How to Automatically Create a Bibliography in Word, Know the Rules and Format

Kapanlagi.com - The bibliography is an important part of writing a scientific work. This is because the bibliography contains a series of references used by the author in compiling the scientific work. Therefore, it is important to know how to make a correct bibliography, so as not to make mistakes.

The bibliography is often one of the indicators for assessing the validity of a scientific work. Therefore, writing a bibliography should not be done haphazardly. There are rules or standard standards regarding the writing of bibliographies. So, before making it, it is important to understand the standard writing rules.

Just like making a table of contents, it turns out there are several ways to make a bibliography using Ms Word. You can make it manually or automatically, making it relatively more practical.

To find out the steps, just follow how to make an easy bibliography, summarized from brilio.net and liputan6.com.

1. General Format for Writing a Bibliography

A bibliography is a part of a scholarly work that consists of a list of references, including books, journals, articles, and so on. Through the bibliography, readers can find other references related to the material they want to know. In a scholarly work, the bibliography can be found at the back of the book.

As mentioned earlier, writing a bibliography cannot be done haphazardly. There are formats or rules that must be followed in compiling a bibliography.

These rules and formats include the identification of the source or reference that must be included, such as the author's name, year of publication, title, place of publication, and publisher's name. This format is the most common identification for reference sources such as books. For other sources, the format and rules are usually adjusted.

2. How to Make a Bibliography from a Book

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The source identity for books, as mentioned earlier, includes the author's name, year of publication, title, city of publication, and publisher's name. In more detail, the writing of a bibliography for a book is as follows.

1) The author's name is written in reverse order (last name followed by first name) separated by a comma (,). In addition, academic and religious titles do not need to be included.

2) The year of publication is written in numbers.

3) The title is written in italics.

4) The city of publication is written based on the location of the book's publisher.

5) The publisher's name is written in full as it should be.

For the format of writing a bibliography from a book, it is as follows.

Author's name (reversed). year. Title. City of publication: publisher.

For example:

Mulyana, Deddy. 2000. Ilmu Komunikasi Suatu Pengantar (italic). Bandung: PT Remaja Rosdakarya.

3. How to Make a Bibliography from a Thesis or Dissertation

In the preparation of scientific papers, it is common to use other scientific works such as theses or dissertations as references. The way to write a bibliography with a source from a thesis or dissertation is not much different from writing a bibliography for a book. The only difference is the name of the university or college. In the bibliography, the name of the university or college replaces the position of the publisher.

For example:

Sugiya, Aritasisus. 2012. Media Convergence Transformation Strategy. Jakarta: University of Indonesia

4. How to Make a Bibliography from a Journal

Meanwhile, the way to make a bibliography from a journal or scientific work is actually not much different from making a bibliography from a book. However, you need to include the journal volume and the quoted pages. If the journal is accessed online, it is also important to include the complete URL and access time. In addition, the title of the journal article is also written in quotation marks ("....").

Format for writing a bibliography from a journal:

Author's name. year. "Title", volume. pages accessed from (url) on date year, time.

For example:

Khadziq. 2016. "Media Convergence of Local Newspapers (Descriptive Study of Internet Utilization in Tribun Jogja Newspaper in Developing the Local Print Media Industry)", vol. 10, no. 1, pp. 124-130 accessed from http://ejournal.uin-suka.ac.id/isoshum/profetik/article/view/091-01 on December 19, 2019 at 12:30

5. How to Create a Bibliography from the Internet

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Currently, the internet is a frequently used medium for searching and gathering materials. Therefore, it is important to know how to create a bibliography with references from the internet. Basically, a bibliography with internet sources is written by including the URL and access time.

However, in the realm of scientific writing, there are several standards applied to create a bibliography from the internet. Here are some standards for writing a bibliography from the internet, as reported by liputan6.com.

1) APA Standard Bibliography (American Psychological Association)

The format for writing a bibliography according to APA is:

Website or site name, article publication date, article title, access time, and complete website address (URL).

2) MLA Standard Bibliography (Modern Language Association)

The format for writing a bibliography according to MLA is:

Article title, website name, article publication date, access time, and complete website address (URL).

3) CSE Standard Bibliography (Council of Science Editors)

The format for writing a bibliography according to CSE is:

Website, article title [internet], website description, article creation date [access time], complete URL.

4) MHRA Standard Bibliography (Modern Humanities Research Association)

The format for writing a bibliography according to MHRA is:

Website name, "article title", website description, article publication date, [access time].

6. How to Create an Automatic Bibliography

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As mentioned earlier, creating a bibliography can be done manually or automatically. For manual creation, you can directly type following the format and rules. Meanwhile, if you want to try creating an automatic bibliography in your Word document, you can follow these steps.

1) Open the Ms Word document that will be given a bibliography.

2) Click on the "References" menu on the menu bar.

3) Select the Citations and Bibliography section, choose "Insert Citation", then click "Add New Source". Make sure to select "APA" in the "Style" section beforehand.

4) After that, a bibliography display will appear. Continue filling in the available columns, then click OK.

5) In the "Type Of Source" section, there are several options that can be chosen, such as Book, Book Section, Journal Article, Article in a Periodical, Conference Proceeding, and Report. You can adjust it according to the source or reference used.

Those are some reviews on how to create a bibliography. Hopefully, it is useful and good luck!

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