CPUT Logo
Writing an essay/assignment

Compiling the bibliography
   
 

Main Contents Page

About Information Literacy

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

Example

Elements required

Harvard style

Vancouver

Abbreviations for USA

More information

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

- Quiz


Arrow

Harvard Referencing Style

Dictionary
Title: subtitle. Edition. Date. Place: Publisher.

Harvard

Merriam-Webster's collegiate dictionary. 10th ed. 1993. Springfield, MA.: Merriam-Webster.

Concise octford English dictionary. 11th ed. 2004. Oxford: Oxford University Press.

Notes
  • The position of the date - it follows the title and the edition.
  • Merriam-Webster is a publisher.
  • MA - the state of .... in the United States of America. It is customary to follow place names in the USA with the abbreviation for the state. Click here for a list of abbreviations for the states.


Back to list of examples