APA referencing style

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Before you start

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

Example

Elements required

Harvard style

APA style

Vancouver style

Chicago style

Abbreviations for USA

Other links

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

Correspondence
Author of the letter. Date. Description of the type of correspondence, Date of correspondence. [Note of location of the original document]

APA
example
Theron, C. 1997. Letter to the Town Clerk of Stellenbosch, 5 May. [Original copy in records of the Town Council of Stellenbosch.]
Notes

 

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