How to write a bibliography
A bibliography is an alphabetical list, by author, of all the material used in
preparing an assignment, even if you didn't quote or cite information directly
from the information source in the assignment.
Bibliographical references need to be cited in two different places:
1. In a list at the end of the piece of work (commonly referred to as a
bibliography), OR
2. Where a document (a whole or part of) is referred to within the piece of
work (the author/date system of referencing within a piece of work is the
most common –see How To Reference In Text guide)
BOOKS: include the following information in the correct order:
Author’s surname, Author’s firstname or intial (date of publication in brackets). Title of book: sub
title of book. Publisher, place of publication.
Example:
Rowling, J.K. (2007). Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows. Bloomsbury, London England.
BOOKS (edited):
Editors Surname, Editors first name or initial (ed.) (date of publication). Title of book: sub title of
book. Publisher, place of publication.
Example:
Morgan, J (ed.) (1993). How to be a successful author. Penguin Books, Ringwood.
BOOKS: an article within a book
For an article in an edited book add the following information about the article before the book
details.
Article author’s surname, first name or initials (date article published). Title of the article: sub title
of the article. IN: editor’s surname, first name or initials (ed.) (date of publication of book). Title of
book: sub title of book. Publisher, place of publication.
Example:
Australian Bureau of Statistics 2004. Cardiovascular Disease in Australia: a snapshot. IN:
Healey, Justin ed. (2005). Heart Disease. The Spinney Press, Thirroul NSW.
Note: the bibliographic details of a book are found on the title page and the reverse of the title page and not on the book cover.
JOURNAL ARTICLES: include the following information in the correct order
Author’s surname, Authors first name (date of publication). "Title of article". Name of magazine (in
italics). Month/volume/issue number. Page numbers.
Example:
Burns, S. (1993). “There is more than one way to learn”. Australian Wellbeing. No. 33,
October, pp.42-44.
NEWSPAPER ARTICLE: include the following information in the correct order
Author’s surname, Author’s first name or initial. (Year). “Title of the article”. Title of the newspaper.
Note:ofthe
bibliographic
ofofa article.
magazine are (usually) found on the inside cover of the
Date
publication,
page details
numbers
magazine.
Example:
Robinson, J. (1997). Saving the future. Weekend Australian. 7th February, p. 10.
DVD’s: include the following information in the correct order
Series title. Series number. Title (of episode within series). (Year published). Publisher, Place of
publication. Date of transmission, [format i.e. DVD].
Example:
Fragile Earth, 5. South American Wetland (1982). BBC, London. 17th October, [DVD].
Note: the bibliographic details of a DVD are found on the front and back cover. Transmission details refer to the date televised on TV (if
relevant).
INTERNET: include the following information in the correct order
Author’s surname, Author’s first name. (Year). Title. [Internet]. Publisher, place of publication.
Available from: URL [accessed date].
Example:
(2007) Dixon College, Phillip Ave, Dickson ACT 2602, Australia. [Internet]
http://www.schools.ash.org.au/dckc/Library/bibliog.html [accessed 23 August 2009].