RESEARCH CLASS 2

DR. SUJATHA MENON

COMPILING A WORKING
BIBLIOGRAPHY

The word biblio in Greek means book

and graphy means writing. Bibliography
refers to a list of books that are related to
a particular subject or topic.
So, a working bibliography contains:

A list of books or internet sources that

the researcher
(AND/OR)

has

already

used

A list of books or internet sources that

the researcher intends to use

MATTERS TO BE
RECORDED

Name of the author

Place of Publication

Title of the Book with edition (if it is

the second or third or fifth edition)
Name of the publisher
Year of publication
Whether it a printed book or an internet
source

BOOKS BY AN AUTHOR

William Shakespeare
Shakespeare, William
Second name first
Comma
Space after comma
First name second

Books by two authors

Casey Miller and Kate Swift

First name reversed
Miller, Casey
Second name as it is
Kate Swift
Miller, Casey and Kate Swift

Books by three authors

Tony Russell, Allen

Elizabeth Angeli

Brizee,

Name of the first author reversed

Russell, Tony, Allen

Elizabeth Angeli

and

Russell, Tony
Names of the second and third authors
stay as usual
Brizee,

and

MATTERS TO BE RECORDED
1. James Milroy and Leslie Milroy
2. Elizabeth Gordon and Tony Deverson
3. Janet Holmes, Allan Bell, and Mary Boyce
4. Andrew Wright,
Michael Buckby

David

Betteridge

5. Howard Giles and Philip Smith

and

MATTERS TO BE
RECORDED
6. Laurie Bauer and Peter Trudgill
7. Herbert W. Seliger and Elena Goldberg
Shohamy
8. Barry Thorne, Cheris Kramarae, and
Nancy Henley
9. Susan Philips and Anne Reynolds
10. Julie R. McMillan, Kay Clifton and Diane
McGrath

Books by more than three

authors

Pablo Fontela, Antonio Sorio, Javier Mielgo,

and Juan de Blas

The name of the first author is reversed; the

second name first, and the first name second

Instead of the second, third, and fourth name,

use et al (and others)

Fontela, Pablo, et al

TITLE OF THE BOOK

CAPITALISE

THE FIRST WORD.

NOUNS
VERBS,
ADJECTIVES,
ADVERBS,
CONJUNCTIONS (BECAUSE, AS, THAT),
PRONOUNS (I, YOU, HE, SHE, IT, YOUR, MINE, MY)
THE FIRST WORD AFTER A COLON OR A QUESTION
MARK.

Books by more than three

authors

DO NOT CAPITALISE

CONJUNCTIONS (AND, BUT, OR, FOR)

IF THEY COME AT THE END, THEY SHOULD

BE CAPITALISED.

ARTICLES
PREPOSITIONS WHEN THEY COME IN THE
MIDDLE OF A TITLE.

How will you write these?

tell me your dreams

the moral symbols of william golding

will in the world: how shakespeare became

shakespeare
language: the loaded weapon
the merry wives of Windsor
myths to live by

Information on the book

Barry, Peter. Beginning Theory.

2nd edition. Manchester, New

York: Manchester University
Press, 2002. Print.

Where to find information?

Where will you find information?

How will you write these?

How will you write these?