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Fedora Linux for AssistingResearch Writing
Muhammad Najmi bin Ahmad Zabidi
FedoraKnowledge Sharing
10th September 2011
MUHAMMAD NAJMI Fedora Linux for Assisting Research Writing
Agenda
MUHAMMAD NAJMI Fedora Linux for Assisting Research Writing
About
1 Working as a lecturer in Dept of Computer Science, IIUM
2 Currently doing my PhD in malware detection
3 Need to read and write a lot :)
MUHAMMAD NAJMI Fedora Linux for Assisting Research Writing
Important stuffs on writing
1 Read selective stuffs
2 Read broad subjects first, before deciding to be firm on certaintopic
3 Paper skimming skills is needed
MUHAMMAD NAJMI Fedora Linux for Assisting Research Writing
Keeping citations
1 In research world, what you write based on other peopleliteratures, must be cited properly
2 Otherwise you’ll be trapped into plagiarism
3 How to cite properly will be in the other seminar :)
MUHAMMAD NAJMI Fedora Linux for Assisting Research Writing
Styles in paper writing
1 There several formats in citations, to name a few;IEEEAPA
MUHAMMAD NAJMI Fedora Linux for Assisting Research Writing
The Cycle
Basically, the whole process could be summarized as:
Reading
Write some notes
Find the reference file
Cite them in your article
MUHAMMAD NAJMI Fedora Linux for Assisting Research Writing
Software for citations
There are quite a number of citation handles. The most notable ones;
EndNote (commercial)
BibTEX based software (JabRef), KBibTEX
MUHAMMAD NAJMI Fedora Linux for Assisting Research Writing
In Fedora Linux world. . .
I would suggest. . .
JabRef - for handling citations or perhaps, if you happy,useKBibTEX
Kile (KDE based) LATEX editor
MUHAMMAD NAJMI Fedora Linux for Assisting Research Writing
Figure 1: Jabref
MUHAMMAD NAJMI Fedora Linux for Assisting Research Writing
Figure 2: KBibTEX
MUHAMMAD NAJMI Fedora Linux for Assisting Research Writing
Figure 3: Kile
MUHAMMAD NAJMI Fedora Linux for Assisting Research Writing
Installing
KBibTEX
Kile
is a simple as
sudo yum install kbibtex kile -y
MUHAMMAD NAJMI Fedora Linux for Assisting Research Writing
However for JabRef, you need to download the JAR file (Java based)from http://jabref.sourceforge.net
MUHAMMAD NAJMI Fedora Linux for Assisting Research Writing
To simplify called this JabRef JAR file, instead of calling
java -jar jabref<version-number>
Simply create desktop entry shortcut ... name it jabref.desktop
[Desktop Entry]
Name=Jabref
GenericName=Jabref
Exec=java -jar /home/najmi/JabRef-2.7.jar
Icon=jabref
Terminal=false
Type=Application
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