Compiling the bibliography
 

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Before you start

STEP 1: STARTING out

STEP 2: FINDING

STEP 3: EVALUATING

STEP 4: Legal and ethical USE

STEP 5: COMMUNICATING

- Writing an essay/assignment

Consulting information sources

Reading and making notes

Compiling the bibliography

Example

Elements required

Harvard style

APA style

Vancouver style

Chicago style

Abbreviations for USA

Other links

Quiz

In-text referencing

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

 

APA Referencing Style

Examples of bibliographic entries

click on the type of entry you would like to see:
Article: Periodical, vol & number
Article: Periodical, seasonal
Article: Magazine
Article: Newspaper - Author
Article: Newspaper - No author

Book: Corporate author
Book: Single author
Book: Multiple authors
Book: Multiple author- using full name in bibliography
Book: No author
Book: Chapter from a book
Book: Edition other than first
Book: Editor(s)
Book: Review
Book: Two items, same author & year
Brochures

Conference proceedings
Correspondence
Course notes

Database - Abstract
Dictionary

Encyclopedia - Author indicated
Encyclopedia - Author not indicated

Government publications:

Departments
Laws
Internet
Interview

Legal cases Publisher: A society

Secondary source (one source cited in another)

Telephone conversation
Television Broadcast
Thesis and dissertations

Video