Sample bibliography


Bibliography

Clippinger, Karen S. Dance Anatomy and Kinesiology. 2nd ed. Human Kinetics, 2016.

Derrida, Jacques. The Animal That Therefore I Am. Edited by Marie-Louise Mallet. Translated by David Wills. Fordham University Press, 2008.

Fidler, Richard. Conversations. "Sketchbooks, ghosts and a lost sister." July 15, 2024. ABC. Podcast, 42 min. https://www.abc.net.au/listen/programs/conversations/michael-kelly-artist-sister-disability-ghosts-squats/103985240.

Fox, Charlie. Review of Julie Becker, Institute of Contemporary Arts, London. Artforum 57, no. 09 (Sept 2018): 283-284. Proquest Arts Premium Collection.

Kovesi, C. "Engendering Lust in Early Modern Italy: Pisanello's Luxuria." In Practices of Gender in Late Medieval and Early Modern Europe, edited by Megan Cassidy-Welch and Peter Sherlock. Brepols, 2008.

Otto, Kristin. Yarra: A Diverting History. Text Publishing, 2009.

Seated Buddha. ca. 10th-11th century. Gilt bronze, 16.9 x 13.3 x 10.5 cm. The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York. https://www.metmuseum.org/art/collection/search/42586.

Werner, Robert. "Music in General Education." In Report of Proceedings of the First National Conference: Music in General Education. Australian Society for Music Education, 1969.

Winters, Edward. "The World is Not Enough." Monist: An International Quarterly of General Philosophical Inquiry 101, no. 1 (Jan 2018): 83-98. doi: 10.1093/monist/onx038.



About the Bibliography

The bibliography:

  • Lists each of the sources referred to in your footnotes alphabetically by author surname*
  • Has entries that look different to footnote citations
  • Appears on its own page at the end of your work
  • Has a hanging indent
  • Has the heading: Bibliography
  • Inverts the author's name to Surname, Given Name. When a resource has multiple authors, only the first author's name is inverted.
  • Can be divided into sections (e.g. primary and secondary sources; discography; music scores).

*Personal communications are not included in the bibliography.

Abbreviations

Acceptable abbreviations in the bibliography for parts of books and other publications include:

chap. chapter
ed. edition
et al. and others
rev. ed. revised edition
2nd ed. second edition
ed. (eds) editor (editors)
trans. translator(s)
n.d. no date
vol. volume (as in vol. 4)
vols volumes (as in 4 vols.)
no. number
suppl. supplement
s.v. under the word

Annotated Bibliography

An annotated bibliography provides a brief account of the available research on a given topic. Find out how to select resources, what to include, and which writing style to use.

Writing an annotated bibliography