How to compile a bibliography

Because of the nature of different text-types, there are many

variations in the way different texts are recorded within a
bibliography. A novel has different requirements from a short story,
for example. Both have different requirements from a film.

Entries need to be ordered alphabetically according to the

surnames of the authors/directors. This is a BASIC requirement
of a bibliography.

Punctuation IS important in a bibliography. Take care to use full

stops, commas, and colons in the correct places, as demonstrated
in the examples on the page opposite.

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.

2. Using the texts available to you here in the classroom,

compile a bibliography during today’s period. Your
bibliography needs to contain details for a novel, a short
story, a poem, a film, and any one website whose address
you can remember. Remember to order your bibliography
according to the surnames of the authors/directors.
For a novel:
Hill, David. The Name of the Game. Wellington: Mallinson Rendel, 2001.

(ie. Author. Title. City of publication: Publisher, Year of Publication.)

For a short story:

Marshall, Owen. ‘The Tsunami’. In Supper Waltz Wilson and Other Stories.
Dunedin: John McIndoe, 1979. pp 21-34.

(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.)

For a poem (taken from an anthology):

Adcock, Fleur. ‘For a Five Year-Old’. In An Anthology of New Zealand Poetry
in English. Jenny Bornholdt, Gregory O’Brien and Mark Williams (ed.s).
Auckland: Oxford University Press, 1997. pp 267-268.

(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.

(ie. Director. Title of film. Production company, Year of Production.

For a TV programme:
Mulheron, Danny. ‘Seven Periods with Mr Gormsby’. Direct Hit Productions,
2005.

Producer. ‘Title of TV programme’. Production company, Year of Production.

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.