Journal of Educational Research and Evaluation
Vol 5, No 4 (2021): November

Undergraduate Students' Perception Towards The Use of Mendeley Referencing System on Students' Thesis Writing

Santosa, Made Hery (Unknown)
Adnyani, Luh Diah Surya (Unknown)
Amarwati, Luh Rika (Unknown)



Article Info

Publish Date
13 Aug 2021

Abstract

This study aimed at investigating undergraduate students’ perception towards the use of Mendeley referencing system on students’ thesis writing and describe challenges faced by undergraduate students when using Mendeley on thesis writing. This study used mixed-method research design, particularly explanatory sequential mixed-method. 100 undergraduate students of English Language Education, Ganesha Univesity of Education involved in this study. The instruments used in this study are questionnaire and interview. Questionnaire consisted of 16 statements and interview consisted of 12 questions. The result of questionnaire showed very positive perception which means the students strongly agreed that Mendeley usage on students’ thesis writing is highly useful. Moreover, the interview result showed the challenges came up when the students connecting Mendeley to Ms. Word and the meta data of articles and books could not generated automatically. Thus, the students need to re-check and input the meta data manually.

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Journal Info

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JERE

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Subject

Humanities Education Public Health Social Sciences Other

Description

Journal of Educational Research and Evaluation (JERE) is an interdisciplinary publication of original research and writing on education which publishes papers to international audiences of educational researchers. The JERE aims to provide a forum for scholarly understanding of the field of education ...