Bibliography
Bibliography
Bibliography
Basics
Compilation
Definition
• Greek words- biblion (book) + graphien (to write)
Subject bibliography
Parts of a bibliography
• Bibliographic descriptors/ details
Author
Title
Publisher
Date of publication
Place of publication
Pages
Additional information
URL
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• Format
In-text citation (author, year, pages, serial number)
Reference list/ bibliography
Format includes style/procedure of
writing the bibliographic descriptors/details in ‘In-
text citation’ and ‘Reference list/bibliography’. It
includes punctuation, italics, abbreviations,
capitalization, order of descriptors, hanging
indentions, use of parenthesis, etc.
• Arrangement
Different styles of writing
bibliography
• APA (American Psychological Association) style
• MLA (Modern Language Association) style
• Harvard style
• Chicago style
• CSE (Council of Science Editors) style
PAU guidelines
In-text citations
• Surname (Year of publication)- beginning of a sentence.
• (Surname year of publication)- middle or end of a sentence.
• Examples
Sidhu (2011) or (Sidhu 2011)
Lawn and Jorden (1997) or (Lawn and Jorden 1997)
Mahajan et al (2009) or (Mahajan et al 2009)
Kumar (2003) and Dutta and Bera (2008) or (Kumar 2003
and Dutta and Bera 2008)
Kumar (2003), Jorden (2001) and Dutta and Bera (2008) or
(Kumar 2003, Jorden 2001 and Dutta and Bera 2008)
Bibliography/ References
Book
Anonymous (2011) Package of Practices for Rabi Crops.
Pp: 23-26. Punjab Agricultural University,
Ludhiana.
Bewley J D and Black M (1982) Plant Responses to
Abiotic Stresses. Preira L (tr). Pp. 274-79. Oxford
University Press Inc, New York.
FAO/WHO/UNU (2004) Human Energy Requirements.
Report of a Joint FAO/WHO/UNU Expert
Consultation, Rome.
Article in a journal
Bisla G, Archana and Bansal L (2009) Relationship
between different anthropometric indicators of
obesity and percent body fat. Ind J of Nutr Dietet
46: 447-53.
Bose K, Bisai S, Chakraborty F, Khatun A and Bauri H
(2008) Body composition of two tribal
populations of Keonjhar, Orissa, India: A
comparison. Int J Bio Anthropol 11 (supple 1).
Book chapter
Cheema P S, Kang K S and Verma J (1999) Age, gender
and muscular strength. In: Alexander N J, Chu
H and Peterson H (eds) Nutrition, Ageing and Ill
Health. Pp 143-55. John Wiley Inc, New York.
Cummins D S (2009) Sperm size, body mass and
reproduction in mammals. In: Thompson J (ed.)
The Sperm Cell. Pp 395-99. Elsevier, The Hague.
Abstracts
Bashir R, Norman R J, Bacon R K and Wells B R (1997)
Accumulation and redistribution of fertilizer
nitrogen-15 in soft red winter wheat. Soil Sci Soc
Amer J 61:1387-92 (Original not seen. Abstr in
Biological Abstracts, 104 :Entry No. 166249, 1997).
El Hassen S M, Newbold C J and Wallace R J (1993) The
effect of yeast culture on rumen fermentation.
Anim Prod 56:463 (Abstr).
Thesis and Technical Bulletins
Baring P (2003) Efficacy of neutraceuticals in ameliorating
the risk of coronary heart disease. Ph. D, dissertation.
Punjab Agricultural University, Ludhiana, India.
Chandla, H (2005) Nutrition profile of vegetarian and non-
vegetarian postmenopausal women. M. Sc. thesis,
Punjab Agricultural University, Ludhiana, India.
Murthy T V, Pakhale J D and Parmar B N (2009) Nutritive Value
of Indian Cattle Feeds and Feeding of Animals: Tech
Bull 24, 9th edn. Pp 1-345. Indian Council of Agricultural
Research, New Delhi.
Symposium/Conference proceeding
Borman P (2003) Use of CeRA in agricultural
universities. A case study of Punjab Agricultural
University. Proc 2nd Digital Libraries Symp. pp 23-
31. University of Kashmir, Srinagar.
Deshpande S R and Chaturvedi B K (2010) A preliminary
study on the proteins found in the epididymal
fluid of the goat. Proc of 5th Purdue Univ
Research Sessions. Vol 4, Part II, pp 123-34, Purdue
Univ, Purdue.
Online reference
Anonymous (2011) Health assessment guidelines of
University of California, California
http://www.uoc.edu.au/hr/healthsafety
Kumaran S and Verma A (2010) Pest control. UF/IFAS
EDIS Document ENY 2 http://www.uf.ifas.edis/hr
Patents
Henry J and Johnson P (2004) Nutrition scales.
U. K. Patent, 123454
Arrangement
• Alphabetical by surname of the author with
hanging indentions
• More than one reference by same author is to
be arranged alphabetically wrt second/
subsequent author(s)
• More than one reference by same author(s) is
to be arranged alphabetically wrt year of
publication
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• More than one reference by same author(s) and
year of publication , examples
– Sharma A and Bhatia D (2005a) Data mining. Lib
Herald 55: 11-13.
– Sharma A and Bhatia D (2005b) Libray 2.0. Lib
Trends 54: 101-13.
Assignment
• Prepare a bibliography of atleast three books,
book chapters, journal articles, abstracts,
conference proceedings, theses and online
source each (ie., total references atleast 21);
on the topic of your research as per PAU
guidelines. Also give call number as well as
accession number of each reference.
• Last date of submission 26th May, 2014.
Any queries