Research: Author guidelines

1. Submitting your paper

 * Papers should be submitted as Microsoft Word doc or docx files with
 * all special tags, such as, Bookmarks, EndNotes removed (Use Ctrl+Shift+F9)
 * If you paper does not have any images please submit as the doc/docx file
 * If you have images these should be included in the Word document AND submitted separately
 * Please create a zip archive containing the paper and the images.

1.1 Zip file notes

 * A common problem occurring with zip files is if sub-folders are included. In some zip programs a separate check box indicated sub-folders. If you are using Windows the easiest way to zip a file is to right click the files (or folder containing the files) and choose "Send to.." > "Compressed folder".
 * Please avoid other formats (e.g. rar) as it creates unnecessary work for the editors.

2. File Naming

 * 1) Please do not include spaces in Filenames (use CamelCase)
 * 2) All files should be named as _ e.g. 2008Verhaart_Metadata.doc
 * 3) Separate image files should be labelled as the doc file with the addition of Fig1, Fig2 etc, e.g. 2008Verhaart_Metadata_Fig01.png

3. Some things to avoid in your paper

 * 1) The use of "I", "we", etc. is discouraged in academic publications. (The research is meant to be impartial!)

4. Images

 * 1) Images should be included in your Word document AND supplied as separate files (refer to file naming above)
 * 2) png or jpg files are preferred, avoid using gif files (they are difficult to resize)

5. Structure and numbering
Please structure your paper and number as follows:

Abstract (h3)

1. Introduction (h3)

2. Section (h3)

2.1 Sub-section (h4)

..

8. Conclusion (h3)

9. Acknowledgements (h3)

References (h3)

6.1 Citations

 * 1) et al.
 * 2) ..(Blog & Blog, 2008).. or ..Blog and Blog (2008)..

6.2 References

 * 1) List all authors (No "et al.")
 * 2) Use & for multiple authors e.g. Blogg, & Blogg (2009)
 * 3) Italicise publication source, or title if no source
 * 4) You should not really need anon as a reference for any web site

6.3 Creating an APA web reference
To create a basic APA web reference you may find it useful to follow these steps.


 * 1) Look for the author
 * 2) Is it at the top of the page under the heading
 * 3) Is it at the bottom of the page next to the copyright (this may be a company)
 * 4) If you go to the home page is there an owner/author listed?
 * 5) Created date
 * 6) Is it under the heading
 * 7) Is it at the bottom of the page
 * 8) If you cant find it use (n.d.)
 * 9) Find the title
 * 10) Best to use the text inside the &lt;title&gt; tag (use right click, display page source, look for &lt;title&gt; tag and copy the text inside it) or
 * 11) Use the heading on the page
 * 12) Find the source (Is it a Journal paper, conference paper etc)?
 * 13) Italicise the source (Journal/Conference,/Book) OR Title if there is no source.
 * 14) Type in todays date "Retrieved month day, year" e.g. "Retrieved December 31, 2008 from "
 * 15) Highlight the URL in the URL area of the web browser, and [Ctrl]+[C] (copy), then [Ctrl]+[V] to paste into your reference..

.. and thats all there is to it!