Bibliographies
provide references to the contents of books and journals. References will
pre-date the publication date of the bibliography.
From
titles of bibliographies listed in the Resource Guide, you can see that
often a bibliography deals with a genre, period, topic or author.
Sometimes
they deal with an individual literary work [e.g. Macbeth].
You
may need to use more than one type from the list to find the material that
you need for your topic.
Check
how the bibliography is arranged.
Use
the Table of Contents and the Subject Index at the back to find references
to particular themes, topics, or people.
The
more specific the bibliography, the more in-depth its coverage is likely
to be. For instance, a bibliography that deals with an individual literary
work may have a section that cites references to film adaptations or reviews
of stage productions.
The
Table of Contents and indexing should correspond with the scope of the
bibliography.
Annotated
entries summarise the contents of the article or chapter so that you can
evaluate its usefulness.
To
find the items you have selected from a bibliography, enter the title of
the journal or book into Voyager to see if the Library has it.
You
can check the elements of a reference to determine whether it is a book,
chapter in a book, or journal article from the guide
on the Study and Research Help page of the Library web page. |