References - CPSC 503 - Winter 2015

References

The following is a list of useful links organized by topics. Please note that -with a few exceptions, for example plagiarism- most links provide general information that for a particular area or project might not be totally correct. As a rule of thumb, if your supervisor wants you to do things differently then follow his/her advice and not the general information. Also, there are often several ways how to do things, so that some of the links might contradict each other. Obviously, in such cases your judgement is required (but your supervisor is naturally allowed to help you there; and your instructor is also there to provide guidance).

I would like to thank all previous instructors of 502 and 699 who contributed to the following list!

• LaTeX
  • The Not So Short Introduction to LaTeX 2e by T. Oetiker, H. Partl, I. Hyna and E. Schlegl (pdf; this is what I usually use when I have to look something up)
  • David R. Wilkins' Getting Started with LaTeX (HTML)
  • Nicola L.C. Talbot's LaTeX for Complete Novices (HTML)
  • LaTeX for Word Processor Users by G. Gonzato (pdf)
• Plagiarism
  • IEEE guidelines
  • Saul Greenberg's page
• Presentations
  • Norma Scagnoli's collection on hints for good presentations
  • Kim Fowler's article on Giving good technical presentations
  • Mark D. Hill's page on Oral Presentation Advice, which also contains a section on "How to give a bad talk"
  • Dealing with presentation disasters
• ACM style files
• Writing scientific articles
  • The Elements of Style by Williams Strunk Jr
  • Saint Mary's University's writing resources page
  • David Arnold's slides on Writing Scientific papers in LaTeX