Comprehensive user education to successfully navigate the Internet Part 5- Writing and citing Course...
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The power of digital literacy Comprehensive user education to successfully navigate the Internet Part 5- Writing and citing Course developed by University Library of Debrecen
Comprehensive user education to successfully navigate the Internet Part 5- Writing and citing Course developed by University Library of Debrecen
Comprehensive user education to successfully navigate the
Internet Part 5- Writing and citing Course developed by University
Library of Debrecen
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Topics covered: How to write an article/essay Citation and
plagarism Preparing a bibliography: citation styles Using
Refworks
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Steps: 1.Research Internet Library Databases 2.Analysis
understand the principles of argument by different authors and
assess their reasoning coming up with your own arguments
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3.Writing the thesis statement 1.Determine what kind of paper
you are writing: An analytical paper : breaks down of an issue and
evaluation to the audience. An expository (explanatory) paper:
explains something to the audience. An argumentative paper : makes
a claim about a topic and justifies this claim with specific
evidence. 2. Your thesis statement should be specificit should
cover only what you will discuss in your paper and should be
supported with specific evidence.
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4. Compiling notes and prepare an outline Make the points brief
Choose the structure of the paper 5. Writing the essay 6. Preparing
the bibliography
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Structure of an essay/article includes: 1.Introduction Grab the
reader's attention. Present: an interesting fact a surprising piece
of information an exciting quotation an intriguing paradox an
explanation of an odd term a short narrative/anecdote (not fiction)
a provocative question Present your thesis
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2. Literature Review A literature review is a survey of already
existing writings (usually published) on a given topic or area with
a view to assessing their relevance to a proposed project. Such a
review will not just be a summary but will also evaluate and show
relationships between different material, so that key themes
emerge. Even a descriptive review however should not just list and
paraphrase, but should add comment and bring out themes and
trends.
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3. Methodology Research methodology has to be chosen very
carefully after deciding on a topic and formulating a set of viable
and valid research questions. Some types of research questions and
research objectives require qualitative data while others require
quantitative data. Qualitative research involves analysis of data
such as words (e.g., from interviews), pictures (e.g., video), or
objects (e.g., an artifact). Quantitative research involves
analysis of numerical data.
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4.Discussion The function is to interpret your results in light
of previous research about the subject of the investigation, and to
explain our new understanding of the problem after taking your
results into consideration. Main questions to answer: Do your
results provide answers to your testable hypotheses? How do you
interpret your findings? Do your findings agree with what others
have shown? What is our new understanding of the problem you
investigated and outlined in the Introduction?
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5. Conclusion The function is to restate the main argument. It
reminds the reader of the strengths of the argument, it reiterates
the most important evidence supporting the argument. Main questions
to answer: What is the significance of your findings? What are the
implications of your conclusions for this topic and for the broader
field? Are their any limitations to your approach? Are there any
other factors of relevance that impact upon the topic but fell
outside the scope of the essay? Are their any suggestions you can
make in terms of future research?
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6. Bibliography A bibliography, often referred to as "Cited
References," is an alphabetical list of all the materials (books,
articles from journals, newspapers, interviews, web pages, etc.)
that are used in the preparation of a research paper or that are
referred to in the text. Citation styles: MLA (Modern Languages
Assocation): Humanities: languages, literature, philosophy,
religion and the arts. APA (American Psychological Association):
Social Sciences: psychology and behavioral science, education,
sociology, anthropology, business, economics, political science and
criminal justice. Chicago: History CSE (Council of Science
Editors): sciences.
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The expression of original ideas is considered intellectual
property and is protected by copyright laws, just like original
inventions. Almost all forms of expression fall under copyright
protection as long as they are recorded in some way (such as a book
or a computer file). Forms of plagarism: turning in someone else's
work as your own copying words or ideas from someone else without
giving credit failing to put a quotation in quotation marks giving
incorrect information about the source of a quotation changing
words but copying the sentence structure of a source without giving
credit copying so many words or ideas from a source that it makes
up the majority of your work, whether you give credit or not
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Avoid plagarism: Develop a topic based on what has already been
said and written BUT Write something new and original Rely on
experts' and authorities' opinions BUT Improve upon and/or disagree
with those same opinions Give credit to previous researchers BUT
Make your own significant contribution CITE THE SOURCES YOU
USE!
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Reference manager softwares help you to collect and manage
citation information and to generate formatted bibliographies in a
range of styles. Uses: collect and organize references from many
different resources into your own personal, searchable database
create formatted bibliographies and reading lists develop lists of
cited papers as footnotes or as endnotes at the conclusion of
scholarly papers
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An online research management, writing and collaboration tool
-- is designed to help researchers easily gather, manage, store and
share all types of information, as well as generate citations and
bibliographies.
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Program is available from anywhere. Easy to deliver, maintain
and support! Upgrades Included. Program can be used across multiple
platforms (Windows, Mac, Unix) Creating personal database Sorting
and searching by multiple methods Sharing database content with
fellow researchers Usage is not connected to IP address
Multi-lingual interface
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Registration Creating folders Entering data Choosing a citation
style Creating bibliography Sharing folders Personal database tools
Write-N-Cite Tutorials
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Institutional regsitration www.refworks.com Login from campus
IP address from off campus
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Creating new folders
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Entering data: importing from other databases starting from
RefWorks manual data entry Direct import
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Importing from RefWorks databas Manual data entry
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Choosing a citation style for the bibliography
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Sharing folders
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Search in personal database
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Write-N-Site: Links RefWorks with the computers text editor
program After installation it can be used immediately