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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: Multiple authors - using the full name (not initials) of an author in the entry
Authors. (Date). Title: subtitle. Place: Publisher.

APA	a) Van Schalkwyk, Helena; Viviers, D.A. & Van Aswegen, E.S. 1986. Language communication. Cape Town: ABC Publishers. b) Henderson, R.S., Smith, P.G., Rossiter, I. & King, P.Q. 1987. The tenets of moral philosiphy. New York: Van Nostrand.
Notes	A semi-colon follows the full name Van Schalkwyk, Helena; in example a, but When initials are given as in example b the initials are followed by a comma: Henderson, R.S.,

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