~ Bibliographies ~

A bibliography is a list of books, magazines etc, which have been used for an assignment. If you have quoted or referred to specific ideas or information you should also provide footnotes and page references. Verifiable sources add authority and credence to your assignment and bibliographies are normally a requirement for senior school assignments.

RECORDING SOURCES  |  SETTING OUT BIBLIOGRAPHIES  |  USEFUL LINKS

Recording Sources
When noting information from any source you should always record the required bibliographic data before moving onto the next source.

• Method 1
  A brochure is available at the Front Desk  - photocopy and use the form inside this brochure to record the bibliographic details for any assignment. Do NOT present the form as your bibliography! See below for how to correctly set out bibliographies.

When using the Internet or CD-ROMs you can record your sources electronically as you find and use them....

• Method 2
  Copy'n'Paste' or Drag'n'Drop the required data to the beginning of your electronic notes from that source.
  Start another page or another document for each new source.

• Method 3 - Electronic Bibliographies
  Set up a spreadsheet or table in a separate window to the Internet or CD-ROM you are using:
  You will need 5 or more columns in the spreadsheet or table; the headings will vary slightly according to the format of your source:

NB - if no date of publication mentioned, use nd.

NOTE: if an Internet site has no author or date, even when you backtrack to the home page, reconsider using the information as it lacks authority!

You may wish to set up separate spreadsheets or tables for each type of format.
Once the 'pro-forma' is set up it is easy to switch between that and the information source by clicking on the buttons on the task bar. As you find useful information either copy'n'paste or drag'n'drop text into your spreadsheet or table.
NOTE: The drag'n'drop method does not work with URLs (use copy'n'paste) or graphics (see How to copy/save graphics).

Setting out Bibliographies
Bibliographies are set out in a special way and there are strict rules for this. Your teacher, especially in the senior school, may specify a particular 'convention' or layout, otherwise refer to the examples below:-

Take special note of  alphabetical order by author’s name,
title underlining and punctuation.

EXAMPLES

AFL Grandstand (1999), [Online], http://www.afl.com.au. Accessed: March 1999.

Bradley, Mark (1996), The Cold War, Macmillan, London.

The Greenhouse effect  [Videocassette], Video Classroom, Richmond, Vic.

Ham, Paul (1999), “Strong arm tactics”, Bulletin, ACP Direct, Sydney, February 9, p.40.

“Melba, Nellie” (1997), Microsoft Encarta [CD ROM], Microsoft Corporation, Richmond, WA.

Arnett, Bill. 'Earth.(1998), [Online], www.anu.edu.au/physics/nineplanets/earth.html. Accessed: August 1998.

'Building boom' (1983), Canberra Times, Wed Nov 17.
 

For further help refer to:

011.1 REF Referencing: a guide for students (several copies available in the RC)

Harvard referencing guide.
http://dlibrary.acu.edu.au/library/skharvard.htm

Cite them right! How to organise bibliographical references http://www.unn.ac.uk/central/isd/cite/index.htm 

Harvard Referencing, Curtin University http://lisweb.curtin.edu.au/guides/handouts/harvard.html

http://www.geocities.com/koalakid_1999/loyola/biblio.html

Referencing and Citation

http://www.students.trinity.wa.edu.au/library/library/study/biblio.htm

 

Citation Style Guides for Internet and Electronic Sources  

http://eleaston.com/writing.html#Citation

Works Cited Framework: References and Bibliographies http://library.trinity.wa.edu.au/library/study/cite.htm 

Referencing and Citation http://library.trinity.wa.edu.au/library/study/citation.htm

Citing Sources (links to other sites) http://www.eddept.wa.edu.au/cmis/eval/curriculum/copyright/copy4.htm 

 

http://webster.commnet.edu/mla.htm
http://webster.commnet.edu/apa/apa_index.htm
http://www.highlands.vic.edu.au/wrap_up_research/biblios.html

http://www.noodletools.com/noodlebib/index.html

http://www.library.uq.edu.au/useit/#citation http://www.library.cqu.edu.au/compass/organise/referencing.htm http://www.library.jcu.edu.au/LibraryGuides/refstyles.shtml http://www.usc.edu.au/library/research/ref/guides.htm http://www.usq.edu.au/eGO/referencing-03content.htm

Bibliography Templates
Link to the following templates on the intranet to help you collect bibliographic information.

Bibliographies for magazines
Portable Bookmarks
Webliography