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Before you start

STEP 1: STARTING OUT

STEP 2: FINDING

STEP 3: EVALUATE

STEP 4: LEGAL USE

STEP 5: COMMUNICATE

- Writing a report/assignment

Consulting information sources

Reading and making notes

Preparing the bibliography

In-text referencing

Compiling the bibliography

Example

Elements required

Harvard style

APA style

Vancouver style

Chicago style

Abbreviations for USA

Other links

Writing the first draft

Revising the assignment

Writing final draft

Collating the assignment

Checking the final draft

Example

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- Tips for brochures

- Tips for displays

- E-communication guidelines

- Writing styles


Writing the report / assignment

APA Referencing Style

Book: Review, Anonymous (no author)
Anon. Date. Title of the book being reviewed, Author of book. Reviewed in: Title of journal review is published in, volume:page reference, Date of issue.

APA Anon. (1997). The Beach, by Alex Garland. Reviewed in: Publishers Weekly, 243:39, December 2.
Notes
  • Alex Garland has written the book with the title The beach.
  • An anonymous person wrote a review of the book in the journal with the title Publishers Weekly.
  • The title of the book, title of the journal and the volume number are underlined.


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