現在許多論文格式都要求引用博士論文的時候,加上UMI編號,讓讀者更容易找到你所引用的論文。
以APA第六版格式為例,引用論文的格式在EndNote中變成:
Author. |(Year). Title. Degree| Thesis Type|, University|, Place Published|. `Retrieved from` URL| `Available from` Database Provider Name of Database database.| (Document Number)
而最後的document number,就是UMI上面的編號。舉個具體的例子來說,依照APA 6th格式的話,那博士論文的引用應該如下:
Annable, C. J. (2013). An investigation of laptop classrooms and the teaching and learning of mathematics (Doctoral dissertation). Available from ProQuest. (UMI No. NS22008)
問題來了,該怎麼找UMI編號呢?首先,到UMI的網站:
https://dissexpress.proquest.com/dxweb/search.html
之後輸入篇名,此例子為:An investigation of laptop classrooms and the teaching and learning of mathematics
輸完之後按下search,結果如下:
最後面的數字就是UMI號碼了。
最後附帶一提,雖然附上UMI號碼,APA 6 是說不用附上學校和地區,但我自己投稿經驗,有的期刊還是會要求附上學校的,就會變成像下方這樣:
Annable, C. J. (2013). An investigation of laptop classrooms and the teaching and learning of mathematics (Doctoral dissertation). University of Toronto, Canada. Available from ProQuest. (UMI No. NS22008)