Research Tools

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  • The Concise APA Handbook: APA 7th Edition
    Paul Chamness Iida. (2020). The Concise APA Handbook: APA 7th Edition: Vol. APA 7th edition. Information Age Publishing. Access via EBSCO Ebooks.
     
  • APA Guidelines
    Rules of punctuation, reference citation, structure, and format for these commonly used guidelines. Different guidelines will be used depending on the subject area, professor, or teacher. Having a quick reference handy can speed up the writing and editing process allowing the writer to focus on the quality of the paper rather than the structure. Access via EBSCO Ebooks.
     
  • APA Style Help
    Created by the American Psychological Association, this site provides tutorials for the APA style as well as a detailed FAQ section to take you straight to the citation answers you need.
     
  • Chicago Manual of Style Online
    The venerable, time-tested guide to style, usage, and grammar in an accessible online format. It is an indispensable reference for writers, editors, proofreaders, indexers, copywriters, designers, and publishers, informing the editorial canon with sound, definitive advice.

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Citation tools can be useful for anyone doing research. Citation tools allow you to create bibliographies quickly and automatically format in-text citations with word processing software.

Built-in Tools

  1. In EBSCO databases like Academic Search Ultimate, CINAHL, DOSS, and E-books, the Cite button provides citations in different styles.
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  2. Google Scholar provides a Cite feature with citations in MLA, APA, Chicago, Harvard, and Vancouver.
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Citation Management Tools

  1. Endnote Online
    Access Login required: Register using your UP Mail (@up.edu.ph) or Login using your Web of Science Account.
    Expiry 11 April 2024
    Information Part of UP System’s subscription to Web of Science
    A reference management software with features to 1) Keep all your references and reference-related materials in a searchable personal library; 2) Synchronize your references between up to three of your personal computers, an online library, and your iPad or iPhone through EndNote Sync. (You must be the owner and user of all three computers; 3) Set up a library sharing team and effortlessly collaborate with up to 400 co-authors and colleagues, and 4) Cite your references in word processing documents to create formatted citations and bibliographies or independent reference lists.
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  2. Mendeley Institutional Edition 
    Access Login required: Register using your UP Mail or log in using your ScienceDirect/SciVal/ Scopus Account.
    Expiry 31 December 2023
    Information Part of UP System’s subscription to ScienceDirect
    Mendeley Reference Manager is a reference management application. It helps you simplify your reference management workflow so you can focus on achieving your goals.
    User Guide     |     Learn More

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  1. Turnitin Draft Coach
    Access Enabled on your Google Docs, log in using your UP Mail.
    Expiry 31 December 2023
    ​​Students, faculty, and staff can use this additional feature as a Google Docs add-on via their UP Mail account (up.edu.ph). Draft Coach provides the ability to use Turnitin's similarity tools in Google Docs to help users work towards the final draft of their assignment before submission. It provides instant feedback on citation errors and matches with the comprehensive database just like in Turnitin.
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  2. Turnitin Feedback Studio
    Access Integrated on Canvas. Login is required for the web version, instructors may request an account, email us at library.upm@up.edu.ph.
    Expiry 31 December 2023
    A commercial, Internet-based plagiarism detection service launched in 1997. Universities and high schools typically buy licenses to use the software as a service (SaaS) website, which checks submitted documents against its database and the content of other websites with the aim of identifying plagiarism. Results can identify similarities with existing sources, and can also be used in formative assessment to help students learn to avoid plagiarism and improve their writing.

    Information Memo No. CCDP 2018-134: Maximum similarity index of 30% requirement for manuscript submission

    Information For students who wish to check their paper for similarity, please email library.upm@up.edu.ph or your unit library.
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