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  • Citing Two or More Authors

    Referencing more than one author in the same sentence: “Jones (1946) and Smith (1948) have both shown…” Referencing a source with more than one author: “Abbott and Sales (1946) stated that…” “Further research in the late forties (Abbott and Sales, 1946) lead to major developments…”

  • How to drop an Oracle database without DBCA

    If, when you come to remove an Oracle database, you find that DBCA is not available perhaps due to some installation issue or missing files then do not fret as it is still possible to remove the database by following these steps… 1 – Set the Oracle SID D:\Oracle\product\11.2.0\dbhome_1\BIN>set ORACLE_SID=TESTDB 2 – Connect to the database…

  • What is an In Text Citation?

    When referring to another author’s work or ideas in your work, need to cite source by author’s last name and year of publication. Examples: Direct citation – author is cited alongside their work. In general, when writing for a professional publication, it is good practice to make reference to other relevant published work. This view…

  • Collecting the Right Information

    Need to record the appropriate information about the source during research. Books The author’s or editor’s name (or names) The year the book was published The title of the book If it is an edition other than the first The city the book was published in The name of the publisher Journals The author’s name…

  • The Harvard Referencing System

    Two stages to referencing work using author-date or Harvard system: Refer to work in writing (in text citation). Provide full details of source in bibliography/references. Example: The requirement that feedback is received by students while it still matters to them was raised by Gibbs & Simpson (2004). This supports the view of Kulik (1980) who…

  • When Should I Reference a Source?

    Work should be referenced when you: paraphrase the work of another author summarise the work of another author quote the work of another author refer to the ideas or theories of another author

  • What is Referencing

    Allows credit to be given to sources for work used in your writing. Supports arguments and gives factual basis to work. Demonstrates research has been carried out. Provides shortcut to source.

  • Other Sources

    Vast amount of material published each day, from sources such as: newspapers magazines televisions radio reports Can be useful, e.g. looking into an historical event. Above sources unlikely to report anything useful with regards to computing research. If they do, most likely will be reported from academic publication, therefore should go to the source. Can…

  • Research Activity: Review a White Paper

    Critical review of What Do Consumers Want from Public Wi-Fi? A Cisco white paper by Stuart Taylor and Tine Christensen. Quotes Cisco’s own research but also that from ABI Research. Cisco survey of only a small number – 620. Age group and employment status of public Wi-Fi users is not supported by referenced research. There…

  • Are White Papers Credible?

    Somewhat credible, refer back to Hierarchy of Credibility. Protect reputation – unlikely to publish something that is wrong. Have to sell their products – unlikely to publish anything negative towards it. No independent peer review of white paper. Reviewed and edited by internal personnel. Triangulation required to rule out bias. Do not always have named authors.…