Course outline
Part 1: intro to reference management
1.1 common problems and solutions
- What are
- the common problems in scientific writing (papers, thesis, dissertation)
- the common mistakes in writing
- the tools and proposed solutions
1.2 What is reference management
- How does it help to our writing and what are the tools needed
- Where to get the softwares and why does it have to be opensource
- How to install Reference Manager and connect it to our word processor
Part 2: how to retrieve references
2.1 Where to find:
- Library and its website
- Databases:
- Free:
- Google Scholar (free)
- ITB subscription
- Scopus
- Web of science
- http://www.lib.itb.ac.id/e-journal
- http://www.lib.itb.ac.id/e-book
- Free:
- Publishers
- Sciencedirect (options: conventional, open access)
- Elsevier (options: conventional, open access)
- Springer Sciences (options: conventional, open access)
- http://www.lib.itb.ac.id/e-journal
- http://www.lib.itb.ac.id/e-book
- Open access:
- DOAJ
- PeerJ
- HESS
- Etc
- Community, social media:
- ResearchGate
- Academia
- ResearchID
2.2 tweaking the keywords
- What is a keyword
- What is keyword’s operator
- How to get the best search results
- Use “Google Scholar” alert notification
- How to store the information
Part 3: how to store your references
3.1 how to store your references
- Saving the pdfs and metadata
- Folder structure
3.2 how to use reference manager
- Importing, Organizing, and Taking notes
- Using and adding Citation style
- Citing and Making bibliography
Part 4: how to cite
4.1 Citation style
4.2 Paraphrasing
4.3 Plagiarism
4.4 how to use “Cite While You Write”
Requirements:
- Bring your laptop
- Install Zotero or Mendeley reference manager prior to the course
- Bring a sample of reference (paper, thesis etc)
Date: January 2015
Place: PMO or Comlabs
Registration:
- email to dasaptaerwin@outlook.co.id or
- Tag facebook/dasaptaerwin or
- Mention @dasaptaerwin