Bibliographies and reference lists are ways an author deals with identifying important elements of a work do not fit strictly within the flow of the text.

A bibliography is a list of sources compiled on a specific topic. It may include sources in addition to those actually cited, or sources that have not been read, but which are relevant.

A reference list identifies material in a text which is not necessarily the author's. It should include only those works that have actually been cited in the text. Students will most commonly be asked for a reference list, which should be headed REFERENCES and centred on the page. Entries should be arranged in alphabetical order.

The following is a guide to setting out references.

Book

One author
Adam-Smith, Patsy 1978, the ANZACS, Thomas Nelson, Melbourne.

Two authors
Mellor, B. & Patterson, A. 1996, Investigating Texts, Chalkface Press, Cottisloe, W.A.

More than two authors
Burton, N. D., McElroy, W. W., Macey, R., & Abrancoff, P. L. 1968 Foundations of Good Writing, Edgewood Cliffs, New Jersey.

Editor other than the first
Leon, D. J. & Meugarten, B. L. 1987, Society and Education, 3rd edn, Macmillan, Boston.

No author or editor
Dictionary of Technical Terms 1971, Hudson-Reid, Sydney.

Editor as author
Wilson, P. R. (ed.) 1993, Australian Social Issues of the 70s, Butterworths, Sydney.

Corporate or government authorship
Department of Education, Queensland 1972, Health and Education for Primary Schools: Curriculum Guide, Government Press, Brisbane.

Articles
Journal Artical
Durand, J. 1983, Rhetoric and the advertising image. Australian Journal of Cultural Studies, 1, 29-45.

Newspaper Article
Adams, Phillip 1987, Black and white and red no more. Weekend Australia Magazine, 7-8, Feb. p.2.

In-text citation
The theory was first propounded in 1970 by Larsen (Larsen, 1971:245)
Larsen (1971) was the first to propound the theory.

Electronic sources

The purpose of in-text citations is to refer readers to the reference list, so make sure that you include the author's name or the title of the source (when there is no author named) and the date, either within your sentence or at the end of the sentence that contains information or quotation from the source. 

Internet files do not have a page number unless they are duplicating a print source. Email correspondence and postings to news groups are treated as personal communications, so are cited in the text but not included in the reference list.

Within text
For Email
Aden Walter provided a fascinating insight into the world of cyberspace in his opening statement to the Analytica list (E-mail communication, March 17, 1987).

For Internet Files
In Surfing the INTERNET: An Introduction, Polly provides an entertaining guide to the Net (1997).

Or in references
Entries for Internet sources need to include the following information if available - author, date of publication or last revision (if unknown, provide date of access), title, the type of electronic medium (on-line, or on-line serial) and specific information for retrieving the material.

Polly, J. A. 1997, Surfing the INTERNET: An introduction (on-line).
http://nysernet.ord/pub/resources/guide

Other non-print sources

CD Rom
Burks, Lauren, P. 1994 The way things work. (CD ROM) 1995, Dorling Kindersley, London.
Or
Body Systems. (CD ROM) 1995, University of W.A., Perth.

Video
150 years of photography: An American image. (video recording). (1988). Eastman Kodak: New York.

Television productions
The highwayman: Bill Gates and the superhighway. (video recording). (6 March 1995). ABC Television.