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INTRODUCTION TO ACADEMIC WRITING

Citation Management

Citation management is crucial for maintaining integrity and credibility by crediting original authors and avoiding plagiarism.

Tools like EndNote, Zotero, and Mendeley help organize and cite sources efficiently, saving time and ensuring consistent formatting.

What is Mendeley?

Mendeley is a free reference manager that can help you store, organize, note, share and cite references.

Software Cite Tool

FIVE REASON TO USE ZOTERO

  • Reference Management
  • Collaboration
  • Citation Generation
  • PDF Annotation
  • Multiple Devices
  • Support MS Word 2016 or above, MS Office 365 and the app for iPad®

Quick Guide: APA Citation Format

Installation

Step 1: Install the software on your computer (Software Download + Cite Tool)
Step 2: Start to use

Sync Your Device

Mendeley support various devices to use the same account and share the literatures.

How to sync?
Create your Mendeley Account with your USJ Email (Recommend)

Build your library

Import references using a variety of methods:

  • Drag and drop PDFs from your computer
  • Import files from your computer
  • Manually create an entry

Use in MS word (Google Doc user see Zotero)

Use the Mendeley Cite add-in for Microsoft Word to generate citations and bibliographies:

  • Find and insert individual or multiple references, and generate a bibliography of all the references you’ve cited
  • Edit a reference in a citation
  • Choose your preferred citation style by selecting from 1000s of different citation styles
  • Refresh references to update them with any changes made to your library
  • Use Mendeley Cite without Mendeley Reference Manager being open or installed

Frequently
Asked
Questions

YOU CAN RESERVE A TIME TO MEET THE LIBRARIAN FOR ANY TECHNICAL OR RESEARCH QUESTION

Reserve a Time

No. You can access on your computer without registration. But the registration will give you a cloud backup for all the references and multiple access to different computers.

USJ email is recommend to easily connect to Elsevier database (e.g. Scopus)

You can drop or upload the PDF to Mendeley.

Share documents and references with small teams. You have to be invited to these groups and they allow you to share PDFs and collaborate using shared annotations.

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This guide will provide the basic concepts for students and researchers to properly format research papers in the APA Citation Style 7th Edition.

Basic Setup

– Double spacing (within and between references)
– Hanging indent of ½ inch
– Legible font (e.g. Times New Roman 12 or Arial 11)
– Page number in the top-right header
– See the Sample Paper (APA official)

Title Setup (Student Paper)

Features:

Paper title, Author Name, Author Affiliation, Course Number and name Instructor name, assignment due date, and page number.

More information is in APA Style.

In-text Citation

Following the usage of a quotation or paraphrase from another source, in-text citations must be supplied.

In-text citations are references to a direct quotation or paraphrase that appears in the context.

These citations present the surname of an author and the date of publication.


Single Author
Using James Mitchell as an example author, this takes the form: Mitchell (2017) asserts… Or … (Mitchell, 2017).

The structure of this changes depending on whether a direct quote or parenthetical is used:

Direct Quote: The citation must follow the quote directly and contain a page number after the date, for example (Mitchell, 2017, p.104).

This rule holds for all of the variations listed.

Parenthetical: The page number is not needed.

Multiple authors and corporate authors
When a source has multiple authors or is authored by an organization, the in-text citation is modified considerably.

Pay attention to punctuation and the use of the ampersand (&) symbol.

Author typeParenthetical citationNarrative citation
One author(Mitchell, 2017)Mitchell (2017)
Two authors(Smith & Jones, 2020)Smith and Jones (2020)
Three or more authors(Smith et al., 2020)Smith et al. (2020)
Organization(APA, 2020)APA (2020)

More information is in APA Style.

Paraphrasing & Direct Quote

Short Quotation (Not more than 40 words)

For quotes of less than 40 words, contain them in quotation marks and integrate them into your own text, and no extra formatting is required. Despite the original source having an ellipsis, do not place an ellipsis at the beginning and/or end of a citation.

Example:

Effective teams can be difficult to describe because “high performance along one domain does not translate to high performance along another” (Ervin et al., 2018, p. 470).

Long Quotation (40 words or more)
– Quotes of 40 words or more should be formatted as block quotes.
– Avoid using quote marks around block quotations.
– Begin a block quote on a new line and indent it to the left by half an inch.
– Indent the full block quote with two spaces.
– Do not add more spacing before or after.
– If the quote has multiple paragraphs, indent the first line of each successive paragraph by an extra 0.5 inches.
– Either (a) identify the source in parentheses after the final punctuation of the quote, or (b) credit the author and year in the narrative before the quotation and insert just the page number in parenthesis after the quotation.
– In neither instance should a period be added after the closing parenthesis.

Sample:
Block quotation with parenthetical citation:

Researchers have studied how people talk to themselves:

Inner speech is a paradoxical phenomenon. It is an experience that is central to many people’s everyday lives, and yet it presents considerable challenges to any effort to study it scientifically. Nevertheless, a wide range of methodologies and approaches have combined to shed light on the subjective experience of inner speech and its cognitive and neural underpinnings. (Alderson-Day & Fernyhough, 2015, p. 957)

Block quotation with narrative citation:

Flores et al. (2018) described how they addressed potential researcher bias when working with an intersectional community of transgender people of color:

Everyone on the research team belonged to a stigmatized group but also held privileged identities. Throughout the research process, we attended to the ways in which our privileged and oppressed identities may have influenced the research process, findings, and presentation of results. (p. 311)

More information is in APA Style.

Text Setup

Features:
1. Repeat the paper title at the top of the first page of text.
2. Begin with an introduction to provide background and context.
3. Use descriptive headings to identify other sections (e.g., Method, Results, Discussion for quantitative research papers).
4. Sections and headings vary depending on paper type and complexity.
5. Text can include tables and figures, block quotations, headings, and footnotes.
6. Line Spacing (double-space all text, including headings and section labels, paragraphs of text, and block quotes).
7. Text Font:
-Use the same font throughout the entire paper.
-Write body text in standard (nonbold, nonitalic) font.
-Use italics sparingly, for instance, to highlight a key term on first use

Table & Figure Setup


Features:
1. Embedding at the Bottom of the Page: xxxxx (see Figure 1).
2. Embedding at the Top of the Page: Table 1 presents xxxxx.

Either writing style you are using, you need to direct the readers with clear information.

More information is in APA Style.

Reference List Setup


Manual Entry: You need to create a complete bibliography for your credited work.
Reference Management Software: Generate or update the bibliography list at the end.

More information is in APA Style.

Related Resources

Student Paper Setup Guide, APA Style 7th Edition

More

Style and Grammar Guidelines, APA Style 7th Edition

More

Reference Example

More

Reference Management Software

More
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Do you want to improve your study and research skills?

USJ library is organizing regular tutorials for students on how to use Library resources and tools. Kindly reserve your place by choosing the most suitable time slot below:

Try out our resources, then you will surely have a few questions for us when you attend the tutorials.
The training session program is as follows:

1. Why we should use reliable and scholarly resources.
2. How to use Library resources
– e-Journals
– e-books
– News databases
– Etc.

3. Introduction to “Plagiarism” and how to avoid it.
4. How to cite and reference your sources properly using special reference and citation management software.
5. Practice
– Students will perform a simple research project in groups or individually.

Apply the schedule
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ZoteroMendeleyOnline Generator
Use PermissionOpen SourceFreeFree (Depends on the generator)
AccessWeb-based, desktop application and mobile app.Web-based, desktop application and mobile app.Web-Based
How to save the reference?Browser Connecter support Chrome/Firefox/Mircosoft Edge/SafariWeb Importer support Chrome/Firefox/Mircosoft EdgeOne-Off Generator
Can I save references from external databases?Limited: ISBN,DOI,PMIDNoN/A
Support Type of Word ProcessorMS Word, LibreOffice, Google DocMS Word, Libre Office, N/A
Name of PluginN/A (Auto Install)Mendeley CiteN/A
Can I upload the attachments?Yes, with the option to annotate automatically; annotate and highlightYes, also can annotate and highlightN/A
Duplicate detectionYesYesN/A
Captures webpage snapshots?YesYesN/A
Citation / bibliography stylesList of citation styles in ZoteroList of citation styles in MendeleyUpdated at the discretion of the website
ExportBibTex, RIS, Refer/BiblX, Bibliontology, MODSBibTex, EndNote (XML), RISCopy & Paste from the browser
Sharing/CollobrationYesYes: small groups up to 3 are free. Costs for larger groupsN/A
Extra CostFree with 300 MB of storage. Additional storage and group upgrades are available for a fee. Free with 2GB Web storage, 500 MB each for personal shared storage. Additional storage and group upgrades are available for a fee. N/A (Depends on the generator)
Other FeaturesWill automatically attach PDFs.Can search the Mendeley database (papers in the libraries of other users)No installation is required
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Off-campus access to library materials is available at any time and from any location.

Step 1: On the front page of this portal, there is a search box in the middle where you may begin your search, or you can discover all the information about your library resources under the link “Resources.”

Step 2: After hitting “Enter” or clicking on the “Search” button, you will be requested to enter your USJ email address and password; just enter this information and you will have full-text access to all resources.

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Introduction to Academic Writing

Grammarly (EDU)

An English writing tool to help you develop your English writing skills, reinforce proper revision habits and prevent plagiarism. An education version is available for all USJ students and staff.

Sign Up
Code authentication
Download the app and start
01.

Activate your account

Go to Grammarly Education, use USJ email to activate the account.

02.

Code Authentication

You are required to enter the access code. Copy the code below

03.

Log in

You can login with “Sign in with Google” and choose your USJ email.

04.

Get Started

You can use on the webpage or download at “App” section.

Activation code

uzwubCcUzDhIkOxw

Frequently asked questions

You can sign up Grammarly EDU at http://grammarly.com/edu/signup

You need to use the Grammarly Education link provided by library, not the public one.

If you already have Grammarly (free or paid for), ensure that you are signed out of your account; exit the app; ensure it’s not running, and reboot your machine.

Yes. You can download the software at https://www.grammarly.com/desktop/windows

Yes. You can download the software at https://www.grammarly.com/desktop/mac

Still have questions?

If you cannot find an answer to your question in our FAQ, you can bring your device to the library, and we can help with the troubleshooting.

Talk with Librarian
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