1. WRITING BIBLIOGRAPHY IN
DIFFERENT STYLES
BY
ARUN.M
KVM COLLEGE

2. WRITING BIBLIOGRAPHY IN DIFFERENT STYLES
APA (American Psychological Association)Style
Eg:Book
Morales, L. (1987). The history of Cuba. New
York: Franklin Watts.
Ellington, W., Jr., & Henrickson, E.B.
(1995). The elements of dance (3rd ed.). New
York: Macmillan.

3. • Book Chapter
Tizol, W.P. (1976). Brain function and
memory. In J.M.O. Corney & H.L. Center
(Eds.), An inside look at what we think we
know. (pp. 154-184). Springfield, IL: American
Psychiatric Press.

4. • Journal Article
Bauzá,R.H.
(1982).Manitobanematodes. Journal of Cool
Nematodes, 10, 252-264.
Gillespie, R.C., & Tupac, R.M. (1976). How
confident people dance. American Dancing,
225, 82-90.

5. • Magazine Article
Pozo, E. R. (2008, November 19). The way she
loved me. Personal Literature, 290, 1113-
1120.
• Newspaper Article
Amazing women. (1955, January 12). The
Journal News, pp. D11, D14.

6. • Electronic Journal Article (print version)
Rodriguez, G., Puente, S., & Mayfield , J.
(2001). Role of upbringing in family attitudes.
[Electronic version]. Journal of Family
Research, 5, 117-123.
• Website
Summers,M.
(2007) Coolscenes.RetrievedAugust27,2007,fr
omhttp://coolscenesilove.edu/

7. 7) Thesis or dissertation (unpublished):
Best, J. W. (1948). An analysis of certain
selected factors underlying the choice of
teaching as a profession. Unpublished
doctoral dissertation, University of Wisconsin,
Madison.

8. VANCOUVER STYLE
• Article: Single author
Author. Title. Title of journal. Date of publication;
volume(issue):page numbers
• Eg. Glucksman MS. Conducting business. Omni .
1991;13(7):6-10
Notes
• There should be no spaces between the date, volume
nr, issue number and page numbers.
• Do not use italics or underlining for the title.
• Only the first word of a journal or book title are
capitalised.

9. • Article: Multiple authors
Authors. Title. Title of journal. Date of publication;
volume(issue):page numbers
Eg. You CH, Lee KY, Chey YW, Menguy R. Electrogastrographic
study of patients with unexplained nausea, bloating and
vomiting. Gastroenterology .1980;79:311-4.
Notes
• When there are 6 or less authors, you must list all the
authors.
• If there is 7 or more authors you only list the first 6 authors
and add "et al" (et al means "and others").
• Do not use italics or underlining for the title.
• Only the first word of a journal or book title are capitalised.

10. • Article: Newspaper
Author if given. Title or article. Name of newspaper
Date of edition (Year, month, day);Section if applicable
(section abbreviated to Sect.):Page/s Column number
in round brackets (column abbreviated to col.).
• Eg. Lee G. Hospitalizations tied to ozone pollution:
study estimates 50,000 admissions annually. The
Washington Post .1996 Jun 21; Sect. A:3 (col. 5).
Notes
• The details may vary depending on the layout of the
newspaper e.g. section may not be relevant.

11. • Book: Single author
Author. Title. Place: Publisher. Date of
publication
• Eg. Neal MJ. Medical pharmacology at a glance.
Oxford: Blackwell Scientific; 1987.
Notes
• Do not use italics or underlining for the title.
• Only the first word of a journal or book title are
capitalised.

12. Book: Multiple authors
Authors. Title. Place: Publisher. Date of publication
• Eg. Rinsgiven MK, Bond D. Gerontology and
leadership skills for nurses. 2nd ed. Albany (NY):
Delmar Publishers; 1996.
Notes
• When there are 6 or less authors, you must list all
the authors.
• If there are 7 or more authors you only lits the first
6 authors and add "et al" (et al means "and
others").
• Do not use italics or underlining for the title.
• Only the first word of a journal or book title are
capitalized.

13. Book: Editor
Author, editors. Title. Place: Publisher. Date of
publication
Eg.Lambert NM, McCombs L, editors. How students
learn: reforming schools though learner-centered
education. Washington: American Psycological
Association; 1998.
Notes
• Do not use italics or underlining for the title.
• Only the first word of a journal or book title are
capitalised.

14. • Dissertation or Thesis
Author(s). Title [dissertation]. Place: Publisher.
Date of publication
• Eg.Pearce MW, Schumann EH. The effect of land
use on Gamtoos estuary water quality
[dissertation]. Pretoria: Water Research
Commission; 1997.

15. • Conference Proceedings
Author(s). Title. Place: Publisher. Date of
publication
Eg.Butler D, Maksimovic C, editors.
Developments in urban drainage modelling.
Proceedings of the 4th International
Conference of Developments in Urban
Drainage Modelling; 1998 Sept 21-24; London,
England. Oxford: Pergamon; 1999.

16. World Wide Web page
Author. Title. [online] Year [date the information was
accessed]. Available from: URL address.
Eg.Beckleheimer J. How do you cite URL's in a bibliography?
[online] 1994 [cited 2000 Dec 13]. Available from: URL:
http://www.nrlssc.navy.mil/meta/bibliography.html
Notes
• Web sites change all the time, therefore it is very
important to include the date that you have accessed the
information.

17. CAMPBELL STYLE
EXAMPLES
• Book:
Cronon, William. 1991. Nature's Metropolis:
Chicago and the Great West. New York: W. W.
Norton.
• Edited Book:
Fainstein, Susan S., and Scott Campbell, eds.
1996. Readings in Urban Theory. Cambridge,
MA and Oxford, UK: Blackwell.

18. • Chapter in an Edited Book:
Fishman, Robert. 1996. Bourgeois Utopias:
Visions of Utopia. In Readings in Urban
Theory, edited by S. S. Fainstein and S.
Campbell. Cambridge, MA and Oxford, UK:
Blackwell.
• Journal Article:
Harvey, David. 1992. Social Justice,
Postmodernism and the City. International
Journal of Urban and Regional Research 16
(4): 588-601.

19. Electronic Sources:
To cite electronic sources (from the Internet),
be sure to include the standard citation
information (author, date, title, organization,
etc.) AND the complete web address (url) AND
the date you accessed the web page. (It is
NOT enough to simply cite the url alone.)
Eg. Noam Cohen. 2007. "
A History Department Bans Citing Wikipedia as a R
" The New York Times online. Published:
February 21.