The aim of this guide is to support students and faculty members in the Defence & Security (DAS) program. The guide features relevant collections from Rabdan Academy and Zayed Military University libraries, and from other reliable sources.
The Defence and Security (DAS) program includes highly specialised, multidisciplinary courses in military leadership, critical thinking, ethics, and joint warfighting. This world-class qualification is unique in the region and through a combination of lecture, discussion, simulation exercises and applied real-world scenarios, students learn team leadership, professional ethics, joint operations, and resilience of national security through the core principles of contemporary relevance, integration, cooperation, joint-force coordination, and interoperability.
Graduates are joint-service military officers that will grow and mature together with their parent Services and national Defence Forces.
Visit the Defence and Security Program webpage to learn more about the program.
Library staff can help you search and find information using library resources. Get in touch with them:
Before you begin searching, you will need to identify key concepts and terms related to your topic. These key concepts and terms are often referred to as "keywords." Creating a list of keywords related to your research question will help you find resources efficiently and effectively.
Why?
Here's an example:
Your instructor asks you to write a paper to answer the following question: Does soft drink consumption increase the risk of obesity in children?
Your list of keywords would include
| child | soda | obesity |
| children | soft drink | overweight |
| adolescent | beverages | body mass |
Citing sources gives the original authors proper credit for their work. It also documents where an author heard or read the fact or idea that has been incorporated into a new work. There are several citation styles such as APA (used by Education, Psychology, and Sciences), MLA (used by the Humanities), and Chicago/Turabian style (generally used by Business, History, and the Fine Arts).
To learn the general formatting of in-text citations see this guide. To learn more how your reference list in APA format should appear at the end of your paper check out the basic rules of the Reference list by Purdue University.
Generally, every research includes 9 steps:
The library provides access to SAGE Research Methods which can help you with every stage of your research project