e-PORTFOLIO 4.2
By Ariyana. - October 04, 2019
Updated real soon on 5th Oct. I apologize for any inconvenience.
CITATION METHODS
1. IN-TEXT CITATION
CORRECT
: Tannins are a secondary polyphenolic
metabolite that are distribute widely in wood, bark, leaves, fruits, roots, and
seeds, and for many different plants they protect against infections and
insects (Haslam,
1988).
The citation can also be : Haslam (1988)
The citation can also be : Haslam (1988)
WRONG :
Furthermore, tannins are used in surface coatings, plastics (Grigsby et al.
2014), resins (Bisanda et
al. 2003), manufacturing adhesives (Pizzi 1982, 2006; Hoong et
al. 2011), and water purification (Sanchez-Martin et al. 2010a).
The
first in-text citation should be include all authors name instead of et al.
2. BIBLIOGRAPHY
CORRECT : Shairah, N.,
Shahrifun, A.,
Nazilah, N.,
Aris, A.,
Omar, Q., & Ahmad, N. (2015). Characterization of Palm Oil Mill Secondary
Effluent (POMSE). Malaysian Journal of Civil Engineering, 27(1),
144–151.
Complete
bibliography should have author’s name, title of the articles, publisher, and
year of publication.
WRONG : Drahansky, M., Paridah, M. ., Moradbak, A., Mohamed, A. ., Owolabi, F. abdulwahab taiwo, Asniza, M.,
& Abdul Khalid, S. H. . (2016). We are IntechOpen , the world ’ s leading publisher of
Open Access books Built by scientists , for scientists TOP 1 %. Intech, i(tourism),
13. https://doi.org/http://dx.doi.org/10.5772/57353
Title in the reference should be the title of the article.
MISTAKES ON FINDING RESOURCES
1. Depends on Wikipedia for the information details
2. Do not have the listed criteria
- Author
- Title
- Publisher
- Date/Year of publication
3. Limits the finding only on online instead of searching resources in physical library.
PARAPHRASE
Common
Mistake
- Converting active sentence into passive
sentence. Research report should be in
ACTIVE voice.
- Changing the authenticity of idea or meaning
of the referred articles/journals.
ADVICE /TIPS ON HOW TO COLLECT GOOD INFO
1.
Use library UMS online database
- ScienceDirect
- SpringerLink
- Google scholar
2. Others online database
- Scopus
- Research Gate
3. Make ake sure have the complete criteria as mentioned previously.
5.
Use (“ ”) to focus on keyword of the research title.
6.
Look for the synonym of the keywords of research title.
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