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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

- Tips for presentations

- Tips for posters

- Tips for brochures

- Tips for displays

- E-communication guidelines

- Writing styles

Book: Corporate author
Author. Date. Title: subtitle. Place: Publisher.

APA	a) SANLAM. (1998). Annual report: 1998. Bellville: Sanlam. b) Employee Benefit Research Institute. (1992, February). Source of health insurance and characteristics of the uninsured (Issue Brief No. 123). Washington, DC: Name of author if there is one.
Notes	When an organisation "writes" a book it is known as the corporate author. Example a: Sanlam is the name of an organisation. Sanlam is also the publisher. The date of the annual report is also part of the title. Example b: The personal author (if there is one) is subordinate to the organisation. In the APA style the name of the author is then given at the end of the entry.

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