One of the biggest problems I had - and still have actually, was that of finding the correct bibliographical rendition. I must admit, to me, the guidelines offered were a little confusing, and try as I might I struggled with getting it right. Every assignment I did, I knew some of the citations were not according the the standard set, and that I will have marks deducted for it.
The biggest challenge was that of compilations. I bought a lot of HBR compilations (which were hugely helpful, and I recommend them thoroughly) which has a host of articles under one common theme. An article from these books proved to be a problem to cite - as they were neither an article by themselves, nor a book (as it had articles from multiple authors and was not edited by anyone - as such, the 'book' itself did not have an author !)
My only sanity was a fellow student called Pius - who ended each of his posts with a beautiful bibiliography which we got spot on ! So, I followed his lead and thanks to him, at least got it right for the most part - thanks Pius !
Sit down and get it right. It is important - and honestly, it will make all the difference between an A and a B sometimes !
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