Source Lists/Bibliographies

This section refers only to the FORM for a list of sources/bibliography. For indications on what sorts of things need to be cited, please refer to the plagiarism link.  

A List of Sources: Can include books, pamphlets, articles, URLs (website addresses), personal correspondence, data from interviews, music--basically, any source that you have used to write your paper.

GENERAL GUIDELINES: The list is arranged alphabetically by the author’s last name, which is given first. The work’s TITLE is italicized or underlined, as is the title of a journal. I myself like to have the copyright date right after the author’s name, so that it is easily visible (and this is what I have shown here), but other folks put it after the publisher. However you list your sources, be COMPLETE and be CONSISTENT.

A. For BOOKS, the most important thing is to give complete data—author, title, publisher, place of publication, and date of publication, e.g.:

Bayly, Christopher A. (1988). Rulers, Townsmen, And Bazaars: North Indian Society In The Age Of British Expansion, 1770-1870. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press. First paperback edition.

1. If the volume you are noting is part of a multi-volume set, or a reprint edition that was published earlier somewhere else, you should note that too.

Bacon, Thomas (1837). First Impressions And Studies From Nature In Hindostan. Vol. 2. London: W. H. Allen and Co.

2. When you are using more than one book by the same author, the texts should be arranged chronologically, with an underline replacing the author's name in the later references. Note too that the first of these references is a chapter in a larger volume (and thus gives a model for that).

Bayly, Christopher A. (1981). "From Ritual To Ceremony: Death Ritual And Society In Hindu North India Since 1600," in Mirrors of Mortality, Ed. Joachim Whaley. New York: St. Martin's Press.

__________ (1988). Rulers, Townsmen, And Bazaars: North Indian Society In The Age Of British Expansion, 1770-1870. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press. First paperback ed.

3. If your text has no publication date, indicate this by the abbreviation n.d.

Sarkar J. (n.d.). A History Of The Dasnami Naga Sannyasis. Allahabad: Sri Panchayati Mahanirvani Akhara.

B. For ARTICLES in Journals or Periodicals, it is also important to give complete data—author, title, and the name of the Journal or Periodical, together with the periodical’s volume, number, page and year of publication. The title of the article is put in quotation marks (as is the name of a chapter or essay in a book), and the name of the journal is italicized or underlined.

Bhalla, P.N. (1944). "The Gosain Brothers." Journal of Indian History 23 (2): 128-136. (the latter part stands for volume 23, number 2, pages 128-36).

Burghart, Richard, (1983). "Wandering Ascetics Of The Ramanandi Sect." History Of Religions 22 (4): 361-80. (again, volume 22, number 4, pages 361-80)

C. For WEB-Based materials, give the author's name (if available), the article's title, publication information (including the date it was last modified), the total number of pages, the website's URL, and the date on which you accessed it.  

Lochtefeld, James (1996). Stunningly Brief Introduction to World Religions.  14 Pages.  Last Modified 18 December 1997, accessed 21 March 2000. Available https://www.mindfulindiatravel.com/religious-texts-and-translations/stunningly-brief-intro-to-world-religions.

Web-based technology is changing so rapidly that there are still no hard and fast rules for citing these sources. Again, try to be complete, and to be consistent.

 

For other examples not mentioned here,

consult the relevant authorities (such as Write For College).