PSU CS510 (Section 011) - OGI GEN569/669 
 Scholarship Skills, Winter 2006, Lecture Notes
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  -  Lecture 1 --
       Introductionnd background research
 
  -  Lecture 2 --
       Reading for content. 
 
  -  Lecture 3 --
       Library resources. Library links can be found here. 
 
   -  Lecture 4
        -- Core rules for better writing
 
  -  Lecture 5 --
       Mechanics: spelling, numbers, punctuation and so forth
  
 
  - Lecture 6 --
  Mathematical notation, text elements, style
   
  - Lecture 7 --
    More on Mathematical notation. Supplemental material. 
   
  - Lecture 8 --
      Examples, Citations, references, side-bars (or boxes). 
   
  - Lecture 9 --
      Parts of a paper. 
   
  - Lecture 10 --
      References, Intro to LaTex and bibTex. 
   
  - Lecture 11 --
      The writing process. Getting Started. 
   
  - Lecture 12 -- Ethics
   
  - Lecture 13 -- Conference papers 
   
  - Lecture 14 -- Journal articles and theses
  
 
  - Lecture 15
      -- Web content and proposals.
  
 
  - Lecture 16 --
        Materials for an oral presentation
  
 
  - Lecture 17
       -- Delivering a talk
  
 
 - Lecture 18
     -- Poster presentations
 
 
 - Lecture 19
     -- Reviewing
 
 
 - Lecture 20
     -- Vita and interviewing
 
 
 - Lecture 21
      -- How to get a Ph.D.  --  How to Succeed.
 
 
 Extra Lectures. 
  
- Lecture 22
        -- How to be a conference Chair.
 
 
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