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Monday, October 8, 2018

Writing Research Papers: Do’s and Don’ts

Prepared By: Jolo Van Clyde S. Abatayo, RL

I know you know that we want to submit a superb research paper. If you want your efforts will pay you off, you better consider these Do’s and Don’ts in writing research papers…

Of course, you absolutely need RESOURCES!

BOOKS

Do you want to find a specific book in our LEARNING RESOURCE CENTER? You can access our Online Public Access Catalog (OPAC) without a sweat!

Online Public Access Catalog

An online public access catalog (OPAC or simply library catalog) is an online database of materials held by our libraries. Users search a library catalog to locate books and other material available at our library. In simple language, it is an electronic version of the card catalog. OPAC is the gateway to the library's collection.

Basic Search Procedures

1. Search in a variety of ways: Keyword, Title, Author, Subject, and Series Title

2. Type the word/s, Enter, and Find results.

Search Tips:

■ Finalize topic, check to see what is available first.

■ Check the Circulation Section to see if the material is available.

■ Think like a thesaurus! Try “Child rearing” instead of “Child raising”.

■ If you are unable to find a category in a keyword search, try just using one word. The more words you put into a search, the more limited it is.

Staff Assistance:

The Library Staff are available to assist patrons on basic computer procedures in using the OPAC and finding library materials.

IF NOT BOOKS, WHY NOT ELECTRONIC RESOURCES?

Remember: GOOGLING is NOT RESEARCHING!

GOOGLE IS SO MUCH EASIER BUT…

We have the GALE VIRTUAL REFERENCE LIBRARY that offers our users an award-winning, hassle-free eBook experience—anytime, anywhere, and on any device. GVRL, Gale’s eBook platform, provides comprehensive support from many of today’s top publishers!

Just Ask the Librarian on how to access it!

We also have List of Open Access Online Journals, Databases, and other Sources!

You can also use the GOOGLE SCHOLAR!

• Google Scholar

Instead of “Google”, Google Scholar provides a simple way to broadly search for scholarly literature. From one place, you can search across many disciplines and sources: articles, theses, books, abstracts, and court opinions, from academic publishers, professional societies, online repositories, universities, and other websites.

DON’T FORGET TO USE CREDIBLE WEBSITES!

WEB SITES URL Endings:

These are most of the URL endings you will find throughout your online research:

• .gov = Government Web Site

• .edu = Educational Web Site

• .org = Special Interest Groups (intended for non-profit groups)

• .com .net .biz = Commercial Web Sites (use these with caution)

• .name = Personal Web Site (Do Not Use!)

NO TO FAKE NEWS!

Bibliography/Works Cited/Resources

Don’t you ever forget to acknowledge the authors! Cite properly! Respect Copyright! Avoid Plagiarism!

If you want to generate a citation (any style) as easy as 1,2,3, you can use these two sites:

http://citationmachine.net/
or
http://www.easybib.com/

You can also watch these very short but informative videos for you to be enlightened more about Plagiarism!

https://youtu.be/k3Lwlfy5FHM
http://library.acadiau.ca/sites/default/files/library/tutorials/plagiarism/

Reference: https://www-nhs.stjohns.k12.fl.us/media/research-dos-and-donts/

Google Images

Photos:
From: http://www.spencerauthor.com/taking-research-to-the-next-level-in-project-based-learning/

Photo From: https://www.123rf.com/photo_49156415_stock-vector-happy-cartoon-pencil-bring-a-book.html

http://www.hopeinstituteofbengal.org/opac_list/

Sunday, October 7, 2018

Because Google is Never Enough!

Resulta ng larawan para sa online sources

Feeling anxious?

...Because you don't have enough sources for your assignments, projects, research studies, and other educational related endeavors.

Worry no more!

This is a list of online resources for you to browse and navigate! SMILE coz life is not as hard as you think!

LOCAL
1. Banko Sentral ng Pilipinas	The BSP monitors and compiles various statistical series on monetary, financial and external variables useful for the formulation and analysis of monetary, banking, credit and exchange policies.
2. Chan Robles Virtual Law Library	This website is known to be the "Home of the Philippine Online Legal Resources." It "features on the world wide web its Comprehensive Electronic Library on Philippine Legal Resources."
3. Philippine E-Journals	The Philippine E-Journals is an expanding collection of academic journals that are made accessible globally through a single web-based platform. It is hosted by C&E Publishing, Inc. a premier educational publisher in the Philippines and a leader in the distribution of integrated information-based solution which includes e-Learning products, library automation, and interactive media systems and online library resources containing databases, e-Books, and online journals.
FOREIGN
1. ADB Statistical Database System (SDBS)	The Statistical Database System (SDBS) is the Asian Development Bank’s central statistical database that stores macro-economic and social data of its developing member countries (DMCs). The SDBS data come from statistical contacts that are mostly national statistics offices and central banks of the DMCs. SDBS also store data from other international organizations' databases and websites.
2. American Memory	American Memory provides free and open access through the Internet to written and spoken words, sound recordings, still and moving images, prints, maps, and sheet music that document the American experience. It is a digital record of American history and creativity. These materials, from the collections of the Library of Congress and other institutions, chronicle historical events, people, places, and ideas that continue to shape America, serving the public as a resource for education and lifelong learning.
3. Bartleby.com: Fiction	Bartleby.com provides the best works of fiction from a wide range of classic authors.
4. Bartleby.com: Non-Fiction	Bartleby.com publishes a diverse and intelligent nonfiction corpus, including many works of political and social history.
5. Bartleby.com: Verse	With thousands of poems by hundreds of authors, Bartleby.com offers one of the largest free collections of verse on the web.
6. Bartleby.com: Reference Books	Bartleby.com combines the best of both contemporary and classic reference works into the most comprehensive public reference library ever published on the web.
7. Beech Tree Publishing	Free full-text access to a collection of Beech Tree Publishing publications like Impact Assessment and Project Appraisal, Outlook on Science Policy, Politics and the Life Sciences, Research Evaluation, Science and Public Policy.
8. Biography.com	Bio is about real people and their real lives.
9. Biomed	BioMed Central is an independent publishing house committed to providing immediate open access to peer-reviewed biomedical research. All original research articles published by BioMed Central are made freely and permanently accessible online immediately upon publication. BioMed Central views open access to research as essential in order to ensure the rapid and efficient communication of research findings.
10. Gateway for Free E-Journals	Access more than 700 Free E-journals covering Subjects like Business & Managment, Chemistry, Earth Sciences, Engineering, Environmental Sciences, General Works, Health Sciences, Information Technology, Library Science, Life Sciences, Material Science, Mathematics, Media and Communication, Physics & Social Sciences.
11. Highwire Press Free Online Full-text articles	HighWire Press is the largest archive of free full-text science on Earth!
12. J-Stage (Japan Science and Technology Aggregator, Electronic)	J-Stage (Japan Science and Technology Aggregator, Electronic) In order to support the information transmission function of user organizations, the "Japan Science and Technology Information Aggregator, Electronic" (J-STAGE), developed by Japan Science and Technology Agency (JST), set up the hardware and software necessary for electronic journal release within JST to provide services 24 hours a day, 7 days a week. By taking advantage of the hardware and software, the user organizations are able to computerize bulletins of academic societies and research papers currently appeared with ease and at low cost. Computerized documents can be accessed from anywhere in the world with this system. This project also links up with the National Institute of Informatics (formerly the Ministry of Education National Center for Science Information Systems (NACSIS)).
13. CERN Document Server	CERN offers full-text preprints, articles, books, journals, and other documents of interest to persons working in particle physics and its related areas.
14. Directory of Open Access Journals (DOAJ)	J-Stage (Japan Science and Technology Aggregator, Electronic) In order to support the information transmission function of user organizations, the "Japan Science and Technology Information Aggregator, Electronic" (J-STAGE), developed by Japan Science and Technology Agency (JST), set up the hardware and software necessary for electronic journal release within JST to provide services 24 hours a day, 7 days a week. By taking advantage of the hardware and software, the user organizations are able to computerize bulletins of academic societies and research papers currently appeared with ease and at low cost. Computerized documents can be accessed from anywhere in the world with this system. This project also links up with the National Institute of Informatics (formerly the Ministry of Education National Center for Science Information Systems (NACSIS)).
15. Free Medical Journals	Promotes access to medical journals over the internet.
16. Computerized Index to Philippine Periodical Articles	Computerized Index to Philippine Periodical Articles
17. BookBoon	Bookboon's free online textbooks for students are focused and to the point. They are all written by highly respected professors from top universities in the world and cover topics such as economics, statistics, IT, engineering and natural science.
18. The eBook Directory	The biggest directory of free eBooks Online
19. Open Culture	The best free culture & educational media on the web
20. Questia	Enjoy a selection of over 5,000 public domain, classic and rare books for free! You can search them by title or keyword, or browse them alphabetically.

You can also try this:

HERDIN

URL: http://www.herdin.ph/index.php

Description:

Health Research and Development Information Network (HERDIN) database is the national health research repository of the Philippines.

HERDIN database provides quick and easy access to more than 50,000 citation and bibliographic information from published (Philippine health research journals, conference/convention proceedings, International databases and publications) and unpublished (research institutions research projects and reports, thesis and dissertations) health researches in the country. Citations may include links to full-text content from publisher websites or downloadable at HERDIN.

REFERENCE: https://www.ue.edu.ph/manila/library.html?page=library&link=open_database
Photos: https://jerz.setonhill.edu/writing/academic1/research-essays-evaluating-online-sources/

Featured Website: OPEN DATA PHILIPPINES

Open Data for Filipinos Everywhere

Are you looking for what the government spent last year? Need
statistics on public health services? Search for national
government data using GOV.PH/data

URL: https://data.gov.ph/

What is Open Data Philippines?

Open Data Philippines aims to make all open government data accessible through one single portal, data.gov.ph. Open Data Philippines collects datasets from different government agencies, allowing users to find specific data from a continuously growing collection of public datasets.

What does Open Data Philippines do?

Open Data Philippines provides the public with accessible, searchable, and understandable government data.

Accessible – Users of the website may not only view the data but also share and download it in open formats. This encourages innovation by harnessing local Filipino talent and allowing people to easily use datasets in new and creative ways.

Searchable – The website consolidates open datasets from various government agencies and publishes it on one single portal, Open Data Philippines. Users may search by the government department, category, topic, or date published.

Understandable – The website offers graphs and other visualization tools that will help the public understand government data. Additional information about the data is also available to be viewed and downloaded via its metadata.

Is this a new government project?

Open Data is not an entirely new program. Individual agencies have separately launched parallel open data portals and programs such as the Department of Budget and Management’s Transparency Seal program, Department of Interior and Local Government’s Full Disclosure Policy Portal (FDPP), and Philippine Statistics Authority's Open Statistics Portal. Open Data Philippines aims to bring together all existing open data initiatives under the brand of Open Data Philippines. The website was launched in 2014 and currently holds more than 3,000 data files from different national government agencies.

How do I explore Open Data Philippines?

Most data available at Open Data Philippines are in machine-readable formats. You may download any dataset you want to explore and use it as a raw material for a report, application, or system. You may also use the simple graphs that may be found on some datasets to visualize the data.

I am a private citizen, what can I do with Open Data Philippines?

Users may request for data and send comments, suggestions, or even stories of how they use open data. They may also participate by submitting applications and visualizations based on public data. This engagement of ideas between the public and the government will help develop the platform further.

I am from the government, how can I support Open Data?

Open Data Philippines recognizes that government agencies have sets of exciting, but untapped, public data. These data are generated over the course of normal work and implementation of agency projects. Open government data initiatives in other countries have led to the development of innovative applications and services that empower the public to make informed decisions while creating a more efficient and transparent government.

How can I communicate with the ODPH team?

You may contact us via email at open@data.gov.ph. You may also follow and visit our social media pages on Facebook at facebook.com/datagovph and Twitter at @datagovph.

Open Data 101

What are open formats?

An open format is a file format for storing digital data that are not covered by any restrictions, patents, or copyrights. Open formats are file types that are commonly in CSV, TXT, SHP, JSON, XML. They may be opened by both free and proprietary software.

What are the benefits of converting to open formats?

One of the major objectives of open data is to make data usable. Data in open formats are easier to use, reuse, and add to. Opening data makes it easier for coders, developers, artists, students, and the general public to use government data for free and without restrictions.

When an agency opens their datasets, the public can create numerous innovative products out of it such as applications, data stories, and visualizations.

What if my data is in a different format such as a PDF?

A PDF document is not an open format, therefore, any data that is in PDF is not considered open data. There are a number of ways to convert PDF documents to open formats. You may contact us at open@data.gov.ph so we may help you convert your data.

What is the difference between a data and a dataset?

A data is a single file or document while a dataset is a collection of similar or related data. An example of a data is a single spreadsheet about rice crop yield in January 2017. A dataset, on the other hand, is a folder that contains 12 data files on rice crop yield per month for the year 2017

Who uploads data?

Each government agency is given an account on Open Data Philippines for the collection and uploading of data. However, in cases when agencies are not able to do so, Open Data Philippines assists in collecting and uploading datasets.

How do you choose which data to upload?

Open Data Philippines conducts a number of engagement activities with the government and the public to survey for datasets that we might be able to collect and upload. We also constantly look at a number of international surveys and best practices that measure Open Data disclosure per country such as the Open Data Barometer, Open Data Index, and the Open Data Charter.

If data is in open formats and can be downloaded and edited, can it also be manipulated within the portal?

No. Only the respective government agency has the authority to edit, correct, or update datasets. As soon as a government agency uploads its data on Open Data Philippines, it automatically publishes the single authoritative source of that data. Any government data or information that is anywhere else in the web except Open Data Philippines or the agency’s website may not be valid, true, or correct.

What should government agencies upload to Open Data Philippines?

We request agencies to gather data based on their primary mandates. A good starting point as well is data from the different projects that are managed by each agency.

I am from a government agency and I think we have data that are in open formats and are ready to be uploaded. What should I do?

You may send us a message at open@data.gov.ph. We will give you an account on the Open Data Philippines portal and you may begin uploading your datasets.

My agency is in an advanced stage of data collection and we have a data management system that is working for us. How should I collaborate with the Open Data Philippines?

We can integrate your datasets into our website. Through API, we will pull your datasets so they can be searchable from Open Data Philippines.

We have published datasets on Open Data Philippines before and we would like to update them. What should I do?

We created a new content management system for easier data collection. We have also appropriated user accounts for each agency. Please contact open@data.gov.ph to assist you.

I want to learn more about Open Data, do you have training or workshops?

Yes, we have regular training and workshops on data management and open data. Please send us a message at events@data.gov.ph for more information.

How do I use Open Data Philippines?

Most datasets published at Open Data Philippines are in machine-readable formats. This means that the data are published in formats that may be read and downloaded without the use of any proprietary system or application. You may download any data you want to explore and place it in a system, application, or website to enhance your product. You may also make use of the simple graphs that may be found on some datasets to visualize the data.

You may click on a category or a government department or agency to view a full list of their available data. Click on Preview to see a visual representation of the data or click Download to access the raw data on any device. If you do not find the data that you are looking for, you may request for that data through the Talk to Us page.

MY COMMENT:

I really love this site because it provides data and information about the Philippine government's endeavors. This really supports the Freedom of Information which we, Filipinos want to intensify! YES TO TRANSPARENCY!

Reference: https://data.gov.ph/?q=about