February 18

Bibliographies

What do I need to reference? How do I reference it? The following video clips answer some of those questions:



Having problems getting your bibliography sorted? Get help from one of the sites below. Here are the steps to make your bibliography:

1. Go to the reference generator site.
2. Choose the type of reference.
3. Type the reference details into the generator.
4. The generator will give the completed reference.
5. Copy and paste the completed reference into a Word document.
6. Arrange your references in alphabetical order by first entry to make your bibliography.
7. Add the title ‘Bibliography’ (underlined)
8. Check your work. Great work! You’re finished!

The Harvard Generator (see link below) needs you to add either the URL (web address) of a webpage OR the ISBN-10, which can be found on the page following the title page of the book. The Generator then finds all the reference details itself!

http://www.harvardgenerator.com/

Here are two more bibliography generator sites:
http://www.citethisforme.com
http://www.bibme.org

If you wish to have your paper checked before you submit it through Turnitin, try using Paperrater. It’s free, will pick up grammar, structure and pieces of copied text: http://www.paperrater.com/

Here is the referencing guide from the college diary:

REFERENCES and BIBLIOGRAPHIES

Referencing is a standardised method of acknowledging the sources of information and ideas you have used in an assignment.

Students should use references (in the body of their essay/work) and a bibliography (at the end of your essay) to show where they obtained their information. 

Aquinas College uses a referencing style derived from the Harvard system.

Why do I need to reference?

  • to acknowledge the work of others and to avoid plagiarism;
  • to allow the reader to verify quotations and use your sources to find further information;
  • to enhance the credibility of your information.

What do I need to reference?

  • direct quotations – when you use someone else’s exact words (including interviews & emails);
  • ideas or research you have summarised – when you use a brief account of someone else’s work, opinions, theories or data;
  • paraphrased material – when you convert someone else’s ideas to your own words
  • Figures, charts, statistics, graphs and tables you have copied.

How do I quote a reference in my essay?

When you cite a reference (use someone’s idea or research), you need an in-text reference, giving the name of the author and the year of publication.

When you directly quote from a source, you must give the author’s name, year of publication and page number.  (A 30 words or less quote can be included in your text, using single quotation marks.)

The full reference must be listed in the bibliography at the end of your essay.

Example (one author):

As Ferguson (2016, p.67), Chairman of Delta Airlines notes, ‘…the world has undergone a technological revolution over the past fifty years.’

Example (two authors):

Jones and Hackett (2014) theorized that…

Example (multiple authors):

Carter et al. (2015) discussed library search methods…

Lengthy quotations are given in separate paragraphs, which are usually indented from the margin.  Such in-text references must also have the author’s name, year of publication and page number cited.

To cite a web page in the text of an assignment, give the author or title of the site and date of the site’s creation or most recent update in the text of your report.

Examples:

The Bodyshop (2015)

Don Chipp was a Liberal Member of the House of Representatives (Australian Democrats 2004).

 

How do I write a Bibliography?

Arrange your resources in alphabetical order, not indented, but leaving a space between each one. Punctuation should be as shown below:

Books 

See examples below with one author, two editors and no author (title entry):

Author’s surname Initial Year of publication, Title of book, Edition, Publisher, Place of publication.  

Examples:

Wilson P 2014, Trends and issues in Australian crime, 2nd edn, AIC, Canberra.

Douglas, M & Watson C (eds.) 2013, Networks, Macmillan, London.

The CCH Macquarie dictionary of business 2013, CCH Australia, North Ryde, NSW.

 

Journal Articles

(When viewed on an online database, the date viewed and URL must be added.)

Author’s surname Initial Year of publication, ‘Article title’, Journal Title, volume, issue, Page numbers OR viewed Day Month Year, URL.

Example:

Griffith A 2015, ‘Coordinating family and school: mothering for schooling’, Education Policy Analysis Archives, vol. 3, no. 1, viewed 12 February 2016, http://olam.ed.asu.edu/epaa/.

 

Newspaper Articles

(When viewed online, the date viewed and URL must be added.)

Author’s surname Initial Year, ‘Article title’, Newspaper Title, Day Month, page number (if given), viewed Day Month Year, Name of database or URL.

Examples:

Pianin E 2016, ‘As coal’s fortunes climb, mountains tremble in W.Va’, The Washington Post, 25 February, p. 103, viewed 8 March 2016, ANZRC.

Cleary P & Lewis S 2015, ‘It’s the end of a long boom’, The Australian Financial Review, 8 March, viewed 8 March 2015, http://afr.com/australia/2001/03/08/FFXIM9PU0KC.html.

 

Video Recordings & Sound Recordings

Follow basic rules for books, but add the designation (e.g. DVD, CD Rom)

Example:

Hacker Attack 2015, DVD, SBS, Sydney.

 

Internet Sites

Author/editor or compiler Year of the most recent version, Title, version number (if applicable), description of document (if applicable), name and place of the sponsor of the source, viewed date, URL.

Examples:

Anderson J (Minister for Transport and Regional Services) 2014, CASA approves avgas contamination test, media release, Department of Transport and Regional Services, Canberra, viewed 23 January 2015, http://www.dotrs.gov.au/media/archive.htm.

The Body Shop Australia 2015, The Body Shop Australia, viewed 31 January 2016, http://www.thebodyshop.com.au/.

 

Personal Emails

Sender’s surname Initial Year of posting, email, Day and Month of posting, e-mail address.

Example:

Davis A 2015, email, 24 April, davis@unitc.edu.au.

 

Example of a Bibliography

Davis A 2015, email, 24 April, davis@unitc.edu.au

Hacker Attack 2015, DVD, SBS, Sydney.

Wilson P 2014, Trends in Australian crime, 2nd edn, Penguin, Melbourne.

1 thoughts on “Bibliographies

  1. scott

    Hi,
    Scotch bib is a excellent website – recommend it highly – however i have been marked down in the past due to incorrect reference produced from the auto reference features of the other herverdgenerator. Just make your users aware that this may happen, its not very accurate. http://www.harvardgenerator.com is another good one – no fancy tricks, but it works and has never caused issues with marking for me.

    just my 2 cents.

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