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One of the most reliable sources that I found on cover letters is the article called: Writing a cover letter from the website Youth Canada, Here is the link: http://www.youth.gc.ca/eng/topics/jobs/cover.shtml

Here is some information on cover letters from this website: Learn about the company. Refer to the job. Address your letter to the appropriate contact person. Refer to how you heard about the job. Refer to what the company does, and how your skills and experiences can be valuable to their team. Provide your name, phone number and address. Keep your letter in one page. Proofread your letter and ask someone else to read it as well. Don?t wait until the last day before the deadline.

If you click on the links in the part The Basics, you can find three sample cover letters.

The second reliable source I found about cover letter is the pdf file: Cover Letter Guidelines from Stanford University website. Here is the link:

http://ld.stanford.edu/compass/pdf/coverletter.pdf

In this website you can find information about: purpose of a cover letter and checklist for writing good cover letters. If you scroll down on the second page, you can find guidelines for the basic cover letter with great tips on opening paragraphs, middle paragraph, and closing paragraph; and on the third page you can find the final tips.

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