Referencing publications

Referencing publications

1. what is a publication?

   • A publication is the communication of of a message, statement, or text through any means: audio, video, print, electronically as an e-book or on the web.
     • http://www.businessdictionary.com/definition/publication.html

2. types of publications

   • Books, Journals, Journal articles, Archives , Company information Conference papers ,European Union information and publications ,Examination papers, Government publications ,Legislation ,Maps, Market research reports, Newspapers, Parliamentary publications, Patents, Rare books, Standards, Statistics,Theses ,Video, image and sound resources
     • https://www.reading.ac.uk/library/finding-info/type/lib-publication-types.aspx

3. Similarities between a magazine and a journal

   • 1. Journals and magazines are both published monthly
   • 2. Both are reviewed by editors.
     • 3. Few bibliographic references
       • http://www.differencebetween.net/object/difference-between-journal-and-magazine/

4. differences between a magazine and a journal

   • A journal contains original research articles. But a magazine contains articles pertaining to current events or general interest topics.
   • A magazine is a periodical aimed at the general public and Journals are scholarly periodicals aimed at researchers or specialists.
     • magazines are journalistic; written for the average reader and journals are written for researchers in a specified field
       • http://lib.calhoun.edu/lib/periodical_comp.html

5. What does it mean scholarly?

   • Having or showing knowledge, learning, or devotion to academic pursuits.
     • https://en.oxforddictionaries.com/definition/scholarly
   • A scholarly book or article contains a lot of academic information and is intended for academic readers.
     • https://www.collinsdictionary.com/dictionary/english/scholarly

6. what is a reference?

   • writer or a book, article, etc. that is mentioned in a piece of writing, showing you where particular information was found
     • https://dictionary.cambridge.org/dictionary/english/reference
   • Reference is the act of consulting someone or something in order to get information or advice.
     • https://www.collinsdictionary.com/dictionary/english/reference

7. what is a citation?

   • "citation" is the way you tell your readers that certain material in your work came from another source. It also gives your readers the information necessary to find that source again, including: information about the author the title of the work the name and location of the company that published your copy of the source the date your copy was published the page numbers of the material you are borrowing
     • http://www.plagiarism.org/article/what-is-citation

8. what is a bibliography?

   • A bibliography is a list of all of the sources you have used (whether referenced or not) in the process of researching your work. In general, a bibliography should include: the authors' names the titles of the works the names and locations of the companies that published your copies of the sources the dates your copies were published the page numbers of your sources (if they are part of multi-source volumes)
     • http://www.plagiarism.org/article/whats-a-bibliography
   • A bibliography is a list of books, scholarly articles, speeches, private records, diaries, web sites, and other sources you use when researching a topic and writing a paper. The bibliography will appear at the end of your paper.
     • https://www.thoughtco.com/what-is-a-bibliography-1856905

9. what is APA citing?

   • APA (American Psychological Association) style is most frequently used within the social sciences, in order to cite various sources. This help us to reference various pages, articles and more sources
     • http://www.bibme.org/citation-guide/apa/
   • The American Psychological Association is also credited with creating their own specific citation style, which is a popular way to create citations. This citation format is used by individuals not only in the psychology field, but many other subject areas as well. Education, economics, business, and social sciences also use this citation style quite frequently.
     • http://www.citationmachine.net/apa/cite-a-book

10. what is a reference manager?

    • A citation or bibliographic citation is a reference to a book, article, web page, or other published item with sufficient details to uniquely identify the item. Unpublished writings or speech, such as personal communications, are also sometimes cited. Citations are provided in scholarly works, bibliographies and indexes
      • http://edutechwiki.unige.ch/en/Reference_manager
    • Reference Manager is an online search tool—it provides a simple way to search online bibliographic databases and retrieve the references directly into Reference Manager. (Reference Manager can also import data files saved from a variety of online services and library databases.).
      • http://endnote.com/sites/rm/files/m/rmgettingstartedguide12.pdf