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Writing a Bibliography

(Based on the Harvard Style)

Books (Not including reference books)

  1. Author's family name comma initials comma
  2. Year comma
  3. Title in italics comma
  4. Publisher comma
  5. City of publication (not country)
  6. FULL STOP

Example:

Nicholls, C. 2003, Have Kindle, Will Travel, Pelican Books, London.

Reference Books

  1. Title of book in italics comma
  2. Year comma
  3. Edition comma
  4. Publisher comma
  5. City of publication (not country)
  6. FULL STOP

Example:

The Encyclopedia Japonica, 2004, 46th edn., Takahashi Publishing, Tokyo.

Journal Articiles

 

  1. Author's family name comma intials full stop
  2. Date comma
  3. Title of article in single quotation marks, comma
  4. Title of journal italics, comma
  5. Volume comma number comma month/season comma
  6. Page numbers of article full stop

Example:

Allen, C. 2005, 'Roppongi: Was the Rebranding a Success?', Geography Review, Vol. 12, No 4, April, pp52-58.

 

Newspaper Articles

  1. Author's family name comma initials full stop
  2. Date comma
  3. Title of article in single quotation marks, comma
  4. Title of newspaper italics, comma
  5. Date of publication comma (no -st, -nd, -rd or -th)
  6. Page numbers of article
  7. FULL STOP

Example:

Robinson, J. 2004, 'BST Celebrates World Book Day Again', The Tokyo Guardian, 24 April, p4.

DVDs/Videos/Audio Visual Resource

  1. Title italics
  2. Date comma
  3. Format: video recording/radio recording comma
  4. Publisher comma
  5. City of publication (not country)
  6. FULL STOP

Example:

The story of Hachiko 1986, video recording, NHK, Tokyo.

Web Sites

  1. Author (Person or organisation that wrote the site)
  2. Year (Year the site was created or last updated) (if you cannot find the date write n.d.) comma
  3. Name of the publisher comma
  4. City, not country, of publisher comma
  5. Viewing date comma between month and year (no -st, -nd, -rd or -th)
  6. URL in triangular brackets: < and >
  7. FULL STOP

Example:

The British School in Tokyo Resource Centre 2004, The British School in Tokyo, Tokyo, viewed 20 April, 2004 <www.bst-resource-centre.org.uk>.

Interviews

  1. Interviewee's family name comma initials full stop
  2. Month and year of interview comma
  3. Title of interview italics comma
  4. Interviewed by Interviewer's name
  5. Type of interview e.g. tape recording, transcript, video/DVD/sound recording square brackets: [ and ]
  6. Place of interview
  7. FULL STOP

Example:

Allen, C. June 2010, Why Geography is the most important subject you will ever learn in school , Interviewed by R. Steven [Video Recording] Swedish Television Centre.

More information can be found in the A guide to writing bibliographies from Syba Signs in The Showa Library.

 

A guide to writing bibliographies, 2003, Syba Signs, Rozelle.

 

More detailed information can also be got from Mr. Steven.

Last updated: Thursday, 17th June 2010
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