Northeastern Section ASAS and Northeastern Branch ADSA

Instructions for Abstract Submission-2001

DUE DATE: MUST BE SUBMITTED BY MIDNIGHT, CST ON DECEMBER 12, 2000

All abstracts must be submitted electronically via the World Wide Web, at:

http://www.adsa.org/northeast/

Instructions for submitting the abstract are available on the Web site. After the deadline it will not be possible to submit abstracts using this form. You will be given a tracking number and password when you submit the abstract. It is very important that you keep a record of these. You may revise submitted abstracts any time before the deadline, but you can only access your abstract using the password and tracking code.

Space limitations allow a maximum of 2,300 keystrokes (including characters, spaces, and punctuation). Begin count at the title and end count with the last key word or end of a table if one is included. Abstracts that are too long will be rejected automatically by the system. Keystrokes should be counted before you add any special coding. The coding is not counted in the total keystrokes.

If you must use boldface, italic or sub‑/superscript type anywhere in the abstract, consult the Text Attributes Coding information on this sheet for the special coding. This coding is not counted in the 2,300 allowed keystrokes. Special characters such as Greek letters and math symbols are available on the electronic submission form itself.

Section Preferences and Mailing Instructions: Section Preferences: General or Graduate Student Paper Competition.

In addition to submitting your abstract electronically, you must also mail two (2) printed copies to the ASAS NE President, Dr. Pat Schoknecht, Boatwright Library, University of Richmond, VA 23173. Be sure to indicate the program section and the abstract tracking number of the abstract.

If Your Abstract Includes a Table:

Although including a table in your abstract is not encouraged, the electronic submission form does allow submission of tables. The printed abstract width allows for 70 keystrokes per line, including spaces; keep this in mind when formatting the table. Tables that are too wide may not be printable. We wish to avoid having to decrease the type size of an abstract to accommodate tables that are too wide, because this makes the abstract nearly unreadable.

If your abstract includes a table, you must also include coding for text attributes in the table. This includes the italicization, superscripting and subscripting of numbers and letters in the table and the footnotes.

Please note: Characters you choose from the boxes always appear at the end of the text already present in the abstract text area. If you have pasted your abstract into the text area from another word processor file, any special character you choose will appear at the end of your abstract. Simply highlight the code for this character then cut and paste it into the correct location in the abstract text.

Text Attributes Coding Information

To make a word boldface, type \bold{word}

To italicize a word, type \italicize{word}

To make a character superscript, type $^{3}$ (superscript 3 in this example)

To make a character subscript, type $_{2}$ (subscript 2 in this example)

To insert a hat above a character, type \hat{a} (â in this example)

Do not insert any extra spaces between the coding string and the adjacent characters in a word or expression. Do not use your word processor’s attribute functions to create bold, italic, or super-/subscripts. You must use the coding given above.

The characters %, #, &, _, ^, $, and {} are used by the LaTeX formatting language, which we use to format the abstract. If you need to use one of these characters in your abstract, it must be preceded by a \ (backslash).

Questions: After reading these instructions, if you have any questions regarding submission, contact JoAnna Wisniewski, ADSA Headquarters Office, (joannw@assochq.org or 217‑356‑3182, ext. 12).