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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

Article: Multiple authors
Authors. "Title." Title of journal, Volume (Month and year of publication) : page number(s).

Chicago (B)	De Wet, Karen and R. Peter Smit. "Tips for Effective Training." Training & Development 5 (May 1996) : 164-70.
(N)	1. Karen de Wet and R. Peter Smit, "Tips for Effective Training." Training & Development 5 (May 1996) : 165.
Notes	"For work by two or three authors, give the full names in normal order, separating the names of two authors with 'and'; and of three authors with commas, the last comma followed by 'and'." (Turabian, 1987:128) Note the difference between a note and a bibliography entry with regards to the full stop or comma after the last authors name.

(B) = bibliography entry
(N) = note (footnote)

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