Dasapta Erwin Irawan

Faculty of Earth Sciences and TechnologyInstitut Teknologi Bandung

19 January 2015

Reference management A mini course

Image: flickr/jasonparis

A bit about me

● A bit old: born in 1976● A bit hard: hydrogeology● A bit old-skool: love vintage things

● A bit old-fashioned: no dye and weird hair cut

● A bit social:

– On Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/dasaptaerwin

– On Twitter: @dasaptaerwin

– On ResearchGate: www.researchgate.net/dasapta_irawan

Disclaimer

● This mini course is non-credit.● It is offered as opportunities for students to learn specific

skills in just a few sessions.● This mini course offers no warranty of your study

performance.● Consultation session with your supervisor is very important

to make the best out of this mini course.● I'm prone to error, please report any typos or

misconceptions from reading this doc.

Available CC license[1]

License for this doc[1]

Outline

Part 1: intro to reference management

● 1.1 common problems and solutions– the common problems in scientific writing (papers,

thesis, dissertation)– the common mistakes in writing– the tools and proposed solutions

Part 1: intro to reference management

● 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[13] (free), ● ITB subscription: Scopus[10], Web of science[15], ITB

Library (http://www.lib.itb.ac.id/e-journal, )http://www.lib.itb.ac.id/e-book

Part 2: how to retrieve references

● Publishers:

– Conventional: Sciencedirect[17] (options: conventional, open access), Elsevier[18] (options: conventional, open access), Springer Sciences [19] (options: conventional, open access)

– Open access: DOAJ[20], PeerJ[21], HESS[22], PLOSone[23], ArXiv[24]etc

Part 2: how to retrieve references

● Community, social media:

– ResearchGate, – Academia, – ResearchID.

Part 2: how to retrieve references

● 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

Part 3: how to store your references

● 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"

References[1] Creative Common License site, https://creativecommons.org/licenses/, accessed 15 November 2014.

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