Research Guidelines
Research guidelines is a service offered to students to guide them how to organize their research papers (research techniques), and how to write their bibliographies using different styles.
How to Write a Bibliography:
It is considered as a list of references used in a research paper, like journals, books, encyclopedias, and websites. It is the last page of a research paper where references are organized alphabetically.
• We have many bibliographic styles:
- APA (American Psychological Association): http://www.apastyle.org/products/asc-landing-page.aspx
- MLA (Modern Language Association): https://style.mla.org/
- Chicago citation: https://www.chicagomanualofstyle.org/tools_citationguide.html
• How to conduct a Boolean search:
Through Boolean operators (AND, OR, NOT)
Boolean logic is considered a well-known search strategy used in search engines and in databases; it helps the user to narrow and broaden his search to get accurate information.
AND: It narrows the search and retrieve records containing all of the terms (both words) mentioned in the search.
Example: Library services AND Marketing.
OR: It broadens the search and retrieves results containing any (or both) of the words mentioned in the search.
Example: Management OR Administration.
NOT: it Narrows the search and retrieve records that do not contain the term following it.
Example: Medicine NOT Herbal medicine.
Research Techniques:
Research is a way to get information about any subject, in order to find new information and depth of knowledge and it urges students to use information sources and references.
Research Steps:
- Identify the subject: select the theme, or browse the library catalog or the databases to choose the subject or the research problem. It’s is better to choose a specific or narrow subject to search about which is related to student courses.
- Select the references: user must know the information resources that fit his needs and support his research; references can be in print format or electronic: books, encyclopedias, journals, databases….
- Organize information: students must collect data and follow the research plan by selecting the title of the search, defining the research problem, writing the hypothesis, analyzing the collected data, writing the opinion and the conclusion in order to present the final results.
- Reference list: the list contains the references and the information sources used. It might be in more than one language and provides bibliographic information.
Citation Tools:
After conducting your research, it is a must to mention your references.
For that, there are many styles & tools in citing your references.
Styles link to:
It is considered as a list of references used in a research paper, like journals, books, encyclopedias, and websites. It is the last page of a research paper where references are organized alphabetically.
We have many bibliographic styles: APA, MLA and Chicago citation.
Here are Some Free Citation Tools:
• MENDELEY https://www.mendeley.com/
• ZOTERO https://www.zotero.org/