APA referencing style

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STEP 1: STARTING out

STEP 2: FINDING

STEP 3: EVALUATE

STEP 4: Legal and 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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Writing the first draft

Revising the assignment

Writing final draft

Collating the assignment

Checking the final draft

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- Quiz

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, volume:page reference, Date of issue.

APA
example
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 underlined.
  • The 42 is the volume nr of the journal; the 56 is the page number.

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