Short Assignments

White Paper Assignment (pdf)

Sample Student White Paper on Brown Sugar Storage (pdf)

--This paper was written by a student in Sophomore Clinic last year.

Research Links

Important Tips for Use of Sources

--These 7 tips will help you get a good grade on the research-related parts of this project.

Research Record

--This explains what is required for the research notes that you are including with the white paper and shows an example.

Bibliography  Builder

--Provided by the University of Toronto Engineering Communication Centre, this has free bibliography builders for both ASCE and IEEE styles.  This is a very useful shortcut, but always check the output of these automated formatting applications to make sure it is correct.

Evaluating Web Sites (net.Tutor online tutorial)

--Use these 6 criteria to justify your use of websites as sources in this paper.

White Paper Format Template (MS Word 2007 document for downloading)

--Email me if you need the MS Word 1997/2003 version.

How to Cite Patents

How to Cite Web Sites

How to Cite Images and Pictures

--Use this format for either IEEE or Author-Date unless the image/picture comes from a journal article that you are citing elsewhere in the paper.  In that case, use the usual number or author-date citation.  Otherwise, all information is included in the caption--you do not need to repeat it in the list of references.