It is important to give the sources of the information you have used in your research. If you don’t do this you could be guilty of plagiarism – that is, of stealing someone else’s ideas or work!

You should write down the details of resources as you use them. You can encounter problems if you leave this till the end of your task – for example, the book you used might be out on loan, or it may be time-consuming to find the web sites again or they may have changed.

A bibliography is a list of all the sources you have consulted for a piece of work. You need to include details about the author, title, publisher and date of the source. Your sources are arranged in alphabetical order of their author’s surname, or if there is no author, their title. The bibliography is included at the end of your work.