Junior Student Support
How to write Bibliographies
Books
Name of author/s (surname, first names).
Year of publication.
Title of book (underlined).
Place of publication:
Publisher.
Examples:
McLarty, Ron 2005. Amazing discoveries. London: Time Warner.
Butler, M., Hopkins, D. & Willis, J. 2001, Animal Behaviour. Johannesburg: Macmillan Education.
Encyclopedia Articles
'Title of article',
Title of Encyclopedia
Year of publication,
Edition,
Place of publication
Publisher
vol. no.,
page no/s.
Example:
‘War of 1812', The World Book Encyclopedia. 2006, Chicago: World Book, vol. 21: 28-33.
Magazine Articles/ Newspaper Articles
Name of author/s.
Year of publication.
Title of article.
Magazine name (underlined)
Month/volume/issue number (include day for newspapers)
Page no/s.
Examples:
Low, Tim. 2006. ‘Sweet country’. Australian Geographic, January-March, p. 68.
Kerbaj, Richard 2006, 'New Images from Hubble telescope cause confusion”, The Times, 9 February, p. 4.
Internet
Name of author/s. If there is no author given, put the title first.
Year of publication.
Title of webpage.
Available: URL.
(date accessed)
Examples:
Weart, Spencer. 2005. The discovery of global warming: timeline of milestones.
Available: http://www.aip.org/history/climate/timeline.htm. (accessed 23.05.2006)
Snowboarding: How did it evolve?. 2007. Available: http://www.ifyouskicom/snowboard/ride/. (accessed 19.08.2008)
How to plan and do a project
Try Kentucky Virtual library . It sets out steps in the research process very well.
Or,
Step 1 : Define the task
What do I need to do for this project?
What kind of information do I need for the project?
Step 2 : How and where will I find information?
What are possible sources of information? (Books, Encyclopedias, Atlas, Internet? Etc.)
Which will be best for this project?
Step 3 : Find sources and locate information inside sources
Where is each source? (Use library catalogue, reference section?)
Where is the information inside the source? (Use indexes, table of contents, guide words)
Do I need help to find the information in the sources?
Step 4 : Use the information
What information in each source is useful for my topic?
How shall I take note? (Note cards, draw pictures, mind-maps etc.) I need to record bibliographic details of sources I use.
Step 5: Put information together
How will I organize the information from different sources? (Subject headings, mind-maps etc.)
How should I present the information? (Booklet, essay, speech, report)
Step 6 : Evaluate the project
How effective is my finished project? How will I know I have done my best? (Neat, complete, well organized, checked spelling and grammar, bibliography complete)
What have I learned about solving information problems by doing this project?
Did I do what I was supposed to do in step 1?
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