GENERAL FORMAT FOR THE PROJECT REPORT IN BIS 592-594

Normal Text / 12 points Times New Roman, justified
Heading / HEADING1 : 16 points, bold, uppercase, start a new page
Heading2 : 14 points, bold, sentence case
Heading3 : 12 points, bold, sentence case
Spacing / Text : 1.5 lines spacing
Footnotes, biographical quotes, extensive quotes: 1 spacing.
Margins / Left: 3.5 cm
Right: 2.5 cm
Top: 2.5 cm
Bottom: 2.5 cm
Paragraphs / 6pts before paragraph
A new paragraph must not begin at the bottom of a page if there is not sufficientspace for at least 2 lines
Table / 10 points Times New Roman, centered, sentence case, caption above table, single line spacing
Tables should be enumerated within each chapter, i.e., as 2.1, 2.2, 2.3, 3.1, 3.2, etc.
Figure / 10 points Times New Roman, centered, sentence case, explanation beneaththe figure
Figures should be enumerated within each chapter, i.e., as 2.1, 2.2, 2.3, 3.1, 3.2, etc.
Screen shots, photographs and illustrations should be considered and designated as a figure

Table 3.2 Summary Result of Survey

Questions / Geometric Mean / Arithmetic Average / Median / Mode / Std Dev / Max / Min
Available / 1,81 / 1,86 / 2 / 2 / 0,35 / 2 / 1
Expressive / 2,67 / 2,71 / 3 / 3 / 0,45 / 3 / 2
Clear / 2,21 / 2,29 / 2 / 2 / 0,70 / 4 / 2
Fast access / 2,67 / 2,71 / 3 / 3 / 0,45 / 3 / 2
Useful / 1,49 / 1,57 / 2 / 2 / 0,49 / 2 / 1


Figure 3.2 Plot of results

PAGE NUMBERING

Page Number / 12 points Times New Roman, Bottom of the page, center
Each page (except the title page) should have a page number. No number on the Title Page !!!
The preliminary section, including the title page; table of contents, Abstract, Özetshould be numbered, using lowercase Roman Numerals, e.g., i, ii, iii, etc.For the remainder, Arabic numbers are used.
Title Page / i (number does not appear)
Table of Contents / ii
Abstract / iii
Özet / iv
Main Text / 1
References
Appendix

CROSS REFERENCING IN THE TEXT

Use the format (surname of the first author, year), in the text to refer to the studies in the literature. Example: (Wieringa, 1996)

If an author has more than one reference in a calendar year, letters a, b or c should follow the year. Example: (Shore, 1998b)

If there are two authors for the reference, both surnames should be included followed by the year. Example: (Wierringaand Shore, 1998)

If there are more than two authors, only the surname of the first author should be included followedbyet al. Example:(Wieringa et al, 1996)

REFERENCES

Font format for the References should be 12 points, Times New Roman, numbered, and sorted by the first author surname. Use the following APA format conventions to list the references:

Printed publications

Book

American Psychological Association. (1994). Publication manual of the American Psychological Association (4th ed.). Washington, D.C.: Author.

Encyclopaedia of psychology. (1976). London: Routledge.

Gardner, H. (1973). The arts and human development. New York: Wiley.

Moore, M. H., Estrich, S., McGillis, D., and Spelman, W. (1984). Dangerous offenders: the elusive target of justice. Cambridge: HarvardUniversity Press.

Strunk, W., and White, E. B. (1979). The elements of style (3rd ed.). New York: Macmillan.

Report

Birney, A. J., and Hall, M. M. (1981). Early identification of children with written language difficulties (Report No. 81-502). WashingtonDC: National Educational Association.

Conference paper in published proceedings

Borgman, C. L., Bower, J., & Krieger, D. (1989). From hands-on science to hands-on information retrieval. In J. Katzer, & G. B. Newby, (Eds.), Proceedings of the 52nd ASIS annual meeting: Vol. 26. Managing information and technology (pp. 96-100). Medford, NJ: Learned Information.

Journal article

Noguchi, T., Kitawaki, J., Tamura, T., Kim, T., Kanno, H., Yamamoto, T., & Okada, H. (1993). Relationship between aromatase activity and steroid receptor levels in ovarian tumors from postmenopausal women. Journal of Steroid Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, 44(4-6), 657-660.

Popper, S. E., & McCloskey, K. (1993). Individual differences and subgroups within populations: the shopping bag approach. Aviation Space and Environmental Medicine, 64(1), 74-77.

Electronic sources

The basic pattern for a reference to an electronic source is:

Author, Initials. (year). Title. Retrieved month, day, year, from Internet address.

Banks, I. (n.d.). The NHS Direct healthcare guide. Retrieved August 29, 2001, from

  • If no date is shown on the document, use n.d.
  • If the author is not given, begin your reference with the title of the document.
  • If a document is part of a large site such as that for a university or government department, give the name of the parent organisation and the relevant department before the Web address:

Alexander, J., & Tate, M. A. (2001). Evaluating web resources. Retrieved August 21, 2001, from WidenerUniversity, Wolfgram Memorial Library Web site:

Deciding your future. (2000). Retrieved September 5, 2001, from University of Portsmouth, Careers Service Web site: plancareer/deciding-your-future.htm

Articles in Internet-only journals

Korda, L. (2001, July). The making of a translator. Translation Journal, 5(3). Retrieved August 21, 2001 from

  • Use the complete publication date shown on the article
  • Note that page numbers are not given
  • Whenever possible, the URL you give should link directly to the article itself
  • Break a URL that goes onto another line after a slash or before a full-stop. Do not insert a hyphen at the break.

Articles retrieved from a database

Use the format appropriate to the type of work retrieved and add a retrieval date, plus the name of the database:

McVeigh, T. (2000, July 9). How your gestures can do the talking. The Observer, p.7. Retrieved September 10, 2001, from The Guardian and The Observer on CD-ROM database.

BOĞAZİÇİ UNIVERSITY

GRADUATE PROGRAM IN

BUSINESS INFORMATION SYSTEMS

TITLE OF PROJECT

(16 pts)

Full Name-1

Full Name-2

Full Name-3

( 14 pts in alphabetical order of surnames)

( last line, centered )

Month, Year

TABLE OF CONTENTS(14 pts)

(Obey the sequence and numbering conventions -right justified!!- given, skip if not appropriate)

ABSTRACTiii

ÖZETiv

1.INTRODUCTION 1

1.12

1.24

2.REVIEW OF THE LITERATURE, BACKGROUND OF THE PROBLEM5

2.16

2.212

3.STATEMENT OF THE PROBLEM, PROBLEM DEFINITION25

3.127

3.230

3.2.134

3.2.238

3.2.340

3.2.3.142

3.2.3.244

3.2.3.345

3.347

3.455

4.… 60

5. CONCLUSIONS 70

REFERENCES73

APPENDIX A: APPENDIX NAME75

APPENDIX B: APPENDIX NAME80