Submission Preparation Checklist

As part of the submission process, authors are required to check off their submission's compliance with all of the following items, and submissions may be returned to authors that do not adhere to these guidelines.

• The submission has not been previously published, nor considered in another journal
• The submission file is in Microsoft Word (.doc or .rtf)
• Where available, URLs for the references have been activated.
• The text adheres to the stylistic and bibliographic requirements outlined in the Author Guidelines.

Author Guidelines

Tadwin : Jurnal Ilmu Perpustakaa dan Informasi from June 2020 on wards will publish manuscripts written in English. But, we still received papers written in Bahasa Indonesia to consider. Tadwin, with registered number2723-2409 (p-ISSN), 2774-8936 (e-ISSN) is a scientific multidisciplinary Journal that published by Program studi Ilmu Perpustakaan Fakultas Adab dan Humaniora in the national level that covered many main problems in the Library Science The aims of Journal publication is to disseminate the conceptual thoughts and ideas or research results that have been achieved in the area of humanities. Please take your time ro read our guidelines below as part of the submission process to ensure your paper matches the journal's requirements.

1. Author(s) must firstly download and use the journal template as it may download HERE. Follow what stated in that template gently.
2. The submitted manuscript has not been previously published, nor been considered in another journals.
3. Regarding the bibliography/references, the journal applies APA Style. Therefore, we hope author(s) concern on it. In addition, it is suggested for author(s) to use reference manager tools such as  or  

1) The Content of the Manuscript

1. The manuscritpt must be an authentic research paper.
2. The manuscript does not contain any plagiarism elements.
3. The manuscript must be written ini English, OR in Bahasa Indonesia with good-reading writing. For Bahasa Indonesia, if the manuscript was accepted, the author(s) will be then asked to prepare English version.
4. The submission which is inappropriate with the journal's template will be declined. Take a note, we mostly reject the submissions due to this reason.
5. The content of the manuscript should consist between 3000 to 4000 words.
6. If there are tables or pictures, they must be placed properly (see examples in the journal's template).

2) The Guidelines for the Manuscript Body Text

How to Write the Title, the Name, and the Author’s Address: The title of the manuscript: The title should be consice, informative, and written clearly.

The title of the manuscript should be written on the top of the first page with the center text alignment. Meanwhile, the author’s name (without academic degree), and the affiliation address of the author should be written with the center text alignment also under the title of the article. The author should give two line spaces between the title and the author’s name. Then, the space between the author’s affiliation address and the abstract title is one space. The keywords must be written below the overall abstract for all words. Those should be arranged in alphabetical order and be separated by semicolon maximally three to five words. Moreover, the title of the article that is written in Bahasa Indonesia should be also stated in English either (look at the example above).

The responsible author, the correspondence author, or the corresponding author must be written first and then followed by the second, the third, and so on. The communication regarding the article revision and the final statement will be informed via email to the correspondence author only. If there is more than one author, the author’s names should be written down separately by comma (,). If the author’s name consists of at least two words, the first name should not be shorted. If the author’s names are only one word, it should be written as it is. However, in the online version, it will be written in two words with the same name repeatedly for the purpose of the metadata indexing. (Camdali and Tunc, 2006; Fridman, 2008).

The title of the manuscript: The title should be informative and be written both briefly and clearly. It cannot diverse multi interpretations. It has to be pinpoint with the issues that will be discussed. The beginning word is written in a capital case and symmetrically. The article title does not contain any uncommon abbreviation. The main ideas should be written first and followed then by its explanations. The article title should be written within twelve words, 12pt-sized font, with the bold selection and in the center text format. Meanwhile, the abstract has to be written within 150-200 words maximum and followed by three to five keywords.

Introduction: It must contain (shortly and consecutively) a general background and a literature review (state of the art) as the basic of the brand new research question, statements of the brand new scientific article, main research problems, and previous findings related to the manuscript. In the last part of the introduction, the purpose of the article writing should be stated. The introduction must contain (shortly and consecutively) a general background and a literature review (state of the art) as the basis of the brand new research question, statements of the brand new scientific article, main research problems, and the hypothesis. In the final part of the introduction, the purpose of the article writing should be stated. In the scientific article format, it does not allow to write down the references as in the research report. They should be represented in the literature review to show the brand new of the scientific article. include literature review The literature review: contains a systematic description of previous studies relevant to the research. This section describes the strengths and limitations of previous research that can be material for the argument that the current work is conducted to refine or develop prior research. This section also contains a theoretical basis, basic concepts, and principles required for problem-solving related to the research. The literature review can be in the form of qualitative descriptions, mathematical models, concepts, or tools related to the study. All sources cited in the study must be clearly written in the reference list.

Methods: The method is implemented to solve problems, including analytic methods. The methods used in the problem solving of the research are explained in this part. The method is implemented to solve problems, including analytic methods. The methods used in the problem solving of the research are explained in this part.

Result & Discussion: This part consists of the research results and how they are discussed. The results obtained from the research have to be supported by sufficient data.  The research results and the discovery must be the answers or the research hypothesis stated previously in the introduction part.

Conclusion: This is the final part containing conclusions and advices. The conclusions will be the answers of the hypothesis, the research purposes and the research discoveries. The conclusions should not contain only the repetition of the results and discussions. It should be the summary of the research results as the author expects in the research purposes or the hypothesis. The advices contain suggestions associated with further ideas from the research.

References: All the cited works must be properly listed in the reference section. We encourage the manuscript to cite at least 20 references in which 80% are primary sources and the cited works are the latest research and must contain various countries.