Getting Started With Your Report

Understanding the Sections of Your Report

Title page

Abstract

Table of contents

Introduction

Body

Recommendations

References

Appendices

General Technical Writing Guidelines

Works Cited

Understanding the Sections of Your Report

Reports are generally divided up into sections. Each section has a specific purpose, and often there are specific guidelines for formatting each section. This part of the hypertext offers some general guidelines for working on each section of a report. It's always best to consult a style manual for your discipline, to talk to other people in your discipline who have written reports, and to look at similar reports that have been published in order to more fully understand the expectations for reports in your field.

Generally, a report will include the following sections:

• Title page
• Abstract
• Table of contents
• Introduction
• Body
• Recommedations
• References
• Appendices

This section helps you to understand each of these sections. Just click on any of the links to the left to get started, or click on the next button at the bottom to start navigating through these sections.