A bibliography:

• lists all the resources you have used for your task.
• is arranged alphabetically (normally).
• contains the important information about each reference, including author, title, edition information, publishing information.
• uses a consistent format.

Book with one author

[ Author, First names. Title.(underlined or italics). Place of publication, Publisher, publishing date. ]

Steele, Philip. Find out about Ancient Egypt. Bath, Southwater, 1997.

Book with more than one author

Davies, Vivian and Renee Freidman. Egypt. London, British Museum Press, 1998.

Book without a given author

Picture reference book of the Ancient Egyptians. Leicester, Brockhampton Press, 1970.

Encyclopaedia article

"Ancient Egypt". Microsoft Encarta Encyclopedia 2000. [CD-ROM]

"Ancient Egypt". World Book Encyclopedia. International edition, 1992. Vol. 6, pp. 118-127.

Internet site

Deurer, Richard. "An Egyptian Mummification". Galleries of Egyptian Art [Internet]. < http://members.aol.com/egyptart/mummy.html/ > Accessed 1 November, 2000.

"Life in Ancient Egypt" Carnegie Museum of Natural History Exhibitions [Internet]. < http://www.clpgh.org/cmnh/exhibits/egypt/index.html/ > Accessed 1 November, 2000.

Periodical or newspaper article

Webster, Donovan. "Valley of the Mummies". National Geographic, 196:4 (October, 1999), pp. 76-87.

Stephens,Tony, "Ancient tomb secrets uncovered now it’s a fight to save them". Sydney Morning Herald, 29 April, 2000. p.17.

Vilar, Miguel ”Mummy wrap-up", Science World, October 18, 1999. World Magazine Bank [CD-ROM]. EBSCO Publishing, 1999

Sample Bibliography

"Ancient Egypt". Microsoft Encarta Encyclopedia 2000. [CD-ROM]

"Ancient Egypt". World Book Encyclopedia. International edition, 1992. Vol. 6, pp. 118-127.

"Life in Ancient Egypt" Carnegie Museum of Natural History Exhibitions [Internet]. Found at < http://www.clpgh.org/cmnh/exhibits/egypt/index.html/ > Accessed 1 November, 2000.

Davies, Vivian and Renee Freidman. Egypt. London, British Museum Press, 1998.

Deurer, Richard. "An Egyptian Mummification". Galleries of Egyptian Art [Internet]. Found at < http://members.aol.com/egyptart/mummy.html > Accessed 1 November, 2000.

Picture reference book of the Ancient Egyptians. Leicester, Brockhampton Press, 1970

Steele, Philip. Find out about Ancient Egypt. Bath, Southwater, 1997.

Stephens,Tony, "Ancient tomb secrets uncovered now it’s a fight to save them". Sydney Morning Herald, 29 April, 2000. p.17.

Vilar, Miguel ”Mummy wrap-up", Science World, October 18, 1999. World Magazine Bank [CD-ROM]. EBSCO Publishing, 1999.

Webster, Donovan. "Valley of the Mummies". National Geographic, 196:4 (October, 1999), pp. 76-87.