Geography Department

 

 

Bibliography – What is it and How do I do one?

 

A bibliography lists books and other resources consulted when researching and writing an assignment It tells the reader both where your information came from and where they can find more information on the topic.  It is really important to include a Bibliography because, if you don’t and you use information from other sources, it will be assumed by the reader that what you are saying is all your own work and ideas.  This can get you into trouble and lose you marks if you are not careful.  Make sure you always include a detailed Bibliography in all your assignments.

 

Note:  When you are making notes about a piece of work you are doing, you need to keep a record of the resources you used in as much detail as possible.

 

 

 

How do I do it?

 

All entries should be listed in alphabetical order using the Author’s name  (the author can be a person, government, organisation or a university, etc):

 

  1. If there is no author given, the work should be listed under the TITLE.

 

  1. Entries don’t need to be numbered.

 

  1. Titles should be in italics, underlined or in “Inverted Commas”

 

  1. Use a separate page and head it Bibliography.

 

  1. Don’t forget to put in the date and the Edition (if your source has one).

 

Examples

 

Here is an example of a Bibliography:

 

1.     Bibliography

 

BBC News Website, www.bbc.co.uk, November 2001

Caritas Chan Chun Ha Field Studies Centre Field Work CD Rom -  River Processes (2000)

Castro F, Educational Web Publishing, MSC ITE, Web Authoring Techniques, HKU (2000)

Waugh D, Wider World, 2nd Ed, Routledge Publishers, London, 2001

Squires D and McDougall A, “Software Evaluation:  A Situated Approach”, Journal of Computer Assisted Learning (Sep 1996) Vol 12, pages 146-161.

 

As you can see, if you are submitting a piece of work in soft copy, you can include web links in your Bibliography.  This makes it even easier for people to refer to your sources.

 

Good Luck