Journal of Librarianship and Information Science, 38(1):33-44 March 2006
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Reflection on Lesson 2:
We can use the following procedure for review the contents of journals (Gay, 1996) :
1. Read the article's abstract or summary
2. Skim the article and write down the main topics
3. Write the complete reference in APA style
4. Classify and code the article
5. Summarize the reference by paraphrasing the essential points of the reference.
6. Add any comments about the article or journals.
What we have learnt from lesson 2:
1. Selecting a research topic: formulating research problem and significance, identify key words for a literature search.
2. Reviewing literatures: Comprehensive coverage, Up-to-date and Depth vs. breadth.
3. Sources of literatures:
Main Library, electronic resources: Education Index, Readers Guide to Periodical Literature, Expanded Academic Index ,Dissertation Abstracts International and Psychological Abstracts,. ERIC (Educational Resources Information Center)
4. Search Engines:
Google Scholar, Ask Jeeves, Web 2.0 Resources, Metasearch tools
5. Other source of information: Newspaper, Organizational Records and magazines.
6. Referencing: American Psychological Association (APA) style
Furthermore, according to Gay, L. R., Mills, G. E., & Airasian, P. (2006), there are many general rules for writing research report:
1. A major facilitator for writing a research is making an outline. Developing an outline involves identifying and ordering major topics and then differentiating each major headings into logical subheadings.
2. The research report should be written in a clear, simple and straightforward style.
3. Authors of cited references are referred to last name only in the report.
(Gay, Mills & Airasian, 2006)
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