RESEARCH CLASS 2 DR. SUJATHA MENON

COMPILING A WORKING BIBLIOGRAPHY

The word biblio in Greek means book and graphy means writing. Bibliography refers to a list of books that are related to a particular subject or topic. So, a working bibliography contains:

A list of books or internet sources that the researcher has already used (AND/OR)

A list of books or internet sources that the researcher intends to use

MATTERS TO BE RECORDED

Name of the author Title of the Book with edition (if it

is the second or third or fifth edition)

Place of Publication Name of the publisher Year of publication Whether it a printed book or an

internet source

BOOKS BY AN AUTHOR William Shakespeare Shakespeare, William Second name first Comma Space after comma First name second

Books by two authors

Casey Miller and Kate Swift First name reversed Miller, Casey Second name as it is Kate Swift Miller, Casey and Kate Swift

Books by three authors

Tony Russell, Allen Brizee, and Elizabeth Angeli

Name of the first author reversed Russell, Tony Names of the second and third

authors stay as usual Russell, Tony, Allen Brizee, and

Elizabeth Angeli

MATTERS TO BE RECORDED1.James Milroy and Leslie Milroy

2.Elizabeth Gordon and Tony Deverson

3.Janet Holmes, Allan Bell, and Mary Boyce

4.Andrew Wright, David Betteridge and Michael Buckby

5.Howard Giles and Philip Smith

MATTERS TO BE RECORDED

6. Laurie Bauer and Peter Trudgill

7. Herbert W. Seliger and Elena Goldberg Shohamy

8. Barry Thorne, Cheris Kramarae, and Nancy Henley

9. Susan Philips and Anne Reynolds

10.Julie R. McMillan, Kay Clifton and Diane McGrath

Books by more than three authors

Pablo Fontela, Antonio Sorio, Javier Mielgo, and Juan de Blas

The name of the first author is reversed; the second name first, and the first name second

Instead of the second, third, and fourth name, use et al (and others)

Fontela, Pablo, et al

TITLE OF THE BOOKCAPITALISE

THE FIRST WORD. NOUNS VERBS, ADJECTIVES, ADVERBS, CONJUNCTIONS (BECAUSE, AS, THAT), PRONOUNS (I, YOU, HE, SHE, IT, YOUR, MINE,

MY) THE FIRST WORD AFTER A COLON OR A

QUESTION MARK.

Books by more than three authors

DO NOT CAPITALISE CONJUNCTIONS (AND, BUT, OR, FOR) ARTICLES PREPOSITIONS WHEN THEY COME IN

THE MIDDLE OF A TITLE. IF THEY COME AT THE END, THEY

SHOULD BE CAPITALISED.

How will you write these?

tell me your dreams will in the world: how shakespeare

became shakespeare the moral symbols of william golding language: the loaded weapon the merry wives of Windsor myths to live by

Information on the book

Barry, Peter. Beginning Theory. 2nd edition. Manchester, New York: Manchester University Press, 2002. Print.

Where to find information?

Where will you find information?

How will you write these?

How will you write these?