BIBLIOGRAPHIES

What is a bibliography, and why do I need to know?

A bibliography is a list of all of the resources that you read and used to help you with a piece of work. It is important because it shows your teacher the range and quality of the resources that you used. It needs to be included at the end of your assignment and give enough detail so that your teacher could find the books, websites or articles that you used.

As you move up through the year groups at PGS you will need to include more information in your bibliography to include publishers and page numbers.

Copying work without providing a bibliography, references or footnotes is called plagiarism and is taken very seriously by the school, exam boards and universities. It can mean the loss of some or all of your marks in internal and external qualifications.

What do I include in a bibliography?

You should list every source you use, such as a book, a film, a website, an interview or any information that did not come from you.

For a book your Bibliography will look like this:

Weinberg, Steven (2015) To explain the world : the discovery of modern science

Surname, First name (Date of publication) Full Title

For a website it should look like this:

Author (Date of publication) Title. Retrieved from Full website address For example

University of Cambridge (2016) First evidence of icy comets orbiting a sun-like star. Retrieved from https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2016/05/16051822.htm

If you have watched a clip on YouTube or Clickview, record it like this: Horizon-What if everything we know about the Universe is wrong? [Television programme] BBC

It is much easier if you record these details AS YOU GO ALONG. Further help and guidance is available from the Library.