Compiling the bibliography

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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

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