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Writing an essay/assignment

Compiling the bibliography
   
 

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About Information Literacy

STEP 1: STARTING out

STEP 2: FINDING

STEP 3: EVALUATE

STEP 4: Legal & ethical USE

STEP 5: COMMUNICATE

- Writing an essay/assignment

Consulting sources

Reading and making notes

Preparing the bibliography

In-text referencing

Compiling the bibliography

Example

Elements required

Harvard style

Vancouver

Abbreviations for USA

More information

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

- Quiz


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Harvard Referencing Style

Examples of bibliography entries

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t Article: Periodical, vol & number
Article: Periodical, seasonal
Article: Magazine
Article: Newspaper - Author
Article: Newspaper - No author
Article: Electronic

Book: Corporate author
Book: Single author
Book: Multiple authors
Book: No author
Book: Chapter from a book
Book: Edition other than first
Book: Editor(s)
Book: Review - Anonymous
Book: Review - Author
Book: Two items, same author & year
Brochures

Conference proceedings

Correspondence

Course notes

Database -Abstract
Dictionary

Encyclopedia - Author indicated
Encyclopedia - Author not indicated
t Government publications:
Departments
Laws
Electronic references:
Web site
Journals
Interview

Legal cases

Publisher: A society


Secondary source (one source cited in another)

Telephone conversation
Television Broadcast
Theses and dissertations

Video
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