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

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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

Interview
Name of person interviewed. (Date). Description of interview with day, month and year. [format]

APA
example
a) Smuts, Dene. (1987). Interview with the author on 4 August 1987. Cape Town. [Cassette recording in possession of author]

b) K.W. Schaie (personal communication. April 18, 1993).
Notes
  • Example a) You have interviewed Dene Smuts and have taped the interview.
  • Example b) You have had a personal conversation with K.W. Schaie.

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