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Research Workshop On Literature Searching, Developing Literature Review, End Notes X5, iMind Maping7 and Plagiarism detection for Researchers

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Research WorkshopOn

Literature Searching, Developing Literature Review, End Notes X5, iMind Maping7 and Plagiarism detection for Researchers

Course Description:

Pakistan Research Centre (PRC) is Organizing a Research Workshop on “LiteratureSearching, Developing Literature Review, End Notes X5, iMind Maping7 andPlagiarism detection for Researchers” on (Monday, Tuesday) 18th &19th of August,2014 through HD Video Conferencing.

The first day of the workshop is designed to understand the key concepts and methodsof searching relevant literature from print and digital sources, critical review anddevelopment of the literature, including writing, formatting, evaluating andsynergizing knowledge contents. The second day of the workshop will focus onPlagiarism detection, End Notes X5 and iMind Maping7 software’s.

The researchers from Universities, Research Institutes, R&D Organizations and SocialSector Organizations can participate individually or institutional in their ownauditorium/office/home from anywhere around the world. The individual participantcan participate using a laptop/desktop computer connected with internet. Forinstitutional registration and arrangements, contact us (03007303808)or [email protected].

Day-1

Literature Searching from Print and Digital Sources

Browsing and Searching Relevant Literature Extracting Relevant Literature from the Libraries Libraries Classification, Worldwide index of Library Catalogs Online Searching Techniques Exercise on Boolean Operators, Phrase Searching, Truncation / Wildcard

Searching Proximity Searching, Focusing / Limiting a Search Exercise on General Search Engines & Scholarly Search Engines Google,Yahoo, Google Scholar, Infomine, Librarians’ Internet Index,

Intute, Pinakes, Business Research, ISI Web of Science Exerciseon Literature Searching from Subject Directories Exerciseon Literature Searching from Online Data Bases ERIC, Agricola, Medline, EconLit, PsychINFO Stat-USA,UN Common Database Science Direct, Emerald, JSTOR etc. Developing Literature Review

Literature Review – What and Why

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Evaluating Sources for Relevance and Reliability Reading Critically-Exercise Analyzing and Synthesizing Findings Writing and Presenting Literature Review Citing Sources in Text and Reference list / Bibliography

Day-2

Citation & Referencing Using EndNote X5

Comparative overview of reference management systems

Why citation styles and references?

Endnote overview, installation and practice

Browsing and searching through endnote

Create and manage a references library

Edit, sort, format and insert references

Employ and practice the ‘cite while you write’ (CWUR) feature

Hands on practice and self-reflection session

iMindMap7

Introduction to iMind Mapping7 software

Reading and developing themes for iMind Mapping7

Developing Relationship between themes

Presenting results and findings

Mind Maps, flowcharts, images, notes, links, files and comments to capture lots of information on one, easy to navigate canvas.

Create quick and easy presentations that will leave a lasting impact in iMindMap’s Presentation Builder. Deliver your presentations from iMindMap,PowerPoint or upload to YouTube.

Plagiarism Detection and Management using turnitin

Introduction of turnitin

Creating class/new assignment

Uploading the research paper/Thesis for plagiarism check

Generating originality report

Reading and interpreting the originality report

Identifying and managing plagiarism using tunitin

Resource Persons

Salman Bin Naeem

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PhD Scholar

Islamia University of Bahawalpur

Advisor/Trainer

Pakistan Research Centre (PRC)

Kamran Ishfaq

PhD Scholar

University of Peshawar

Advisor/Trainer

Pakistan Research Centre (PRC)

Program

Date: 18th & 19th of August, 2014 (Monday-Tuesday)

Time: 9:30am-03:00pm

Investment: Rs. 3000 (Free)

International: US$200/participant (Free)

Institutional Participation: Rs.40,000 for 40 participants (Free)

Note: The Universities/Institutes are requested to organize this workshop in their owncomputer lab/auditorium. The host institute does not require to have anyconferencing facility, the conferencing facility will be provided by PRC.For Institutional participation and arrangements, contact us (03007303808) [email protected].

Who Should Attend?

Faculty Members

Research Scholars (MPhil/PhD)

Research Associates

Researchers of Medical Sciences

Researchers of R&D Organizations

Researchers of Social Sector Organizations

For Registration

Kindly send your detail for registration to email:

[email protected]

Name of the Participant

University/ Institute/ Organization

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Department / Discipline

Email Address

Cell#/Phone#

Postal Address

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Regional Office

Pakistan Research Centre

798/8, Street no 6, Daood Jahania Colony, Multan-Pakistan

Phone: 03007303808

Email: [email protected]

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