commit fa1fd432ec597bd9c488cad02a5e9a4ddbd70bf9
Author: Mark Claypool <claypool@cs.wpi.edu>
Date:   Fri Mar 10 08:41:41 2023 -0500

    Updates

diff --git a/background-rw.md b/background-rw.md
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 pagetitle: Writing the Background/Related Work
-version: 1.1
+version: 1.2
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 # Writing the Background/Related Work
@@ -38,9 +38,26 @@ organization. The layout and structure of the chapter is a
 contribution of your report.  It represents a unique view of other
 work/technology from your vantage point.
 
+A good approach to tackling the related work is to:
+
+1) Gather resources (blogs and websites and especially peer-reviewed
+papers). Cast a wide net initially, but then narrow down as you get a
+better sense of relevancy.  Read appropriate work in detail and
+summarize with notes.
+
+2) Organize into groups based on similarities.  These groups likely
+become sub-sections in your chapter.  Place them in an outline.
+
+3) Provide a summary of the works in the outline.  Typically: what is
+the approach, what were the methods, what did they find.  Make sure to
+explicitly state the relevance of the work to *your* project. This
+doesn't have to be done for each paper but can be at the end of a
+subsection.
+
 Figures taken from your cited sources are allowed (and often make the
 chapter much better), but should also be cited in the figure caption.
 
 Since nearly all the information in Background and Related Work is
 external, it needs to be cited, accompanied by an entry in the
 References section of the report.
+

commit 0a3a035cc794a63af63c86c0c68decfdb2d808f2
Author: Mark Claypool <claypool@cs.wpi.edu>
Date:   Mon Aug 8 13:58:58 2022 -0400

    Updates

diff --git a/background-rw.md b/background-rw.md
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-# Project Background/Related Work Writing Guidelines
-v1.0
+---
+pagetitle: Writing the Background/Related Work
+version: 1.1
+---
+
+# Writing the Background/Related Work
 
 The Background and Related Work chapters both provide detailed
 information obtained from other sources necessary to understand the

commit b79bb200fda9bfb225e95d36cb5a1dfc6bfc9f46
Author: Mark Claypool <claypool@cs.wpi.edu>
Date:   Sat Feb 24 09:05:55 2018 -0500

    Updated, and started Back/RW

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+# Project Background/Related Work Writing Guidelines
+v1.0
+
+The Background and Related Work chapters both provide detailed
+information obtained from other sources necessary to understand the
+rest of the report.  However, there are some slight differences
+between the two:
+
++ Background: Technologies relevant to your MQP that you want to
+provide details on so a reader will understand your
+approach/methodology.
+
+  *Important*: The reader should be told *how* the background
+  technologies are relevant to your work, how you use them in your
+  solution, or methodology approach.  This can be brief, but needs to
+  be explicitly called out.
+
++ Related Work: Novel approaches others have tried to address your
+problem (i.e., research) that you want to discuss to present the
+"state of the art" and/ for comparative purposes with you work.
+
+  *Important*: The reader should be told *how* the work is related to
+  your work. Is your approach similar/different to them?  How?  This
+  can be brief, but needs to be explicitly called out.
+  
+The Background and Related Work can be two separate chapters or can be
+combined into one chapter, depending upon the size, scope and content.
+
+These chapters are typically second in a report, right after the
+Introduction.
+
+One of the key components of a good Background/Related Work chapter is
+organization. The layout and structure of the chapter is a
+contribution of your report.  It represents a unique view of other
+work/technology from your vantage point.
+
+Figures taken from your cited sources are allowed (and often make the
+chapter much better), but should also be cited in the figure caption.
+
+Since nearly all the information in Background and Related Work is
+external, it needs to be cited, accompanied by an entry in the
+References section of the report.