Dear All,
As everyone knows, publishing a research paper in a journal is an important academic activity. You may wish to hear some useful suggestions from publishers before you start or during writing a research paper for publication. Therefore, the Library has, in cooperation with the UM Postgraduate Association, arranged the following workshops in relation to the research work.
Workshop 1: A Guide to Getting Published (16 April 2015, 11:00-12:00; 15:00-16:00, repeated)
This workshop, conducted by the representatives of Emerald Group Publishing, will provide participants with information on how to get started and organize your work more effectively. It will introduce the essentials of research paper, what editors and reviewers actually concern, how to peer review your own work and the secrets of revision, etc.
Workshop 2: Simple Guide to Writing a Journal Article (21 April 2015, 15:00-17:00)
This workshop, conducted by the representatives of Sage Publications, will give you specific tips on how to write an abstract, a good query letter to the journal editor, how to select journal to submit to, as well as how you should structure your article. It will lead you to go through the process from start to reviewing your opening and concluding the article.
Workshop 3: Prevention Tools of Plagiarism -- Turnitin and VeriGuide (23 April 2015, 11:00-12:00; 15:00-16:00, repeated)
This workshop, conducted by our library staff, aims to introduce the prevention tools subscribed by the Library to our users. It will show the main procedures on how to operate with Turnitin at its websites and indirectly through UMMoodle, also give the demonstration on checking papers with VeriGuide, and share some practical tips on quoting passage and preparing bibliography in this regard.
Kindly refer to the attached poster for more information.
All are welcome!
Regards,
UM Library