Manuscript Format Quick Guide

For Thesis and Capstone

Department of Information Technology

College of Computer Studies
MSU-Iligan Institute of Technology

May 2019
Contents of this Document

Hard Bound Cover Guide......................................................................................................................................3

Formatting the Contents........................................................................................................................................5

Sequencing of the Contents...................................................................................................................................6

Sample Contents.....................................................................................................................................................8

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 Hard Bound Cover Guide

I. FRONT

- is defined by the cover that the reader opens. (see page 4 for visual Guide)

1. Hardbound cover should be color maroon with Gold colored printed text.
2. Margins should be 1.5 inches from all 4 edges.
3. Font Style: Times New Roman
4. Font Size: 14
5. Title: should be in bold letters.
6. Observe V-Style format in all text groups

Presented to the Faculty of the Department of Information Technology, College of Computer Studies
MSU-Iligan Institute of Technology

7. Observer 5 single tab space in between text groups

II. SPINE
- is the vertical edge of the book where all of the pages are connected. (see page 5 for visual
Guide)

1. Font Style: Times New Roman

2. Font Size: 14
3. Gold colored printed text.

3” inches 5” inches
1” inch 1.5” inch 1” inch

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Measuring Web-Based Travel Request Information System’s

Success Using DeLone and McLean IS Model

Font Size: 14
5 single spaces Font Style: Times New Roman BOLD Lette

A Thesis

5 single spaces Or Capstone Project

Presented to the Faculty of the Department of Information

Technology, College of Computer Studies
MSU-Iligan Institute of Technology

1.5” inch 1.5” inch

5 single spaces

In Fulfillment to the Requirements in the Degree of

Bachelor of Science in Information Technology

Or Bachelor of Science in Information Sys

5 single spaces

Eya, Nikky Shairmaine G.

Quinones, Aiya Jobelle D.
Pon, Abegail R.

Month and year of Binding

5 single spaces

May 2019

1.5” inch
Formatting the Contents
A4 size of paper should be used in printing the manuscript. All the contents of which
should observe the following:
Font Style: Times New Roman
Font Size: 14 for Headings. 12 for paragraphs and for figure and table labels
Paragraph Lines Spacing: 1.5 spacing from the Abstract Page Onwards
Margins: 1 inc space for the Top, Right and Bottom margins. 1.5 inch space for the
left margin
Paging: Pages should be printed at the lower right portion of the pages wherein page
1 should start at the first page of Chapter 1.

1” inch

1.5” inch 1” inch

1” inch
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Sequencing of the Contents
The following sequence should be followed in placing the contents of the manuscript.

I. Title Page
- should follow the same format with the cover page but margins are adjusted
accordingly

II. Certificate of Panel Approval

- should contain the names of the Advisory Panel, Department Chairman, and
College Dean, affixed with their appropriate Titles(eg: Ph.D., MSIT, MSCS,
etc.).

III. Abstract
- should contain the shorter descriptive and informative narrative of a larger work. It
should contain the problem you are addressing, the method you have done to answer
the problem, the highlight of your findings and results, and lastly implications of
your findings.

IV. Acknowledgement
- is the portion in your manuscript where you can express your gratefulness to the
people or entities that helped you carry out and finish your work.
- the tenor should be formally written

V. Table of Contents
- this includes the page locations of the main contents of your manuscript in the
following order:
 Introduction
 Conceptual Framework(Optional)
 Review of Related Literature
 Methodology
 The System (Optional)
 Results and Discussion
 Conclusions
 Recommendations
 Appendix

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 List of Figures
 List of Tables

VI. Main Contents (Chapter 1 to 6)

- Main chapters may vary depending on whether you are making a thesis or
capstone. There might be additional chapters that will be required by the advisory
panel to be included in your manuscript
VII. Appendices
-aside from the other appendices necessary to referred to from your main Chapters,
the appendices should include the following
 Grammarian’s Certificate
 8 Pages long Journal ACM Format of Thesis/ Capstone (refer to
http://tiny.cc/ra0y6yO)
 Curriculum Vitae of Proponents

VIII. Compact Disc (CD)

- should have a sticker label as indicated in the sample format (refer to the last page of
this document)
- should be attached at the back portion of the manuscript with the following contents
saved inside it:
 PDF Format of Manuscript
 Word Format of 8 Pages long Journal ACM Format of Thesis/ Capstone
 Executable File of the System (If applicable)
 Source Code of the System (If applicable)
 Manual of the System (If applicable

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Sample Contents

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Measuring Web-Based Travel Request Information System’s Success
Using DeLone and McLean IS Model

A Thesis

Presented to the Faculty of the Department of Information Technology,

College of Computer Studies
MSU-Iligan Institute of Technology

In Fulfillment to the Requirements in the Degree of

Bachelor of Science in Information Technology

Eya, Nikky Shairmaine G.

Quinones, Aiya Jobelle D.
Pon, Abegail R.

May 2019

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 Republic of the Philippines Mindanao State University
Iligan Institute of Technology
COLLEGE OF COMPUTER STUDIES

CERTIFICATE OF PANEL APPROVAL

The thesis, attached hereto, entitled “Measuring Web-Based Travel Request

Information System’s Success using DeLone and McLean IS Model”, prepared
and submitted by Nikky Sharmaine G. Eya, Aiya Jobelle D. Quinones and Mary
Abegail R. Pon in partial fulfillment of the requirements for the degree of Bachelor
of Science in Information Technology, is hereby recommended for approval.
Include Appropriate titles eg: PhD., MSIT, MSCS

Prof. First Name MI. Last Name Prof. First Name MI. Last Name Prof. First Name MI. Last Name
Panel Member Panel Member Panel Member

Date Date Date

Add only if applicable

Prof. First Name MI. Last Name Prof. First Name MI. Last Name
Adviser Co-Adviser

Date Date

This thesis is approved in partial fulfillment of the requirements for the degree of
Bachelor of Science in Information Technology

Prof. First Name MI. Last Name Prof. First Name MI. Last Name
Department Chairman Dean, College of Computer Studies

Date Date

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 ABSTRACT

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nisi ut aliquip ex ea commodo consequat. Duis aute irure dolor in reprehenderit in
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Keywords: should contain main concepts, concepts, and other relevant search keys
of your thesis or capstone separated by a comma.

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 ACKNOWLEDGEMENT

Foremost, I would like to express my sincere gratitude to my adviser Prof.

Ying Wu for the continuous support of my Ph.D study and research, for his
patience, motivation, enthusiasm, and immense knowledge. His guidance helped
me in all the time of research and writing of this thesis. I could not have imagined
having a better advisor and mentor for my Ph.D study.

Besides my advisor, I would like to thank the rest of my thesis committee: Prof.
Aggelos K.Katsaggelos, Prof. Thrasyvoulos N.Pappas, and Dr. James
Crenshaw, for their encouragement, insightful comments, and hard questions.

My sincere thanks also goes to Dr. James Crenshaw, Dr. Senthil Periaswamy,
and Dr. Qiong Liu, for offering me the summer internship opportunities in their
groups and leading me working on diverse exciting projects.

I thank my fellow labmates in Northwestern Vision Group: Gang Hua, Ting Yu,
Zhimin Fan, Shengyang Dai, Junsong Yuan, Jiang Xu, Jialue Fan, and
Neelabh Gupta, for the stimulating discussions, for the sleepless nights we were
working together before deadlines, and for all the fun we have had in the last four
years. Also I thank my friends in Tsinghua University: Chen Fan, Wensheng
Wang, Bo Qin, Xiwei Wang, Yonggang Zhao, Hua Chen, Junlin Li, and Rui
Zhou. In particular, I am grateful to Dr. Chen Fan for enlightening me the first
glance of research.

I would also like to thank my family: my parents Siyu Yang and Xiaolan Ding,
for giving birth to me at the first place and supporting me spiritually throughout
my life. Last but not the least, I give all the Glory to God that has made all of
this possible.

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 TABLE OF CONTENTS
CHAPTER 1 - INTRODUCTION 1
1.1 Background of the Study 2
1.2 Statement of the Problem 3
1.3 Objectives of the Study 4
1.4 Scope and Limitations 5
1.5 Significance of the Study 6
1.6 Definition of Terms 7
CHAPTER 2 - REVIEW OF RELATED LITERATURE 8
2.2 Related Studies and Systems 9
2.3 Synthesis 10
CHAPTER 3 - METHODOLOGY 11
3.1 Analysis of Requirements 12
3.2 Designing the System 13
3.3 Developing the System 14
3.4 System Evaluation 15
CHAPTER 4 - RESULTS AND DISCUSSIONS 16
4.1 Requirements Specification 17
4.2 Design of the System 18
4.3 The System 19
4.4 Results of System Evaluation 20
CHAPTER 5- CONCLUSIONS 21
CHAPTER 6 - RECOMMENDATIONS 22
REFERENCES 23
APPENDIX A: RESEARCH RELATED DATA 24
APPENDIX B: GRAMMARIAN’S CERTIFICATE 25
APPENDIX C: JOURNAL FORMAT 26
APPENDIX D: CURRICULUM VITAE OF PROPONENTS 27

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 LIST OF FIGURES

Figure 1.1 Name of Figure 2

Figure 1.2 Name of Figure 3
Figure 2.1 Name of Figure 4
Figure 2.2 Name of Figure 5
Figure 3.1 Name of Figure 6
Figure 3.2 Name of Figure 7

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 LIST OF TABLES

Table 1.1 Name of Table 2

Table 1.2 Name of Table 3
Table 2.1 Name of Table 4
Table 2.2 Name of Table 5
Table 3.1 Name of Table 6
Table 3.2 Name of Table 7

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 CHAPTER 1
INTRODUCTION

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1.1 Background of the Study

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nisi ut aliquip ex ea commodo consequat. Duis aute irure dolor in reprehenderit in
voluptate velit esse cillum dolore eu fugiat nulla pariatur. Excepteur sint occaecat
cupidatat non proident, sunt in culpa qui officia deserunt mollit anim id est laborum.
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cillum dolore eu fugiat nulla pariatur.Duis aute irure dolor in reprehenderit in
voluptate velit esse cillum dolore eu fugiat nulla pariatur.

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 APPENDIX B - GRAMMARIAN’S CERTIFICATE
Republic of the Philippines Mindanao State University
Iligan Institute of Technology
COLLEGE OF COMPUTER STUDIES

GRAMMARIAN’S CERTIFICATE

This is to certify that the undersigned has thoroughly reviewed and proof-read all
of the pages of this thesis project, “ “Measuring Web-Based Travel Request
Information System’s Success using DeLone and McLean IS Model”, against the
set of structural rules that govern the composition of sentences, phrases and words in
English language.

Certified by:

Fist Name MI. Last Name

Grammarian

Date Signed

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APPENDIX C - JOURNAL FORMAT

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APPENDIX D - CURRICULUM VITAE

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 COMPACT DISC STICKER FORMAT

Eya, Nikky Shairmaine G. Quinones, Aiya Jobelle D. Pon, Abegail R.

MAY 2019