What Comes First Bibliography Or References?

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If you are using the Notes and Bibliography format the list of citations you referenced will be placed in the

“Bibliography”

at the end of the paper. The Bibliography should be alphabetized by authors last name to make it easy to find a citation.

Can you put references and bibliography together?

Both reference lists and bibliographies appear at the end of a written work and are usually organized alphabetically.

A paper can have both a reference list and a bibliography

. For more information on how to cite your sources, check out the De Paul Library’s Citation Guide.

Does bibliography come before or after reference list?

The

Reference list

and/or Bibliography will be the very last section of your paper, before the appendices.

Which comes first in bibliography?

The bibliography is put into alphabetical order according to the surnames of the authors and editors you are citing. If you cite two authors with the same surname,

put them in alphabetical order by their first names or initials

.

What comes first in a bibliography entry in an APA references list?

When it comes to putting the APA reference list in alphabetical order, the first place to look is

the author’s surname

. The author’s surname is first, followed by their initials. Alphabetize the reference list letter-by-letter.

What is a bibliography vs references?

A reference list is

the detailed list of references that are cited in your work

. A bibliography is a detailed list of references cited in your work, plus the background readings or other material that you may have read, but not actually cited.

How do you list references in a bibliography?

All in-text references

must be included in an alphabetical list, by author/editor’s surname, at the end of the work

. As stated earlier, this is known as the reference list. A bibliography is a list of all works you used in preparation of the work, but which were not necessarily cited/referred to.

What a bibliography should include?

  1. the authors’ names.
  2. the titles of the works.
  3. the names and locations of the companies that published your copies of the sources.
  4. the dates your copies were published.
  5. the page numbers of your sources (if they are part of multi-source volumes)

How do you arrange a bibliography?


Bibliography

formatting guide


Arrange

your references alphabetically by the last name of the author, editor, or whoever is first in the entry. Hanging indent your references (the first line is flush left and all following lines are indented).

What are examples of references?

  • Author, A. A., & Author, B. B. (year). Book title. Location: Publisher.
  • Author, A. A., & Author, B. B. (year). Book title. Retrieved from http://www.xxxxxx.
  • Author, A. A., & Author, B. B. (year). Book title. …
  • Editor, A. A. (Ed.). (year). …
  • Editor, A. A., & Editor B. B. (Eds.). (year).

How do you arrange a bibliography in alphabetical order?

  1. Arrange entries in alphabetical order by the surname of the first author followed by the initials of the author’s given name(s).
  2. When alphabetizing names, disregard any spaces or punctuation marks in two-word surnames. Also disregard anything in parentheses or square brackets.

Is Chicago a bibliography or references?

In Chicago author-date style, your text must

include a reference list

. It appears at the end of your paper and gives full details of every source you cited. In notes and bibliography style, you use Chicago style footnotes to cite sources; a bibliography is optional but recommended.

Where does a bibliography appear?

The Bibliography or List of References appears

after the Body of the Document

. It is a complete listing of all cited resources used to create your document.

What is APA Format example?

APA in-text citation style

uses the author’s last name and the year of publication

, for example: (Field, 2005). For direct quotations, include the page number as well, for example: (Field, 2005, p. 14).

Do numbers or letters come first in APA references?

If

a reference list entry begins with a number

(as might be the case for a reference with no author), you should alphabetize the entry in the reference list as though the number were spelled out.

How do I arrange references in alphabetical order in Word?

  1. Select the list you want to sort.
  2. Go to Home > Sort.
  3. Set Sort by to Paragraphs and Text.
  4. Choose Ascending (A to Z) or Descending (Z to A).
  5. Select OK.
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