Professional Documents
Culture Documents
As you compile your bibliography, keep in mind what its purpose is:
to make your research process transparent. Your readers should
be able to look your sources up if they feel the urge. By providing a
detailed bibliography, you are providing them with the means to do
this.
TASK
1. Read the instructions for compiling a bibliography opposite.
(ie. Author. ‘Title’. In Title of the book that the story is published in. City of
publication: Publisher, Year of Publication. Pages on which the story is found.)
(ie. Poet. ‘Title of poem’. In Title of the book in which the poem is published.
Names of the book’s editors (ed.s). City of publication: Publisher, Year of
Publication. Page(s) on which the poem is found.)
For a film:
Tamahori, Lee. Once Were Warriors. Communicado, 1994.
For a TV programme:
Mulheron, Danny. ‘Seven Periods with Mr Gormsby’. Direct Hit Productions,
2005.
For a website:
The Onion. http://www.theonion.com/. Page accessed on Thursday 5 May,
2005.
(ie. Title of website. Web address. Date on which you accessed the web
page.
NB: As websites do not have a particular author, and often the identity of
article-writers is not given, list these at the bottom of your bibliography in
alphabetical order according to website title.