Introduction To Reference Management Software

What is Referencing? Referencing means acknowledging someone else 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 lead to academic fraud @ Plagiarism.

When do I reference? You reference whenever you have used a piece of information 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 directly from the work of another without paraphrase The copying of illustrations, figures, photographs, drawings, models, or other visual and nonverbal materials, including recordings, of another without proper credit The presentation of work prepared by another in final or draft form as one's own without citing the source Sources: Brian James Baer, Kent State University 29 August 2014

Ethics & Plagiarism Turnitin is a leading academic plagiarism checker technology for teachers and students. Online plagiarism detection, grammar check, 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. This resource, revised according to the 6th edition, second printing of the APA manual, offers examples for the general format of APA research papers, intext citations, endnotes/footnotes, and the reference page. For more information, please consult the Publication Manual of the American Psychological 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 and Facebook usage in academic libraries. Internet Reference Services Quarterly13: 69 85. Convertive. (2011). Using social media in major library systems. Retrieved 5th July, 2016, from http://www.convertiv.com/using-social-media-in-a-majorlibrary-system/ Flew, Terry. (2002). New media: An introduction. New York: Oxford University Press. Green, A. (2000). 'What do we mean by user needs?'. British Journal of Academic Librarianship. 5(2), pp.65-78. Migiro, S. O. (2005). Information and Communication Technologies in Small and Medium Scale Tourism Enterprises in Durban, South Africa. Information Development, 21(4), 283 294. doi:10.1177/0266666905060089

Reference Management Software Reference management software that available in UiTM Libraries: Mendeley Endnote X8 (This software is intended to UiTM registered users only)

Mendeley vs Endnote Feature Benefits Mendeley EndNote X8 Secure, sync across multiple platforms Full text search Anytime, anywhere access Desktop Web Mobile (ios and soon Android) Be able to find the right information quickly Yes Desktop Web Mobile (ios) Does not sync Annotations, highlights Share comments with others Yes No free version Yes paid version Group, follow capability Personalized recommendation Ability to share information/ full text as well as follow group trends Proactive recommendation Yes Related papers free Mendeley suggest paid Yes Only private groups Citation style More styles = flexibility 7000 styles 6500 styles Auto-extract of metadata from PDF Library system integration Support non-english documents and UI Saves time and accuracy to create citation Extracts full citation metadata, DOI, PubMed, and Arxiv ID Enable one-click download No (TBC in 2015) Yes More user adoption No Yes No Only DOI and embeded PDFs 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 general resource for academic writers. It aims to provide you with examples of some of the phraseological nuts and bolts of writing organized according to the main sections of a research paper or dissertation. http://www.phrasebank.manchester.ac.uk/