Lecture
It is generally accepted that formatting is the final stage in the creation of the manuscript of a scholarly study. In fact, this is not so. It is well known that form is inseparably linked with content. And although this idea has become a truism, many authors of works believe that the text should be formatted only once the manuscript is already finished. They are, of course, mistaken.
The point is that the determination of the form of a scholarly work goes hand in hand with the drawing up of the research plan. It is precisely then that the contours of the future scholarly work are revealed, the character and volume of the illustrative material are outlined, and the range of sources is essentially settled. This general organizational condition indicates that the search for the optimal form of a scholarly work goes on at every stage of the research. Therefore, work on the form of a scholarly work may, to a significant extent and under certain conditions, anticipate its content.
Thus, all this allows us to conclude that the formatting of a scholarly study is a very important process, simultaneous with the creation of its content, which cannot be put off "for later". The formatting of the work must be of a high standard and meet the requirements imposed on qualifying works. And since these requirements are currently very high, it makes sense to examine in detail the procedure for submitting individual types of material for print, as well as the rules for formatting the bibliographic apparatus of a scholarly work.
A scholarly work is printed by typewriting on a computer on one side of a sheet of white A4 paper (210x297) with double line spacing, up to thirty lines per page. The minimum font height is 1.8 mm. The volume of a dissertation for the degree of Doctor of Sciences must be 250-300 pages (350-400 pages for the humanities), that of a Candidate of Sciences 100-150 pages (140-180 pages for the humanities), and that of master's theses 100-120 pages.
The text of a master's thesis must be printed leaving margins of the following sizes: left – not less than 20 mm, right – not less than 15 mm, top and bottom – not less than 20 mm.
The print font must be clear, and the density of the text must be uniform.
The text of the main part of the work is divided into sections, subsections, items and subitems. The titles of the main structural parts of a scholarly work are printed in capital letters, centred relative to the text. The titles of subsections are printed in lower-case letters (except for the initial capital letter) with a paragraph indent. No full stop is placed at the end of a title. The titles of items are printed in lower-case letters (except for the initial capital letter) with a paragraph indent, letter-spaced, run in with the text, and a full stop is placed.
Each structural part of the work must begin on a new sheet.
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