COMS 202W: Computers in Society
Fall 2006
Prof. Rebecca Bates
Paper Guidelines & Resources
Guidelines: All papers must be submited to TurnItIn.com on the due date by the specified time. The system will reject any attempts to submit papers after the due date and time. These guidelines are primarily to help make your paper readable.
standard 8 1/2" by 11" (letter size) paper
Times New Roman 12 point font
1" margins on all sides
indent the first line of each paragraph 1/2"
double-spaced lines
absolutely no more than two pages (not counting the cover page and the bibliography) Note that this requires you to edit your information to be concise, accurate and complete!
a cover page consisting of the first paragraph and the first sentence of every other paragraph
a bibliography should be used with citations in the paper. The bibliography should follow a known format.
be sure your name (with any preferred nickname), the course number and date appear in the upper right corner of each page, in a header 1/2" above the top margin. Examples are:
James (Jim) Jarmusch
COMS 202, 29 August 2006
COMS 202, 29 August 2006
Resources: This class is an opportunity to improve your writing skills. Resources will be added to the webpage throughout the semester. You may also want to take advantage of some good books on writing.
Purdue's Online Writing Lab: http://owl.english.purdue.edu
Bruce Ross-Larson, Edit Yourself: A Manual for Everyone Who Works with Words, W. W. Norton & Company, New York, 1996.
Lyn Dupré, Bugs in Writing: A Guide to Debugging Your Prose, Addison Wesley, Reading, Mass., 1995.
MSU's Center for Academic Success (writing tutors): http://www.mnsu.edu/cas/index.html
How to write an essay: http://www.ccsn.nevada.edu/english/lab/ENG102.htm from the Community College of Southern Nevada Writing Center site: http://www.ccsn.nevada.edu/english/writctr.htm.