Thursday, 18 July 2013

Information Literacy (citation)...(Topic 4)

In The Name of Allah


Under this topic, I have learnt that citation is any reference occurs in two places:

-        In the text (In text referencing) for example, As Abdulrahman Al-Duais (2013) stated that “…..” (p.20).

-        At the end of the paper (End of text referencing) for example: Abdulrahman Al-Duais, (2013). The best lectures are few. Kedah: Al-Bukhary International University.


Firstly, I have been taught the rules for authors which are:

1)           Authors' names are inverted.
2)           For Muslim and Malaysian name (Chinese and Malay) cite as they are known.
3)           If I have more than one author in a source, I have to use ampersand (&) instead of “and” before the last author.
4)           More than six authors, I have to use et al. for the seventh or more author names.




Secondly, learnt about rules for title that are:
1)           I have to capitalize only the first letter of the first word in titles and subtitles. For example: HOW TO BE A GOOD LECTURER. It should be “How to be a good lecturer”.

2)           I have to Underline or italic the titles of books, titles of journals, titles of magazines and titles of newspaper. For example, “How to be a good lecturer”.




Thirdly, I learnt the Rules for Documentations that are:
1)           Each reference should be in single-spaced.

2)           Indention: Indent the subsequent line about one-half inch (hanging indentation).
3)           I have to arrange the reference list in alphabetical order.
4)           No number in references list.



Finally, I was taught some of the rules that I need to follow while referencing such as:

1)           The format of more than six authors.
2)           The format of more than first edition.
3)           The format of edited books.
4)           The format of books with Author and Editor.
5)           How to make corporate bodies as author.
6)           The format of article from an online periodical with no DOI assigned.

7)           The format of article from an online periodical with DOI assigned.


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