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For writing is necessary to find some very reliable resources - your text should be based on critical and responsible thinking and dialogue with what has been already said. | For writing is necessary to find some very reliable resources - your text should be based on critical and responsible thinking and dialogue with what has been already said. | ||
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Other sources to your chosen theme should be prefarably scientific articles. Where you can find your '''external resources''': | Other sources to your chosen theme should be prefarably scientific articles. Where you can find your '''external resources''': | ||
* for the beginning you can look at [ | * for the beginning you can look at [[wikipedia:en:Main page|Wikipedia]] or do simple Google search - you will get texts of very different quality. You can use them for basic orientation only - please do not consider them as a resource for your research and do not cite them! | ||
* for your academic writing you may prefer [http://scholar.google.com/ Google Scholar] to find reliable resources | * for your academic writing you may prefer [http://scholar.google.com/ Google Scholar] to find reliable resources | ||
** This is not the only possibility, you can use any other search engine, see the [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Academic_databases_and_search_engines List of academic databases and search engines]! | ** This is not the only possibility, you can use any other search engine, see the [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Academic_databases_and_search_engines List of academic databases and search engines]! | ||
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=== Managemenet of citations === | === Managemenet of citations === | ||
* | * There is [http://www.zotero.org/ Zotero] software available for management of your citations (helps you save the citation in required format) | ||
** | ** But you can select your own - there are many other available softwares, see the [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Comparison_of_reference_management_software List of reference management software]! | ||
===Quality assessment=== | ===Quality assessment=== | ||
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==Technique of writing literature review== | ==Technique of writing literature review== | ||
What we mean by the "literature review"? In this context, it is not just the list of references; but it is not also the thourough analysis of available resources. It is something in between - and | What we mean by the "literature review"? In this context, it is not just the list of references; but it is not also the thourough analysis of available resources. It is something in between - it brings arguments from literature that are focused specifically on your topic and must be reviewed before you start your research. Start with '''annotated bibliography''', your own notes on your readings which you can use when you will be compiling the text in the later stages of the writing process. | ||
=== | ===Annotated bibliography=== | ||
Write [[annotation]] to every valuable resource you are going to use in your writing. | |||
* [http://owl.english.purdue.edu/owl/resource/614/01/ Definitions and format of annotated bibliographies] | * [http://owl.english.purdue.edu/owl/resource/614/01/ Definitions and format of annotated bibliographies] | ||
* [http://www.library.mun.ca/guides/howto/annotated_bibl.php Types of annotated bibliographies] | * [http://www.library.mun.ca/guides/howto/annotated_bibl.php Types of annotated bibliographies] | ||
== Summary == | == Summary == | ||
*Research and Documenting Sources, see http://owl.english.purdue.edu/handouts/research/index.html | *Research and Documenting Sources, see [http://owl.english.purdue.edu/handouts/research/index.html The Online Writing Lab (OWL) at Purdue University] | ||
== References == | == References == | ||