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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
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Database abstract
Author. Date. Title of article in the journal. Title of journal, volume (number
of issue): page reference. [name of database and reference number of abstract]
Harvard
example |
Underwood, M. 1998.
The role of anti-oxidants in cancer of the colon. The lancet,
135(3):34-45. [Abstract in the MEDLINE database, ref. no. 98453765.]
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| Notes |
- The title of the journal in which the full article has been
published (The lancet) is in italics.
- The name of the database and the reference number of the database
is given in square brackets.
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