How to write a Bibliography

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What is a Bibliography?
• A Bibliography literally means “list of books.”
• A Bibliography is a list of all the materials that you used to
help you write a paper.
• This may include books, articles, websites, communications,
television, or radio programs, film or video recordings, etc.
Why should you write a Bibliography?
• Anytime you use the words, ideas, data or research of
others, you must acknowledge where you got that
information from.
• If you do not acknowledge where you got the information
from, you may be accused of plagiarism.
Plagiarism
• Using the ideas, words or work of another person and
pretending it is your own work.
What should you Include?
• Articles, Websites, books or other research materials that
you used to help you write a paper.
• Names of people that you interviewed or gaved you help
with your paper.
• Any other materials that you used to help you with your
paper including movies, radio shows, TV shows, etc.
What should you not Include?
• You don’t have to include common knowledge.
• Common knowledge is information that is well-known by
many people; for example, “Buffalo is famous for snow”
• Common knowledge also includes facts which are in many
books; for example, “George Washington is the first
president of the United States.”
How do you write a Bibliography?
• Be sure to keep track of all the research materials you use,
including any books, articles, websites, etc.
• You must know the name of the publication, author, date of
publication, website address, etc.
Examples
Books – 1 Author
Povey, K 2007, Energy alternatives, Thomson Gale, Detroit.

Author (surname, initial) date, title, publisher, place of

publication (city)

Healey, J 2001, Alternative energy, Spinney Press, Balmain,

N.S.W.
Book – no author
Dictionary of chemistry, 2003, McGraw-Hill, New York.

Title, date, publisher, place of publication (city).

Magazine
Aldhous, P 2008, ‘Genes for greens’, New Scientist, vol. 197,
no. 2637, pp. 28-31.

Author (surname, initial) date, ‘title of article’, title of magazine,

volume no, issue no., page number/s
Newspaper
Oakley, V 2003, ‘The tragic trade’, Australian, 15 November, p.
29.

Author (surname, initial) date, ‘titile of article’, title of

newspaper, date, page, number/s.
Internet - author
Bryant, C 2008, Deliberately lit vegetation fires in Australia,
Australian Institute of Criminology, viewed 2 May 2008, _____
https://www.teachervision.com/writing-research-papers/research-paper-how-write-bibliography

Author (surname, initial) last update, title of web page, name of

sponsor, date viewed, <URL>.
Internet – no author
Space food 2003, National Aeronautics and Space
Administration, viewed 2 May 2008,_____________________
https://www.teachervision.com/writing-research-papers/research-paper-how-write-bibliography

Title of web page, last update, name of sponsor, date viewed, <URL>.
 Bibliography
Aldhous, P 2008, ‘Genes for greens’. New Scientist, vol. 197, no 2637,
pp. 28-31

Milgram, S. (1974). Obedience to Authority. New York: Harper & Row.

Nisbett, R.E., Wilson, T.D., (1977). The Halo Effect: Evidence for
Unconscious Alteration of Judgments.Journal of Personality and Social
Psychology, 35 (4), 250-256. Retrieved
from: http://osil.psy.ua.edu/672readings/T6-SocCog2/haloeffect.pdf
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