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Assignment 2: Reference Management

Follow the instructions given to complete this assignment.
  
Topic: Smartphone and medical related App usage among medical students of the University of Health and Allied Sciences, Ho

INSTRUCTIONS
  1. You can use any academic database for this assignment. (Google Scholar, PubMed, ScienceDirect, etc) 
  2. Download five free full-text articles that relate to the topic above
  3. Create a folder in Mendeley with the name First_Article
  4. In the folder, build a library with your downloaded articles
  5. Create a sub-folder with the name Chapter_One and download a sixth article with bibliographic details given under No. 6 below: 
  6. Payne, K.F.B., Wharrad, H., & Watts, K. (2012). Smartphone and medical related App use among medical students and junior doctors in the United Kingdom (UK): A regional survey. BMC Medical Informatics and Decision Making, 12(1), 121.
  7. Take a screenshot of your Mendeley Library showing the main and sub-folders. Save the screenshot as a PDF document with the name: YourIndexNumber_Screenshot_2017 (eg. SM/MED/16/0110_Screenshot_2017)
  8. Next write a two-paragraphed introduction in Microsoft Word on the above topic using the six downloaded articles
  9. Using Mendeley-Cite-O-Matic in your Microsoft Word, cite all materials used in writing your introduction (Using the Vancouver Referencing Style).
  10. On a separate page, create the bibliography for all your references.
  11. Save your document in PDF with the name: yourIndexNumber_Assignment2_2017 (eg. SM/MED/16/0110_Assignment2_2017)


Send your two documents (SM/MED/16/0110_Screenshot_2017 and SM/MED/16/0110_Assignment2_2017) to dadankwah@uhas.edu.gh

Deadline (Tuesday, 18th April, 2017, 12:30 pm)

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