Research Workshop On Literature Searching, Developing Literature Review, End Notes X5, iMind Maping7 and Plagiarism detection for Researchers

1. Research Workshop
On
Literature Searching, Developing Literature Review,
End Notes X5, iMind Maping7 and Plagiarism detection for Researchers
Course Description:
Pakistan Research Centre (PRC) is Organizing a Research Workshop on “Literature
Searching, Developing Literature Review, End Notes X5, iMind Maping7 and
Plagiarism detection for Researchers” on (Monday, Tuesday) 18th
&19th
of August,
2014 through HD Video Conferencing.
The first day of the workshop is designed to understand the key concepts and methods
of searching relevant literature from print and digital sources, critical review and
development of the literature, including writing, formatting, evaluating and
synergizing knowledge contents. The second day of the workshop will focus on
Plagiarism detection, End Notes X5 and iMind Maping7 software’s.
The researchers from Universities, Research Institutes, R&D Organizations and Social
Sector Organizations can participate individually or institutional in their own
auditorium/office/home from anywhere around the world. The individual participant
can participate using a laptop/desktop computer connected with internet. For
institutional registration and arrangements, contact us (03007303808)
or pakistanresearchcentre@gmail.com.
Day-1
Literature Searching from Print and Digital Sources
 Browsing and Searching Relevant Literature
 Extracting Relevant Literature from the Libraries
 Libraries Classification, Worldwide index of Library Catalogs
 Online Searching Techniques
 Exercise on Boolean Operators, Phrase Searching, Truncation / Wildcard
Searching
 Proximity Searching, Focusing / Limiting a Search
 Exercise on General Search Engines & Scholarly Search Engines
 Google,Yahoo, Google Scholar, Infomine, Librarians’ Internet Index,
Intute, Pinakes,
 Business Research, ISI Web of Science
 Exerciseon Literature Searching from Subject Directories
 Exerciseon Literature Searching from Online Data Bases
 ERIC, Agricola, Medline, EconLit, PsychINFO
 Stat-USA,UN Common Database
 Science Direct, Emerald, JSTOR etc.
Developing Literature Review
 Literature Review – What and Why

2.  Evaluating Sources for Relevance and Reliability
 Reading Critically-Exercise
 Analyzing and Synthesizing Findings
 Writing and Presenting Literature Review
 Citing Sources in Text and Reference list / Bibliography
Day-2
Citation & Referencing Using EndNote X5
 Comparative overview of reference management systems
 Why citation styles and references?
 Endnote overview, installation and practice
 Browsing and searching through endnote
 Create and manage a references library
 Edit, sort, format and insert references
 Employ and practice the ‘cite while you write’ (CWUR) feature
 Hands on practice and self-reflection session
iMindMap7
Introduction to iMind Mapping7 software
Reading and developing themes for iMind Mapping7
Developing Relationship between themes
Presenting results and findings
Mind Maps, flowcharts, images, notes, links, files and comments to
capture lots of information on one, easy to navigate canvas.
Create quick and easy presentations that will leave a lasting impact in
iMindMap’s Presentation Builder. Deliver your presentations from iMindMap,
PowerPoint or upload to YouTube.
Plagiarism Detection and Management using turnitin
 Introduction of turnitin
 Creating class/new assignment
 Uploading the research paper/Thesis for plagiarism check
 Generating originality report
 Reading and interpreting the originality report
 Identifying and managing plagiarism using tunitin
Resource Persons
Salman Bin Naeem

3. PhD Scholar
Islamia University of Bahawalpur
Advisor/Trainer
Pakistan Research Centre (PRC)
Kamran Ishfaq
PhD Scholar
University of Peshawar
Advisor/Trainer
Pakistan Research Centre (PRC)
Program
Date: 18th
& 19th
of August, 2014 (Monday-Tuesday)
Time: 9:30am-03:00pm
Investment: Rs. 3000 (Free)
International: US$200/participant (Free)
Institutional Participation: Rs.40,000 for 40 participants (Free)
Note: The Universities/Institutes are requested to organize this workshop in their own
computer lab/auditorium. The host institute does not require to have any
conferencing facility, the conferencing facility will be provided by PRC.
For Institutional participation and arrangements, contact us (03007303808) or
pakistanresearchcentre@gmail.com.
Who Should Attend?
 Faculty Members
 Research Scholars (MPhil/PhD)
 Research Associates
 Researchers of Medical Sciences
 Researchers of R&D Organizations
 Researchers of Social Sector Organizations
For Registration
Kindly send your detail for registration to email:
pakistanresearchcentre@gmail.com
Name of the Participant
University/ Institute/ Organization

4. Department / Discipline
Email Address
Cell#/Phone#
Postal Address
________________________________________________________
Regional Office
Pakistan Research Centre
798/8, Street no 6, Daood Jahania Colony, Multan-Pakistan
Phone: 03007303808
Email: pakistanresearchcentre@gmail.com
Facebook page: Pakistan Research Centre