Becoming a professional scholar

1.1 Skim the article and identify its structure
1.9 Paragraph level: words or phrases to look for
1.10 Generate questions and be aware of your understanding
1.12 Take notes as you read.
2.1 What is a thesis? what should be in it?
2.2 Thesis contents:
2.3 Copyright notice (if applicable; not all theses are copyrighted)
2.4 Title page
2.5 Abstract (350 words for ph.d.; 150 words for a masters)
2.8 List of tables and figures (if needed)
2.9 List of definitions (if needed).
2.10 Preface (optional; most theses omit this)
2.11 Text (the body chapters)
2.12 Chapter 1. introduction:
2.13 Chapter 2. background and literature review:
2.14 Chapter 3. materials and methods:
2.15 Chapters 4, 5, and 6:
2.16 Chapter 7. conclusion:

Source:  OpenStax, Becoming a professional scholar. OpenStax CNX. Aug 03, 2009 Download for free at http://cnx.org/content/col10871/1.2