Creating a Bibliography
A bibliography is a list of the information resources consulted in the process of preparing your assignment. The bibliography is placed at the end of an assignment and should provide sufficient details to enable the sources to be found with ease and accuracy.
List all items used alphabetically by author (surname then initials), followed by the year of publication in brackets. The titles of specific books, encyclopedias, newspapers, journals etc. are written in italics or underlined. References to encyclopedias, journals, CD ROMs and web pages are made in a different manner from references to books, as shown below.
Books
Author(s) known
Author's surname, initials. (Year), title of book, edition where appropriate, publisher, city.
For example:
Bloggs, J. (2009), Salination of NSW pastureland, Sydney University Press, Sydney.
Smith, F. and Jones, B. (2010), Pastures of New South Wales, Longman, Sydney.
Author not known
ICT in the classroom (2010), NSW Dept. of School Education, Sydney.
Edited book
Whitcombe, H. (Ed) (2010), Dictionary of biology, Oxford University Press, Sydney.
Chapter of an edited book
Druitt, B.C. (2009), 'Pasture loss in irrigation areas' in Jones, T. (Ed) Contemporary issues in NSW agriculture, Intervarsity Press, Sydney.
Encyclopedias
'Name of section', title of encyclopedia (year published) volume number, publisher, city.
For example:
'The Renaissance', World Book Encyclopedia (1998) vol.15, World Book, Chicago.
Newspaper article
Author's surname, initials. (Year), 'title of article', title of newspaper, date.
For example:
Johnson, P. (2001), 'Forgotten wilderness', Sydney Morning Herald, Tues Feb 17.
Journal or periodical article
Author's surname, initials. (Year), 'title of article', title of journal, number or month.
For example:
Harris, G. (1998), 'Effects of irrigation on the Murray River', Australian Rural Quarterly, 23, 2.
CD ROM
Name of disk, (year), (CD ROM), publisher, city.
For example:
Conflict fleet to dragon boat, (1998), (CD ROM), Dept. of Multicultural Affairs, Sydney.
Online Sources
Website
'Title of web page', date of publication or the last revision.
Viewed date accessed by you.
< Full URL on one line if possible >
For example:
'Australian Bureau of Statistics', 23 September 2011.
Viewed 25 September 2011.
< http://www.abs.gov.au >
Note: If the web page states an author of the site, then include the surname and initials before the title. The rule is to provide as much of the required information as is available.
Article or document within a website
Author's surname, initials. (Year), 'title of article'.
Viewed date accessed by you.
< Full URL on one line if possible >
For example:
O'Brien, G.J. (2011), 'Matter of interest'.
Viewed 11 August 2011.
< http://www.novaphysics.net.au >
Full-text article from an online database
Author's surname, initials. (Year), 'title of article', title of journal, number or month.
Viewed date accessed by you.
Name of database provider, name of database, item number if available.
For example:
Cochrane, J. (2010), 'Matter in question', Physics Quarterly, 26, 2.
Viewed 22 October 2011.
Proquest, eLibrary, item: CF23202.
Author's surname, initials. (Year), email, date sent.
< email address >
For example:
Johnson, S. 2011, email 24 June.
< sjohnson@newnet.com.au >
Note: Please seek permission from the sender before including an email address in a bibliography.
Personal communication
Person's surname, initials. (year of contact), (Pers. Comm.), person's address.
For example:
Smith, G.H. (2008), (Pers. Comm.), Main St, Grafton.
or where the person represents an organisation:
Grafton Neighbourhood Centre (2008), (Pers. Comm.), High St, Grafton.
Note: Please seek permission from the sender before including an address in a bibliography.
For more detailed information please see the publication Style manual for authors, editors and printers available in the reference section of the College Library.