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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

               Author, Personal

               Author, Corporate

               Author, Vague

               Date of publication

               Title

               Sub-title

               Edition

               Place of publication

               Publisher

               Journal article

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


Writing the report / assignment

The elements required to compile a bibliography

Author, corporate

The "statement of responsibility" for the publication could be

  • a government, e.g. SOUTH AFRICA. Dept of Home Affairs
  • or a corporate source such as a university or technikon, a research institute or international organisation, eg

CAPE TECHNIKON
UNIVERSITY OF THE WITWATERSRAND
MEDICAL RESEARCH COUNCIL
NATIONAL LIBRARY OF SOUTH AFRICA
UNITED NATIONS ORGANISATION
WORLD HEALTH ORGANISATION