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Writing an essay/assignment

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

- Tips for posters

- Tips for brochures

- Tips for displays

- E-communication guidelines

- Writing styles

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Harvard Referencing Style

Database abstract
Author. Date. Title of article in the journal. Title of journal, volume (number of issue): page reference. [name of database and reference number of abstract]

Harvard Underwood, M. 1998. The role of anti-oxidants in cancer of the colon. The Lancet, 135(3):34-45. [Abstract in the MEDLINE database, ref. no. 98453765.]
Notes
  • The title of the journal in which the full article has been published (The Lancet) is in italics.
  • The name of the database and the reference number of the database is given in square brackets.
  • In text: Underwood, 1988:page numbers cited


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