Bibliography
A bibliography is an orgainized list of references that covers the literature in a specific well-defined area. A bibliography should begin with a clear well-defined description of the topic covered, including the range of dates and the languages covered by the bibliography. The specfic sources consulted and the strategy (keywords, phrases, and the Boolean constructs built from them) used in developing the bibliography should also be noted. Each bibliographic citation should provide sufficient information for the reference to
be located and retrieved. Bibliographic citations should conform to a consistent and accepted bibliographic style, as described, for example, in the Chicago Manual of Style. A bibliography should employ a reasonable and consistent orgainizing strategy. The references listed within the bibliography should be consistent with the description of the bibliographies' coverage. A bibliography should strive to be complete within its definition, attempting to examine all potential sources of relevant information, and hence it must necessarily be narrowly defined, since the scope of the accessible literature is so great.
A partial example of a bibliography developed in this course , containing some, but not all, of the listed citations is provided for you. Also provided is the bibliographic evaluation sheet that we used to assist us in grading the
bibliography.
Assignment Notes:
Students enrolled in CHEM 530 are required to develop an annotated bibliography. In an annotated bibliography, each citation is accompanied by a one or two sentence description noting how the particular reference relates to the bibliographic topic.
References:
Chicago Manual of Style, University of Chicago Press, Chicago (1982).