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Tools to use when you write your Master Thesis

Explore search strategies, database usage, citation management, and plagiarism prevention tools for a successful thesis writing process. Attend workshops to enhance writing skills.

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Tools to use when you write your Master Thesis

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  1. Tools to use when you write your Master Thesis Annika Nilsson Physics- and Astronomy Library

  2. Source: http://projectimplicit.net/nosek/interests.htm

  3. The Physics and Astronomy Library Source: http://projectimplicit.net/nosek/interests.htm

  4. Search and find evaluated scientific information about your subject • Use Databases like Web of Science, Inspec, Scopus • LUBsearch for books and articles that Lund University have access to, both print and digital • Use Google Scholar / Google Books Don´t forget to evaluate the sources you are using!

  5. Different search tools • Local LU search tools • Lovisa • LUBsearch • Serch tools not restricted to LU-material • Libris • Databases (Web of Science, Inspec, Scopus) • Search engines (Duckduckgo, Google)

  6. Search strategy To creat a strategy is essential for successful search results. • Keywords and controlled language • Boolean searching • Search techniques to use in different databases

  7. Write your Thesis Follow academic integrity and Cite correctly • Choose one Reference Style - APS, Vancouver or Harvard? Ask your supervisor • Consider using a citation management software such as BibTeX, EndNote, Refworks, Mendeley, or Zotero • Don’t forget to specify the origin of your figures/images Collect and manage your references when you start writing

  8. Urkund Lund University uses the program Urkund in order to prevent and detect cases of plagiarism. Urkund compares student papers with other texts from three central source types – the Internet, printed material and its own archive.

  9. Urkund • Send your Thesis to your supervisors Urkund-mail • Important that you get the e-mailadress from your supervisor! (name.surname.lu@analys.urkund.se)

  10. LUP-SP Upload your Thesis in LUP-SP. https://lup.lub.lu.se/luur/ • Full Thesis under Main document • Popular abstract under Related Materials

  11. Guide for Students at Advanced Level http://libguides.lub.lu.se/advanced_physics

  12. Workshop Attend to one of the workshops : • Dates: 26/2 or 27/2 or 28/2 • Time: 13-15 • The computer room – Lyran, Astronomy building • Information about the groups by e-mail Contact: annika.nilsson@fysik.lu.se

  13. Preparation for the workshop • Find keywords in your subject – think wide and narrow • Choose your reference style – ask your supervisor A workshop to spend time with your writing and citing part of the thesis work.

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