PSU CS510 (Section 011) - OGI GEN569/669
Scholarship Skills, Winter 2006, Lecture Notes


Here are the Powerpoint and PDF files containing the lecture notes.

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

  22. Extra Lectures.

  23. Lecture 22 -- How to be a conference Chair.

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