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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
Authors. Title of book. Place: Publisher, Date of publication.

Chicago (B)	Nel, Steve, Henry B. Swart and Sue Smit. Communicate Effectively. Cape Town: ABC Publisher, 2000.
(N)	1. Steve Nel, Henry B. Swart and Sue Smit, Communicate Effectively (Cape Town: ABC Publisher, 2000), 56
Notes	The title of the book is italics, but can also be underlined. Note the difference between the note and bibliography entry with regards to the full stops, commas and brackets.

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

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