Elements required: 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

Author, Personal

Author, Corporate

Author, Vague

Date of publication

Title

Sub-title

Edition

Place of publication

Publisher

Journal article

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

Author, personal

 
  • Give the name in the inverted form - the last name (surname) first, followed by the initials or the first name: Stewart, D.M. or Jones, Jennifer.
  • Use the initials only, even when the full name is given on the title page. However, choose between the two formats and then be consistent.
  • If you choose to use the full name as in Jones, Jennifer - note the different punctuation applied in the bibliography if there is more than one author. Click here to see the example for Harvard and APA.