An Introduction to Research Processes

Back to Developing a Working Bibliography

Include the following for books so that you can find the source later as well as to write the final list of sources to be placed at the end of your paper:

1. The library call number.
2. The author's full name, last name first.
3. The book's title, including its subtitle if it has one, underlined, or in italics if you are using a computer.
4. The publication information: place, publisher, and year of publication.

For each source note, you may also want to include a brief annotation to yourself on your impression of the usefulness of the work — "GREAT INFO!" or "Maybe a few gems here" or "Probably not much use."