Introduction To Reference Management

Software

What is Referencing?

• Referencing means acknowledging someoneelse’s work or ideas.

• It is sometimes called ‘citing’ or ‘documenting’another person’s work.

• Referencing is a basic university requirement.• Without appropriate referencing students are in

effect “stealing” the work of others - this is leadto academic fraud @ Plagiarism.

When do I reference?

• You reference whenever you have used a piece ofinformation that comes from :

• Text books• Journals• Published papers, (e.g. conference or working paper)• Newspapers• Reports• Websites• TV/Radio interviews/Film• Others, etc

Ethics & Plagiarism

Plagiarism :

• The copying of words, sentences and paragraphs directlyfrom the work of another without paraphrase

• The copying of illustrations, figures, photographs,drawings, models, or other visual and nonverbalmaterials, including recordings, of another withoutproper credit

• The presentation of work prepared by another in final ordraft form as one's own without citing the source

Sources: Brian James Baer, Kent State University29 August 2014

Ethics & Plagiarism

• Turnitin is a leadingacademic plagiarismchecker technology forteachers and students.Online plagiarismdetection, grammarcheck, grading tools.

• UiTM: (30% ) ONLY

Citation Style• APA (American Psychological Association) style is most frequently

used within the social sciences, in order to cite various sources. Thisresource, revised according to the 6th edition, second printing of the APAmanual, offers examples for the general format of APA research papers, in-text citations, endnotes/footnotes, and the reference page. For moreinformation, please consult the Publication Manual of the AmericanPsychological Association, (6th ed., 2nd printing).

References @ Bibliography : APA Style• Bolter, S. & Grusin, M. (1999). A customer orientation checklist: a model. Library

Review,Vol. 49 No. 4, pp. 173-8.

• Chu, M., & Meulemans, YN. (2008). The problems and potential of MySpace andFacebook usage in academic libraries. Internet Reference Services Quarterly13:69–85.

• Convertive. (2011). Using social media in major library systems. Retrieved 5thJuly, 2016, from http://www.convertiv.com/using-social-media-in-a-major-library-system/

• Flew, Terry. (2002). New media: An introduction. New York: Oxford UniversityPress. Green, A. (2000). 'What do we mean by user needs?'. British Journal ofAcademic Librarianship. 5(2), pp.65-78.

• Migiro, S. O. (2005). Information and Communication Technologies in Small andMedium Scale Tourism Enterprises in Durban, South Africa. InformationDevelopment, 21(4), 283–294. doi:10.1177/0266666905060089

Reference Management Software

Reference managementsoftware that availablein UiTM Libraries:

• Mendeley• Endnote X8(This software is intended toUiTM registered users only)

Mendeley vs EndnoteFeature Benefits Mendeley EndNote X8Secure, sync across multiple platforms

Anytime, anywhere access • Desktop• Web• Mobile (iOS and soon

Android)

• Desktop• Web• Mobile (iOS)• Does not sync

Full text search Be able to find the right information quickly

Yes Yes

Annotations, highlights Share comments with others Yes No – free versionYes – paid version

Group, follow capability Ability to share information/ full text as well as ‘follow’ group trends

Yes Only private groups

Personalized recommendation

Proactive recommendation Related papers – freeMendeley suggest – paid

No

Citation style More styles = flexibility 7000 styles 6500 styles

Auto-extract of metadata from PDF

Saves time and accuracy to create citation

Extracts full citation metadata, DOI, PubMed, and Arxiv ID

Only DOI and embeded PDFs

Library system integration

Enable one-click download No (TBC in 2015) Yes

Support non-English documents and UI

More user adoption No Yes

Freemium version Low-cost to entry Yes – 2 GB of storage Yes – 2 GB of storage

Alumni policy Benefits for alumni Yes – 12 months grace period then free account

None

Academic Writing Resources

The Academic Phrasebank is a generalresource for academic writers. It aims toprovide you with examples of some of thephraseological ‘nuts and bolts’ of writingorganized according to the main sections ofa research paper or dissertation.

http://www.phrasebank.manchester.ac.uk/

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