1.
Writing a Working Bibliography
Dr.P.Samuel
Assistant Professor & HOD
PG Department of English
Thiruvalluvar University College of Arts & Science,
Arakkonam

2.
Bibliography
A Bibliography is a list of books
List of sources on a particular subject
List of sources used by us to write a
research paper
Find sources
Evaluate sources

3.
Purpose of Bibliography
To provide the full reference information for
the entire sources which we have gone
through on a specific subject
To allow the reader to trace the sources
Is to help you keep a running record of the
research we have done and be able to quickly
look back at its contents

4.
Types of Bibliography
Analytical bibliography
Study of books or physical objects
Enumerative bibliography (systematic)
Compilation of bibliographies & arrange all
graphic materials (Serial, current, Period)
Bibliographies for non-book sources
Webography, Filmography

5.
Elements in bibliography
• Name of the author
• Title of the work
• Date (year of publication)
• Place of publication
• Edition
• Period (volume/issue/part)
• Series (if any)

6.
Formats of bibliography
 (APA) American Psychological Association
(Publication manual of APA)
 Chicago Manual of Style
(MLA) Modern Language Association

7.
Examples of Formats
APA
Darwin.C, (2006). On the origin of species:
By means of Natural Selection. New york:
Dover Publications
Chicago Manual of Style (CBE)
Darwin, Charles.2006 On the origin of species: By
means of Natural Selection. New York: Dover
Publications
MLA
Darwin, Charles. On the origin of species: By
means of Natural Selection. New York: Dover
Publications, 2006

8.
Work by 3 or more Authors
• List all the authors first you cite the source.
(Samuel, Pallavan, Sangeetha & Raju, 2020)
• In subsequent citations, (Samuel et.al., 2020)

9.
Reference & Bibliography
References
• Reference are the
items you have and
specifically referred or
cited.
• List of sources at the
end of the research
work headed
References
Bibliography
• Bibliography is a list of
everything you have read
whether or not you
referred specifically to it.
• A bibliography can give a
detail of an overview of
which authors have
influenced you even if
you have not specifically
refer to them

10.
Conclusion
• Bibliography is important in research
• Acknowledge others’ to avoid plagiarism
• There are many types of bibliography
• To follow a type depends upon the field of
research or university
• There are referencing tools available online

11.
Thank you
drsamenglish@gmail.com