how to prepare a perfect termpaper.

1. Research Guidelines

2. Title
• Students must select three different titles
• Instructor will approve one of these or provide suggestions regarding
title.

3. Objectives:
There are two parts:
One, The main objective;
Two, The specific objectives:
1. ………………….
2. ………………………..
3. ………………………..

4. 4
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5. Manuscript Text
• The text of the report should be clear and precise. Texts should be
1.15 spaced, printed in font sizes 11, Times New Roman, on one side
of quality. Manuscripts and illustrations should be submitted in
duplicate (both pdf and word copy).
• The sequence of the report should be:
Title, Author’s name and institutions, Acknowledgements, Abstract,
Keywords, Introduction, Objectives, Literature Review, Materials and
Methods, Results and Discussion, Conclusion, Conflicts of interest, and
References. When necessary, subheads may be used within each major
Heads, Heads and subheadings should be in bold font.

6. Title Page
• The title page should contain – (i) the title of the paper (ii) full names
of the students and each affiliation with full address (iii) Place an
asterisk after the name of the corresponding author, and provide e-
mail address (iv) A running title of not more than 10-15 words should
be provided, and (v) Current addresses of authors should appear after
the institutions name. A title should be concise and informative and
contain the major key words that accurately describe the content of
the paper and suggested running head (30 characters or less). Do not
use abbreviations in the title.

7. Cont.
• Acknowledgements
Acknowledgements of any gratefulness, financial support and personal
assistance for the work must be marked in the separate paragraph,
before the Abstract.
• Abstract
The abstract should be brief and does not contain more than 240-250
words. A well-prepared abstract gives a clear indication of the aim and
objective, scope, results and principal conclusion of the report which
enables the reader to identify the basic content of a report quickly and
more accurately, So that readers may determine whether the full text
will be of particular interest to them or not.

8. Cont.
• Keywords
Each paper should have 7 to 10 keywords, in addition to those already present in the title. Keywords are used
by the indexing and abstracting services
• Introduction
The introduction should present sufficient background information and the objectives of the investigation to
understand the purpose of the current work and its significance with the latest references.
Statement of the problem
• Objectives:
• Literature Review
This section should present a sufficient and updated literature review on the related issues..
• Materials and Methods/Research Methodology
The Materials and Methods section should provide sufficient technical details to allow others to replicate and
build on published results. New procedures and approaches should be described in detail while previously
published procedures can be briefly described and appropriately cited. Sources of all important information
should be indicated.

9. Cont.
• Results
Results should provide a concise description and can be presented in the
form of figures, tables, and text which should clearly and accurately describe
the experimental findings of the study. It is recommended to use past
indefinite verb tense in describing the results.
• Discussion
The Discussion section should be focused on the interpretation of the
results, but not reiterate the results. Discussion should be completed with a
major conclusion that answers the question specified in the introductory
part of the article. The Results and Discussion sections may be combined into
one section.

10. Cont.
• Tables – Tables should be provided in Word or Excel format and must
be editable (not pasted in as a picture). Each table should be
numbered consecutively in numerals and should include a caption
and column headings that contain enough information. Units of
measurement should be abbreviated and placed below the column
headings. Explanatory footnotes should be related to the legend or
table using superscript, lower-case letters. All abbreviations should be
defined after the footnotes, beneath the table body.

11. Cont.
• Figures - Figures should be provided separately from the main text.
Figures must be cited in the order that they appear. The figure
number must appear well outside the boundaries of the image itself.
Include a legend describing the figure and it should be below the
figure. Provide each axis with a brief but informative title (including
units of measurement). It is the author’s responsibility to ensure that
figures are provided at a sufficiently high resolution to ensure high-
quality reproduction in the final prepared article. Please note that it is
the main responsibility of the author(s) to obtain the permission from
the copyright holder to proliferate figures or tables that have
previously been published somewhere. Acceptable file of figures
formats: TIFF, JPEG, and PNG.

12. Cont.
• Conclusion:
• Conflicts of interest
• Author(s) must declare the Conflicts of interest of the research before
the references of the report. The term “conflict of
interest in research” refers to situations in which financial or other
personal considerations may compromise, or have the appearance of
compromising a researcher's professional judgment in conducting or
reporting research.

13. Cont.
• References
• The References section should include all relevant journal articles,
books and patents cited in the text, tables or figures. Arrange the
reference list in the order of their appearance in the main text, and
then number the list consecutively (not in alphabetic order) and
should be cited in the text in superscripts only. The author(s) must
check the accuracy of all reference numbers.

14. Referencing styles
• APA (Another Presentation)
• Plagiarism: 10%

15. The referencing styles shown in the examples
below should be used.
• Journal Articles:
• El-Naggar M Y, Yousry M Gohar, Khouloud M Barakat, Nowara S Aly. (2016). Physiological
response, anti bacterial activity, and cinnam aldehyde production by a marine Streptomyces
chartreusis. J Pure Appl Microbiol, 10(3): 1797-1808.
• Surname(s), Initials(s). (Year) Title of article. Name of Journal. Volume (part number): pages e.g.
• Partington, M. (2016). Housing: proportionate dispute resolution. Landlord and Tenant Review.
10(3): 81-84
• Books:
• Brock TD, Madigan MT. (2016). Biology of Microorganisms, pp. 42- 59. 5th Ed. Prentice Hall,
Englewood Cliffs, New Jersey. USA Specific
• Chapter in books:
• Gershon AA, Russa P La, Steinberg SP. (2017). Varicella-zoster virus, pp. 900-911. In Murray PR,
Baron EJ, Pfaller MA, Tenover FC, Yolken RH (eds.), Manual of Clinical Microbiology, 7th Ed.
American Society of Microbiology, Washington, D.C.

16. Cont.
• Patents:
• Aviv H, Friedman K and Vered V. Submicron emulsions as ocular drug delivery vehicles. U.S. Patent US
5496811; 2018.
• Websites:
• Quick dissolving tablets. http://www.biospace.com, Accessed 27 may, 2019.
• Author (Year) Title of web document or web page. [Online] Available from: URL. [Date accessed] e.g. DEFRA
(2018) Climate change and energy. http://www.defra.gov.uk/environment/climatechange/index.htm
• Internet sources such as an e-book
• Author (Year) Title. [online]. Publisher. Available from : URL [date accessed] e.g. Anglia Ruskin University.
(2016) Harvard system of referencing [Online]. Anglia Ruskin University. Available from:
http://libweb.anglia.ac.uk/guides/new harvard.php
• Internet sources such as an e-journal
• Author (Year) Title of article. Journal title. [online] volume (issue), pagination. Available from: URL. [Date
accessed] e.g. Horesh, R. (2002 Sept) Better than Kyoto : climate stability bonds. Economic Affairs. [online].
22(3): 48-52. http://www3.interscience.wiley.com/cgibin/fulltext/118915510/PDFSTART