Reference management tools using (Mendeley)

With the widespread use of Internet to discover new research content, the challenge of managing personal research libraries in a way that allows for quick retrieval and easy citing while writing research articles is crucial. Many college degree programmes do not provide clear training and demonstration of these skills. Many professionals often seek such a skill to advance their professional career.

This course is aimed at health and related professionals who wish to improve their skills in managing and using their references in their academic writing. In the course, we will demonstrate the use of reference management using Mendeley.The course will build skills and enable an understanding of the importance to cite scientific literature while reporting research work. It will equip participants with skills to cite literature appropriately and accurately. They will also learn about other reference management software tools that are commonly used to read, manage and create bibliographies.

Objectives of the course:

The course aims to build the competency among participants :

• To write an original research article in a format that can be published avoiding common language errors

• To appreciate the importance of citing to avoid plagiarism

• To cite literature appropriately and accurately - Paraphrasing and quoting and create citations linked to references in the bibliography of the research article.

• To use a reference management tool - Mendeley to cite while they write, manage their references, create a bibliography  and network, share or collaborate with other researchers

• To Identify common software tools for managing references other than Mendeley

About the Instructor

This course is organized and taught by Dr. N S Prashanth. He is a Faculty and researcher at Institute of Public Health, Bangalore and has over a decade’s experience in public health. He teaches at many schools of public health and at Universities and has many awards and memberships to his credit.

Recommended Background

The course is beneficial for all those interested in scientific writing especially Health researchers based in NGOs/ academic institutions, Undergraduates in Health (any discipline), Masters level training in health and development.This course equips the students and researchers with skills to write original scientific research articles with attention to the quality and to cite while they write and efficiently manage the references.

This course is divided into three sections with about 3-4 classrooms in each section. To effectively complete the course, you will need about 5 hours