Documentation - Preparing a List of Works Cited Difference Between Bibliography and Citation Introduction In academic writing, giving credit to original authors is an essential practice. Whenever students or researchers use ideas, facts, statistics, or direct quotations from other sources, proper acknowledgment must be provided. This practice helps avoid plagiarism and increases the reliability and authenticity of the research. Two key elements used to acknowledge sources are citations and bibliographies . Although they are related and often appear together in research work, they perform different functions and are placed in different parts of a paper. Understanding their distinction is important for maintaining academic honesty and producing well-structured scholarly writing. What Is a Citation? A citation is a short reference included within the main body of a research paper. It identifies the source of specific information, whether it is quoted directly, paraphrased, or summari...
Lab Activity: Gun Island This blog is prepared as part of the Lab Activity on Gun Island by Amitav Ghosh, assigned by Dr. Dilip Barad Sir. The activity focuses on using digital tools and research skills to better understand the novel. Tasks Included: Upload all video resources from the “ResearchGate Flipped Learning Activity” to NotebookLM. Create an infographic and slide deck from selected videos and reflect on whether they improved your understanding. Generate one short AI-based video on a difficult topic and evaluate its usefulness. Select a research topic using prompts from the video “Practical Skills for the Use of ICT in Research” (01:00:40–01:10:40) and share the outcome via blog link. Select specific videos as source and generate infographic & Slide Deck on it. Post it on your blog. Also check if these infographics or slides help you understand the novel or not. For this activity, I have chosen a video about the novel: Summary - 3 | Venice | Part 2 of Gun...