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Compiling the bibliography
   
 

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STEP 2: FINDING

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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

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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 brochures

- Tips for displays

- E-communication guidelines

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Harvard Referencing Style

Secondary source (one source cited in another source)
Author. Date. Title: Sub-title. Journal Title, Volume: Page references.

Harvard Coltheart, M., Curtis, B., Atkins, P., & Haller, M. 1993. Models of reading aloud: Dual-route and parallel-distributed-processing approaches. Psychological review, 100: 589-608.
Notes
  • A study was done by Seidenberg and McClelland.
  • Coltheart et al later refers to this study in their article titled "Models of reading aloud..." (The study is cited in Coltheart et al.).
  • The secondary source (the second source) should be given in the reference list.
  • When the cited work (the first work) was not read then the in-text reference will look like this:

    Seidenberg and McClelland's study (as cited in Coltheart, Curtin, Atkins & Haller, 1993) confirmed that ...


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