Step 1:
When taking notes for an assignment topic and gathering information, write down all the relevant bibliographic details of your information sources, such as author, date of publication, title, publisher and place of publication, etc.
See Getting Organised from Grinnell College and Referencing and note taking templates
Step 2:
Insert a brief in-text citation also known as an in-text reference at the appropriate place within the text of your assignment where this information is used. Example of an in-text citation/reference in the APA style:
(Langford, 2002, p.22)
Step 3:
At the end of your assignment, add a reference list or bibliography containing all your end-text references. Example of an end-text reference in the APA style:
Langford. M. (2002). Basic photography. Oxford: Focal Press.
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