2.6. Conclusion

Conclusion is a sort of a summary. It includes the main findings and generalisations. It outlines the results of the research, so there should be no new facts, figures, concepts, etc. Conclusion can be accompanied by recommendations.

2.7. Endnotes

The work must be free of plagiarism. Whenever facts, figures, statistical tables, concepts, models, viewpoints, citations are used in the text, the reference is to be made. You must name the source of information and the author of the theory (model, concept, etc.). It is prohibited to copy someone’s text without referring to the origin. Please, notice that a citation (quotation) must not be too long: just a couple of sentences.

All sources of information used in the text are listed in the Endnotes in the order of referring to them. All the endnotes are enumerated. The corresponding figures are given as superscripts in the text of the coursework. A book/article/statistical source, etc. may be referred to more than once (see N2and N4 in the sample below).

Besides the documentary endnotes that identify sources of quoted material there can also be explanatory notes that give additional explanation and comments to some facts, figures or theoretical issues mentioned in the text. Explanatory notes should be brief, otherwise it is better to place them in an appendix.

All the endnotes are given in the language of the origin. That is, if it is a Russian book, it is named in Russian. Translation into English can be given in brackets.

Samples of notes:

1. Nubler I. Capturing Non-Formal Vocational Education and Training through Statistics. - UNDP. New-York. 1992. P.7.

2. Ibid. P.32.

3. Литвиненко Т.В. Современные требования к качеству трудовых ресурсов в торговле //Вестник Российской экономической академии имени Г.В.Плеханова. 2005. №1. С.105.

4. Там же. С.108.

2.8. Bibliography

Bibliography represents an alphabetic list of information sources. There should be not less than 15 entries in the Bibliography. Be sure the list includes the recently issued books and articles. Textbooks and manuals are not very welcomed in the Bibliography.

A student can structurise the Bibliography so that first there go theoretical books, then the articles, afterwards - statistical publications, finally - Internet sources. In this case the alphabetic order should be kept within each part of the Bibliography.

In the Bibliography the exact page from which quotation was made is not mentioned.

Samples of entries in Bibliography:

1. Bernstam M.S., Rubushka A. Russian Crisis, May 2002// www.oecd.org/eng/analytics/standart_system.

2. Carroll G.R., Hannan M.N. The Demography of Corporations and Industries. - Princeton: Princeton University Press, 2000.

3. Friedman M. Deja vu in Currency Markets. //Wall street Journal, Sept.22, 1992.

2.9. Appendices

This is not a mandatory part of the coursework. Appendices can contain additional graphs, statistical tables, juridical documents, long quotations, etc. - everything that is too lengthy to be included into the text main body but is desirable to give additional theoretical and/or factual support to the research.

Appendices should be titled and enumerated, each starting from a new page. Do not forget about the references to appendices.

Appendices should not live a life of their own separated from the main text. The author of the coursework should use them, appeal to them in the research. For example: “The analysis of the labour market statistics in 2000-2006 (see Appendix 3) allows to conclude, etc.”