Examples of How to Write a Bibliography
At the end of your piece of writing, list all the source materials you have cited. Do this in a Bibliography. List in alphabetical order. Use the following guidelines to make the list:
For books, use this general order of information in your citation:
- The names of the author(s), editor(s), or institution(s) responsible for
writing the book
- The full title of the book, including the subtitle (if any)
- The series title (if any) and the volume or number in the series
- The total number of volumes (of a multi-volume work)
- Edition (if not the first edition)
- City of publication
- Publisher’s name
- Date of publication
Examples:
Croall, Stephen, and William Rankin. Ecology for Beginners. Cambridge: Icon Books, 1992.
Jones, Ray. Talking about Statistics. New York: Harper Collins, 1983.
For articles, use this general order of information in your citation:
- Author
- Article title
- Periodical name
- Volume number (sometimes issue number)
- Date
- Pages on which the article appears
Examples:
Raymond, Jean-Gilles. “Victims of Crime Have Rights Too.” Guardian Weekly 24 Jan. 1999: 13.
Song, Sora. “Mind over Medicine.” Time 167 (March 2006): 33.
