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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

Examples of bibliography entries

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Article: Periodical, vol & number Article: Periodical, seasonal Article: Magazine Article: Newspaper - Author Article: Newspaper - No author Book: Corporate author Book: Single author Book: Multiple authors Book: Mutiple author - using full name in bibliography 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 by the same author in the same year Brochures Conference proceedings Correspondence Course notes Database - Abstract Dictionary

Encyclopedia - Author indicated Encyclopedia - Author not indicated Government publications: Departments Laws Internet Interview Legal cases Publisher: A society Secondary source (one source cited in another) Telephone conversation Television Broadcast Thesis and dissertations Video