Bibliography

What is a bibliography?

A bibliography is where you list all of the resources you have used when you researched your assignment. Including all the resources you have used not just those you may have paraphrased from or directly quoted from.

Why is it important?

A bibliography is evidence of your ability to research a subject area, your study skills and also your understanding of the subject. It also acknowledges those you have gained or added to your knowledge from.

A bibliography should enable anyone reading or using your assignment to find the resources you have used and to confirm what you have written.

One of the most commonly used rules for referencing your work in a bibliography is known as Harvard

How to write a bibliography:

1. The bibliography appears at the end of your written work.
2. It should be alphabetical by author surname name

The basic template is:

1. Author details, write the main author using their surname first, separated by a comma then first-name or initial/s. Any co-authors then follow in the format of ‘and first name Surname,’
2. Next the Title of the book. Type this in italics or underline it if your assignment is hand written .
3. Followed this with the edition of the book,
4. Then the place of publication, publisher and date of publication the need to be placed in curved brackets.
5. Finally add the chapter/s and /or page/s you used.

To help use this sheet when starting your research Write your own Bibliography

Books are not the only resources you need to quote:

You also need to cite other resources u=you have used television, film, magazines or a personal interview you do this using a similar pattern.

You need to make a note of:

1. Name of Author or person who said the thing used,
2. When the resources was created – date and or time
3. Title of the article and/or the resource name in italics
4. Any edition, volume or issue number or if a TV/radio programme the date of broadcast or interview the date it was made
5. Finally any page numbers, chapters, sections used

Web sites

These are a little different as the use of the web as a resource is a fairly recent :

1. Web site name
2. The exact URL including http://
3. The date/time you visited it (web sites are constantly changing)

Try not to split the URL over a line if not possible split it at a forward slash junction.

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