FORMAT FOR TABLE OF CONTENTSpage 10

David B. Fankhauser, Ph.D.

14 June 1990, 28 March '94, 5 July '95, 25 June '96, 3 July '97, 3 Jan '98, 26 Mar00, 22Mar01, 25June03, 2Jan04, 12Sept07

http://biology.clc.uc.edu/fankhauser/Labs/Keeping_a_Notebook/Table_of_Contents_Format.htm

TABLE OF CONTENTS

1)         Type out your table of contents on a computer, it is much easier and less stressful than on a typewriter. If you do not have a personal computer at home, go to the Computer Lab here at the college and use theirs. There are people to assist you there if you are new to computers. Do yourself the favor. Use the formatting suggested below.

2)         Use the following single-spaced format for your table of contents. Make an entry in your table for every page. If an experiment continues for several pages, some ditto marks may be used, but indicate the specific aspect or phase of the experiment found on each page.

3)         CAPITALIZE HANDOUT SHEETS, this will make them easier to locate.

4)         Mount your table of contents on pages ii through iv in the first pages in your notebook.

5)         The next time you turn in your notebook, you may either add to the previous table of contents list which you saved on your disk or on your computer, or you may type up the new entries and strip them in directly under the previous entries with contact paper.

Here are suggested margins and tabs to set on the computer for 8.5" x 11" paper, all in inches from the left margin of the page:

Set margins:      L margin at 1", R margin at 6.5".

Set Left Tabs:   1.5" for the topic, 5.5" for entry date.

TABLE OF CONTENTS

                                           entry

page      topic                                                  date                   

cover    LAB SCHEDULE                                                                      20 Sept 07

             i        Handout Table of Contents                                                                              20 Sept 07

             ii       My Table of Contents, First Page                                                                    [date mounted]

             iii      My Table of Contents (future)                                                                         [date mounted]

             iv      My Table of Contents (future)                                                                         [date mounted]

             1       Slide List

             2       First Day's Lab Notes on Notebook Use                                                      20 Sept 07

              3       LABORATORY NOTEBOOK PROCEDURE                                              20 Sept 07

             4       CONTACT PAPER FOR MOUNTING HANDOUTS                                  20 Sept 07

             5       USE OF NOTEBOOK ILLUSTRATIONS                                                   20 Sept 07

             6       Notes on using the Microscope                                                                       20 Sept 07

             7       BINOCULAR MICROSCOPE: ITS USE AND FEATURES                        20 Sept 07

             8       Microscope illustration                                                                                    20 Sept 07

             9       USING AND EVALUATION THE MICROSCOPE                              20 Sept 07

etc