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How to create a bibliography
A bibliography is a list of the materials you have used in writing an essay, doing some research or completing an assessment task. It can include videos, books, magazines, internet sites, audiocassettes and CD-Roms.
You should always put a bibliography at the end of your work because:
- It shows the teacher the materials you have consulted and the research you have done.
- It will gain you extra marks.
- Knowing how to compile a bibliography is a useful skill that you can use in other subjects.
General rules
List all the items in alphabetical order according to the author's last name. If there is no author, then start with the title.
Underline the title, or if you are doing your work on a computer, put it in italics.
For books, after the author and title list the place where the book was published, the publisher, and the date of publication.
e.g. Martin, Mary. "Everything you ought to know about the law". Melbourne, Penguin Books, 1998
For an article on the internet, list the author, the title of the article, the date (if you can find it), and the site address.
e.g. Livingstone, Kathy. "Writing a basic essay". 1997
http://members.aol.com/lklivingstn/essay/body.html
For a video, there is usually no author, so
e.g. "Small Claims Tribunal" (video) Law Vision, 1997
For a magazine article list the author, the title of the article, and the name and date of the magazine.
e.g. Klinghorn, Robert. "The glass ceiling: real or imaginary?" The Bulletin, May, 4-11, 1999.
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