How to Write a Bibliography

 A list of materials relating to a specific subject.

  A Bibliography is: a list of books, articles, or other sources (interviews, films) on a particular subject. Bibliographies may be found at the end of books or articles, or may be separate publications.

A Bibliography is: a list of materials (books, articles, maps, audiovisual items and other materials) relating to a specific subject or author. Most research papers will have a bibliography indicating the materials which were used in writing the paper.

A Bibliography is: A list of resources (books, journal articles, or other documents) about a specific subject. The items are arranged in some order -- usually alphabetically by author.
 




 
Books
Books (edited)
Journals
Newspapers
 
 
CD ROM's
Videos
Email
World Wide Web
 


 
 

  Books
Include the following information in this order.

1. Author's surname, initials. (full stop)
2. Year. (in brackets) (full stop)
3. Title of book. (underlined OR italics) (full stop)
4. Place of publication: (colon)
5. Publisher. (full stop)
Books (edited)
Include the following information in this order:

1. Editor's surname, initials. (full stop)
2. (ed.) (in brackets)
3. Year. (in brackets) (full stop)
4. Title of book. (underlined OR italics) (full stop)
5. Place of publication: (colon)
6. Publisher. (full stop)
 

 

For Example:

 For Example:
  Dixon, J. (1993). How to be a successful student. Ringwood: Penguin Books. Morgan, J. (ed.)(1993). How to be a successful author.
Ringwood: Penguin Books.
 
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  Journals
Include the following information in the order:

1. Author's surname, initials. (full stop)
2. Year. (in brackets)(full stop)
3. Title of the article. (full stop)
4. Title of the journal. (underlined OR italics)(full stop)
5. Volume, number, month/season, (comma)
6. Page numbers of article. (full stop)		   Newspapers
Include the following information in this order:

1. Author's surname, initials. (full stop)
2. Year. (in brackets)(full stop)
3. Title of the article. (full stop)
4. Title of the newspaper. (underlined OR italics)(full stop)
5. Date of publication, (comma))
6. Page numbers of article. (full stop)
   
  For Example:   For Example:
       
  Burns, S. (1989). There's more than one way to learn. Australian Wellbeing. No 33, October, pp42-44.   Popham, B. (1997). Saving the future. Weekend Australian.
7, February, p10.
 
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  CD ROM's
Include the following information in this order.

1 Author's surname, initials. (full stop)
2 Year. (in brackets) (full stop)
3 Title.. (underlined OR italics) (full stop)
4 CD ROM [in square brackets] (full stop)
5 Place of publication:. (colon)
6 Publisher. (full stop)


For Example:

Hawking, S.W. (1994). A brief history of time: an interactive adventure. [CD ROM]. N.Y. Crunch Media.

  Videos
Include the following information in this order.

1. Series title. (full stop)
2. Series number (full stop)
3. Title.. (underlined OR italics) (full stop)
4. Year. (in brackets)(full stop)
5. Place of publication:. (colon)
6. Publisher. (full stop)
7. Date of transmission, (comma)
8. Medium Format. [in square brackets](full stop)

For Example:

Fragile Earth. 5. South American Wetland. (1982).
London: BBC. 17, October, [Video:VHS].
 
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  E-mail
Include the following information in this order.

1. Sender's surname, initials. (full stop)
2. (Sender's E-mail address),(brackets)(comma)
3. Day, (comma) month, (comma) year. (full stop)
4. Subject of message. (underlined OR italics)(full stop)
5. E-mail to (recipient's E-mail address). (brackets)(full stop)

For Example:

Lowman, D. (Deborah@obsinc.com.au),
4,April,2005. Internet referencing.
(awill@dva.gov.au).

World Wide Web
Include the following information in this order.

1. Author's surname, initials. (full stop)
2. Year. (in brackets)(full stop)
3. Title (underlined OR italics)
4. [Internet]. (in square brackets)(full stop)
5. Place of publication: (colon)
6. Publisher (if ascertainable). (full stop)
7. Available from:<URL>[Accessed date]. [in square brackets](full stop)

For Example:

Holland, M. (1996). Harvard System [Internet]. Poole:Bournemouth University. Available from: http://www.bournemouth.ac.uk/service-depts/lis/LIS_Pub/harvardsys.html
[Accessed 6, March, 2005].

 

 
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