How to write Bibliography
1. For a Book:
A. Bibliography
Guidelines:
Author’s family name, followed by initials
Date of publication
Title (in italics)
Place of publication
Publisher
Examples:
Bright, J.A. & Krashen, S.D. (2004). Television Communications Systems for Business. London: Longman.
B. Footnote
Guidelines:
Author’s family name, followed by initials
Title (in italics)
Publisher
Chapter
Page
Examples:
Bright, J.A. & Krashen, S.D. (2004). Television Communications Systems for Business. Chap. 4, pp. 68-89.
Bright, J.A. & Krashen, S.D. (2004). Television Communications Systems for Business. Chap. 4, P. 68.
Bright, J.A. & Krashen, S.D. (2004). Television Communications Systems for Business. pp. 68-89.
Bright, J.A. & Krashen, S.D. (2004). Television Communications Systems for Business. p. 68.
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Notices:
PP = Page to Page 68-89; P = Page 68.
Chap = Chapter
2. For a Journal Article:
A. Bibliography
Guidelines:
Author’s family name, followed by initials
Date of publication
Title, in single quotation marks( ‘ ……. ’)
Volume number
Page numbers of article
Examples:
Breen, M.P. (1985). ‘Effects of mood on high elaboration attitude change’, Journal of social psychology, 6/1:60-70.
Breen, M.P. (1985). ‘Effects of mood on high elaboration attitude change’, Journal of social psychology, 6:60-70.
Breen, M.P. (1985). ‘Effects of mood on high elaboration attitude change’, Journal of social psychology, 6:70.
B. Footnote
Guidelines:
Author’s family name, followed by initials
Date of publication
Title, in single quotation marks( ‘ ……. ’)
Volume number
Page numbers of article
Examples:
Breen, M.P. (1985). ‘Effects of mood on high elaboration attitude change’, Journal of social psychology, 6/1:60-70.
Breen, M.P. (1985). ‘Effects of mood on high elaboration attitude change’, Journal of social psychology, 6:60-70.
Breen, M.P. (1985). ‘Effects of mood on high elaboration attitude change’, Journal of social psychology, 6:70.
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Notices:
6/1:60-70 = Volume number 6, Chapter 1, Page 60 – 70
6:70 = Volume number 6, Page 60
3. For a Newspaper Article:
A. Bibliography
Guidelines:
Author’s family name, followed by initials
Title, in inverted commas
Where published in italics
Date of publication
Page numbers (If known)
Examples:
Hartson, W. ‘ My word, what does it mean? ’, The independent. July 24 1997.
B. Footnote
Guidelines:
Author’s family name, followed by initials
Title, in inverted commas
Where published in italics
Date of publication
Page numbers (If known)
Examples:
Hartson, W. ‘My word, what does it mean? ’, The independent. July 24 1997.
4. For Internet Document-Web Page or Report
A. Bibliography
Guidelines:
Author’s family name, followed by initials
Title of article
Retrieved date
From where (web address)
Examples:
(n.a). (n.d). (_ _). Retrieved July 24 1997, from http://www.google.com.
(n.a). (n.d). Home and Garden Television. Retrieved July 24 1997, from http://www.ccc.com.
Yun, Z. (2004). Home and Garden Television. Retrieved July 24 1997, from http://www.ccc.com.
B. Footnote
Guidelines:
Author’s family name, followed by initials
Title of article
From where (web address)
Examples:
(n.a). (n.d). (_ _). from http://www.google.com.
(n.a). (n.d). Home and Garden Television. from http://www.ccc.com.
Yun, Z. (2004). Home and Garden Television. from http://www.ccc.com.
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Notices:
(n.a) = No Author’s
(n.d) = No Date
(_ _) = No Title