Type Example of Citation within the Text Reference List Example Book: Single Author (Holt 1997) or Holt (1997) wrote that... Holt, DH 1997, Management principles and practices, Prentice-Hall, Sydney. Book: 2 or 3 Authors (McCarthy, William & Pascale 1997) McCarthey, EJ, William, DP & Pascale, GQ 1997, Basic marketing, Irwin, Sydney. Book: More Than 3 Authors (Bond et al. 1996) Bond, WR, Smith, JT, Brown, KL & George, M 1996, Management of small firms, McGraw-Hill, Sydney. Book: No Author (A history of Greece 1994) A history of Greece 1994, Irwin, Sydney. Book: Editor (ed. Jones 1998) Jones, MD (ed.) 1998, Management in Australia, Academic Press, London. Book: 2 or More Editors (eds Bullinger & Warnecke 1985) Bullinger, HJ & Warnecke HJ (eds) 1985, Toward the factory of the future, Springer-Verlag, Berlin. Book: Translator & Author (trans. Smith 2006) Colorado, JA 2006, Economic theory in the Mexican context: recent developments on the ground, trans. K Smith, Oxford University Press, Oxford. Book: Organisation as Author (Australian Bureau of Agricultural and Resource Economics 2001) Australian Bureau of Agricultural and Resource Economics 2001, Aquaculture development in Australia: a review of key economic issues, ABARE, Canberra. Book: Chapter or Article in Edited Book A number of disturbing facts intrude' (Milkman 1998, p. 25) Milkman, R 1998, 'The new American workplace:high road or low road?' in Workplaces of the future, eds P Thompson & C Warhurst, Macmillan Press, London, pp. 22-34. Book, edition other than first. (Drafke, 2009) Drafke, M 2009, The human side of organizations, 10th edn, Pearson/Prentice Hall, Upper Saddle River, N.J E-book (Aghion & Durlauf 2005) Aghion, P & Durlauf, S (eds.) 2005, Handbook of economic growth, Elsevier, Amsterdam. Available from: Elsevier books. [4 November 2004].
E-book: Chapter or Article in an Edited 'Historical thinking is actually a Western perspective' (White 2002, p. 112) White, H 2002, 'The westernization of world history' in Western historical thinking: an intercultural debate, ed J Rusen, Berghahn Books, New York pp. 111-119. Available from: ACLS Humanities E-Book. [14 May 2009]. Book: Different Works by Same Author in Same Year (Bond 1991a) (Bond 1991b) Bond, G 1991a, Business ethics, Sydney. Bond, G 1991b, Corporate governance, Irwin, London. Journal Articles Material Type Example of Citation within the Text Reference List Example Journal Article: Print (Conley & Galeson 1998) Conley, TG & Galeson, DW 1998, 'Nativity and wealth in mid-nineteenth century cities',Journal of Economic History, vol. 58, no. 2, pp. 468-493. Journal Article: Electronic Database (Liveris 2011) Liveris, A 2011, 'Ethics as a strategy', Leadership Excellence, vol. 28, no. 2, pp.17-18. Available from: Proquest [23 June 2011]. Internet/Websites Material Type Example of Citation within the Text Reference List Example Webpage: No Author (Improve indigenous housing 2007) Use first few words of the page title Improve indigenous housing now, government told, 2007. Available from: . [8 February 2009]. Webpage: No Date (Jones, n.d.) Jones, MD n.d., Commentary on indigenous housing initiatives. Available from: <http://www.architecture.com.au>. [6 June 2009]. Web Document (Department of Industry, Tourism and Resources 2006) Department of Industry, Tourism and Resources 2006, Being Prepared for an Influenza Pandemic: a Kit for Small Businesses, Government of Australia, Available from: <http://www.innovation.gov.au>. [28 February 2009]. Website (Australian Securities Exchange 2009) Australian Securities Exchange 2009, Market Information. Available from: [5 July 2009].
Television Programme (Crystal 1993) Crystal, L (executive producer) 1993, The MacNeil/Lehrer news hour (television broadcast) 11 October 1993, New York and Washington DC, Public Broadcasting Service. Audio Podcast (Van Nuys 2007) Van Nuys, D (producer) 2007, 'The anatomy of a lobotomist [Show 84]', Shrink Rap Radio(podcast). Available from: <http://www.shrinkrapradio.com/>. [11 April 2007]. Video Podcast (Kloft 2006) Kloft, M (producer/director) 2006, The Nuremberg trials (motion picture), in M.Sameuls (executive producer), American experience (podcast). Available from: [4 March 2006]. Music Track from an Album (Shocked 1992) Shocked, M 1992, 'Over the waterfall', on Arkansas Traveller (CD). New York, Polygram Music. Video Blog Post (Norton 2006) Norton, R 2006, 'How to train a cat to operate a light switch' (video file). Available from: [4 November 2006]. Standards & Patents Material Type Example of Citation within the Text Reference List Example Patent (Cookson 1985) Cookson, AH 1985, Particle trap for compressed gas insulated transmission systems, US Patent 4554399. Standard: Retrieved From a Database (Standards Australia 2008) Standards Australia 2008, Personal floatation devices - General requirements. AS 4758.1-2008. Available from: Standards Australia Online. [1 December 2008]. Standard: Published (Standards Australia/New Zealand Standard 1994) Standards Australia 1994, Information processing - text and office systems - office document architecture (ODA) and interchange format: part 10: formal specifications,AS/NZS 3951.10:1994, Standards Australia, NSW. CMO Material Type Example of Citation within the Text Reference List Example
CMO Article (Jennings 1997) Jennings, P 1997, 'The performance and competitive advantage of small firms: a management perspective', International Small Business Journal, vol. 15, no. 2, pp. 63-75. Available from: The University of Western Australia Library Course Materials Online. [1 September 2004]. Lecture Notes Material Type Example of Citation within the Text Reference List Example Lecture Notes (Foster 2004) Foster, T 2004, Balance sheets, lecture notes distributed in Financial Accounting 101 at The University of Western Australia, Crawley on 2 November 2005. Theses Material Type Example of Citation within the Text Reference List Example Thesis: Unpublished (Hos 2005) Hos, JP 2005, Mechanochemically synthesized nanomaterials for intermediate temperature solid oxide fuel cell membranes. Ph.D thesis, University of Western Australia. Thesis: Published (May 2007) May, B 2007, A survey of radial velocities in the zodiacal dust cloud. Bristol UK, Canopus Publishing. Thesis: Retrieved From a Database (Baril 2006) Baril, M 2006, A distributed conceptual model for stream salinity generation processes: a systematic data-based approach. WU2006.0058. Available from: Australasian Digital Theses Program. [12 August 2008]. Personal Communication Material Type Example of Citation within the Text Telephone Call, Interview, e-mail, etc. If the information you are referencing was obtained by a personal communication such as a telephone call, an interview or an email that fact is usually documented in the text and are not added to the reference list. If desired you can add the abbreviation pers.comm. to the reference. When interviewed on 6 June 2008, Mr M Ward confirmed... Mr M Ward confirmed this by facsimile on 6 June 2008. It has been confirmed that he will be touring Australia in the middle of next year (Mr M Ward, 2008, pers. comm., 6 June).