Introduction to bibliographies
Why include a bibliography
Writing references
How to prepare a bibliography
How to compile a bibliography
Bibliography notes
What is plagiarism?
The Harvard System
Writing References, Easy Examples
Bibliography notes
A Bibliography is a list of references to information sources.
A Reference is the description of a specific information source.
Reasons for Including a Bibliography
- Courtesy to authors
- Honesty about your work
- Allows checking of sources
- Meets course requirements
- Shows extent of research
- Shows variety of information used
- Shows currency of information used
- Easy to "back track"
- Inspires confidence
- Professional
Possible Format of Bibliography
- Harvard System
- Divide by format of sources
- Divide according to primary/ secondary
- Divide according to structure of your work