General Guidelines in Scientific Writing
- Academic Integrity
- Building an Argument
- Critical Reading
- Critical Writing
- Figures and Tables
- Paragraphs
- Quoting, Paraphrasing, and Summarizing
- Peer-review
- Response to Reviewers’ Critiques
- Plagiarism
- Writing Tips and Tools
- Types or Styles of Writing
- How to evaluate online information resources
- Miscellaneous
Preparing Scholarly Work
Preparing for a Publication
Reference Management
Reference management involves collecting, reviewing, and integrating references into a scholarly work, such as a manuscript, research proposal, and thesis. Managing references can be a tedious process because it involves ensuring that the references are cited appropriately in the scholarly text and organized in a list at the end of the document in a specific format. Integrating references manually can be time-consuming, especially in a document that cites tens or hundreds of references and when transferring manuscripts between different journals.
The following resources discuss strategies and software that are available to simplify reference management:
Articles
- Gilmour, R., and Cobus-Kuo, L. (2011). Reference management software: a comparative analysis of four products. Issues Science and Technology Librarianship, 66.
- Lorenzetti, D.L., and Ghali, W.A. (2013). Reference management software for systematic reviews and meta-analyses: an exploration of usage and usability. BMC Med Res Methodol 13, 141.
Book chapter
Videos
- Balasubramani, R. (2020). Reference Management and Sources, Indian Academic Researchers’ Association (IARA) Online Workshop on Reference Management.
- Chrisle, D. (2018). An Overview of Reference Managers, Elsevier Research Academy.
- Patwardhan, K. (2020). Reference Management, Banaras Hindu University.
- University of Reading Library (2019). How to compile a bibliography.