How to Write the Bibliography of a Financial Book
To write a financial book that is authoritative and credible, you need to include detailed information about all of your sources. This will add accountability to your book while crediting those who helped you in finding information. A clear and well-formatted bibliography in the back of your book will allow your readers to find out more about the claims and information you offer in your book.
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Instructions
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Decide which formatting style you want to follow. For financial books, it is generally best to format your bibliography in an APA style. This is usually used for academic papers in the social sciences, but it is good for financial resources as well.
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Arrange your bibliography alphabetically by the first word of each listing, regardless of whether is an Internet source, a print source or even a phone interview.
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Begin each listing with the author's last name, followed by a comma and the first name or initial. Follow with a period. If the author's name is not available, or if it was compiled by more than one person, include the editor or organization responsible for presenting the material. If none of these are an option, skip to the title of the source.
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The next part of the listing is the title of the book, periodical, journal, website or article. If it is a chapter or smaller section from within a larger piece, write the book name followed by a period, then the article title in quotation marks also followed by a period. The titles should be written in italics for APA style.
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Now add the publisher information. Include the location, followed by a semi-colon and then the name of the publisher. For example, New York: Penguin Press. Be sure to also include the date it was published. Your end result should look something like this: Brewer, Robert. 2009 Writer's Market. New York: Writers Digest Books, 2008. However, the words "Writer's Market" should be written in italics.
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Add the hyperlink if your source is a website. Include the date that the piece was written if available. If this information is not available, write the date you accessed the information. A website citation will look something like this: " Dictionary.com ." Dictionary.com . 29 June 2009 <http://www.dictionary.com>.
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