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      • 01 – Current Trends in Networking
        • 01 – Voice over Internet Protocol
          • 01 – VOIP standards
      • 02 – Understanding Systems
        • 01- Systems Concepts
          • 01 – System Definitions
          • 02 – Types of Systems
          • 03 – Systems Concepts
          • 04 – Analysis of a System
        • 02 – Modelling our environment…
          • 01 – Models
          • 02 – Types of Models
          • 03 – Engineering Development Modelling
        • 03 – Hard and Soft Systems & the IS context
          • 01 – Hard Systems
          • 02 – Soft Systems
          • 04 – Systems Analysis; a second look
      • 03 – Management in IT
        • 01 – Management of Human Resources
          • 01 – Introduction
          • 02 – Direct Recruitment
          • 03 – Indirect Resources
        • 02 – Management of Technology
          • 01 – Management of Infrastructure
          • 02 – Management of Existing and Future Technologies
          • 03 – IT Managers Role in Strategic Planning
        • 03 – Management Control
          • 01 – Budgets
          • 02 – Performance Indicators
          • 03 – Management Support Tools
      • 04 – Research Skills
        • 01 – Introduction to Research
          • 01 – What is “Research”?
          • 02 – Literature Review
            • 01 – What is an Academic Paper?
            • 02 – Other Sources of Information
            • 03 – Referencing
            • 04 – How to write a Literature Review
        • 03 – Ethics
          • 01 – Ethics
          • 02 – Ethics in Computing
      • 05 – Online Business Systems
        • 01 – Development Methodologies, Usability and Accessibility
          • 01 – Interface Design
          • 02 – Usability, Accessibility and Navigation Design
        • 02 – Static Website Development
          • 01 – Introduction to Adobe Photoshop
          • 02 – Introduction to DreamWeaver and Cascading Style Sheets

References

Posted on November 12, 2016 by John

In style required by publication. Comprehensive list including every source cited in paper.

Posted In 01 - What is an Academic Paper?Tagged In References

Acknowledgements

Posted on November 12, 2016 by John

May be at the beginning or end of paper. Sponsor – may be a company or funding body. Colleagues or co-workers. If they made major contribution, they should be mentioned as author.

Posted In 01 - What is an Academic Paper?Tagged In Acknowledgements

Evaluation and future work

Posted on November 12, 2016 by John

Usually weakest part of Bachelor dissertation. Covers what went well and what has caused problems. Critical evaluation of own work in order to do it better next time. Required for final year project. Provides next set of research questions.  

Posted In 01 - What is an Academic Paper?Tagged In critical review, evaluation, future work, research questions

Conclusions

Posted on November 12, 2016 by John

How evidence supports, or not, the tested hypothesis. In mathematics we can formally prove things, in other areas we can state the body of evidence supports the theory.

Posted In 01 - What is an Academic Paper?Tagged In body of evidence, conclusion, proof

Contribution to knowledge

Posted on November 12, 2016 by John

Presentation of research work and detailed discussion of what has been done. Includes ideas, concepts, tested hypothesis and evidence that conclusion is based on.

Posted In 01 - What is an Academic Paper?Tagged In conclusion, contribution to knowledge, hypothesis, presentation

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