Bibliographies: Proper Format for Academic Writing

• Failure to acknowledge source references for images and written information is refered to as plagiarism.
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• Please follow the ffg guidelines as to how to write a proper Bibliography, as this is often requested by Tutors for essays or even research.
• If any of your material is based heavily on a published work, in the form of a book, periodical, journal, website etc, you need to include it in your Bibliography.
• For the our purposes we will use a combination of the Harvard and Running Notes Method

Formats for Bibliography

Books:

Author. Year of Publication. Title. Edition. Publication: Publisher.

Example:

Goldman, B. 1972. Reading and writing in the arts: a handbook. Detroit: Wayne State University Press.

Periodicals/ Magazines:

Author. Year of Publication. Title of article. Title of Publication Volume Number: (Issue Number ) Month/ Season: Page Numbers.

Example:

Perry, AD. 1990. Photography  and postmodern thought. Art & Design 22: (3) February: 32-36.

Websites:

Author. Year. Title. Website address(Start with the words “Available at”). Date of access.

Example:

When author is known

Weddington, G. 2002. Challenge in South Africa. Available at www.professional.asha.org/news (accessed on 23/7/2003).

When author is unknown

www.professional.asha.org/news (accessed on 23/7/2003).