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Compiling the bibliography
   
 

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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

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Harvard style

Vancouver

Abbreviations for USA

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Writing the first draft

Revising the assignment

Writing final draft

Collating the assignment

Checking the final draft

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- Tips for presentations

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- Tips for brochures

- Tips for displays

- E-communication guidelines

- Writing styles

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Harvard Referencing Style

Book: Review - Author of review indicated
Author of the review. Date. Title of the book being reviewed, Author of book. Reviewed in: Title of journal review is published in, Issue:Page reference, Date of issue.

Harvard Reagan, M. 1997. The beach, by Alex Garland. Reviewed in: Village voice, 42:56, March 11.
Notes
  • Alex Garland has written the book with the title The beach.
  • M Reagan wrote a review of the book in the journal with the title Village voice.
  • Both the title of the book and the title of the journal are in italics.


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