Bibliography according to ISO 690 and ISO 690-2 standards
Examples are adapted from ISO 690 and ISO 690-2 standards.
Elements marked with * are optional,
+ marks mandatory elements for online documents
and optional for others.
Non-serial bibliographic item, i.e. an item either complete in one part or complete
(or intended to be completed) in a finite number of separate parts.
Element | Example | Primary responsibility | LOMINADZE, DG. | Title | Cyclotron waves in plasma | *Subordinate responsibility | Translated by AN. Dellis; edited by SM. Hamberger | Edition | 1st ed. | *Place of publication | Oxford | *Publisher | Pergamon Press | Year of publication | 1981 | *Extent | 206 p. | *Series | International series in natural philosophy | *Notes | Translation of: Ciklotronnye volny v plasme | Standard number | ISBN 0-08-021680-3 |
Example 1. DocBook source code
<biblioentry role="monograph">
<author>
<surname>Lominadze</surname>
<firstname>DG.</firstname>
</author>
<title>Cyclotron waves in plasma</title>
<bibliomisc role="secondary">Translated by AN. Dellis</bibliomisc>
<bibliomisc role="secondary">edited by SM. Hamberger</bibliomisc>
<edition>1st ed.</edition>
<publisher>
<publishername>Pergamon Press</publishername>
<address><city>Oxford</city></address>
</publisher>
<pubdate>1981</pubdate>
<pagenums>206 p.</pagenums>
<bibliomisc role="serie">International series in natural philosophy</bibliomisc>
<bibliomisc>Translation of: Ciklotronnye volny v plasme</bibliomisc>
<biblioid class="isbn">0-08-021680-3</biblioid>
</biblioentry>
Example 2. Output according to ISO 690 standard
LOMINADZE, DG. Cyclotron waves in plasma.
Translated by AN. Dellis; edited by SM. Hamberger.
1st ed.
Oxford: Pergamon Press, 1981.
206 p.
International series in natural philosophy.
Translation of: Ciklotronnye volny v plasme.
ISBN 0-08-021680-3.
Publication, in any medium, issued in successive parts,
usually having numeric or chronological designations,
and intended to be continued indefinitely.
Element | Example | Title | Communications equipment manufacturers | Responsibility | Manufacturing and Primary Industries Division, Statistics Canada | Edition | Preliminary edition | Issue designation (date and/or n°) | 1970- | *Place of publication | Ottawa | *Publisher | Statistics Canada | Year of publication | 1971- | *Series | Annual census of manufacturers | *Notes | Text in English and French | Standard number | ISSN 0700-0758 |
Example 3. DocBook source code
<biblioentry role="serial">
<title>Communications equipment manufacturers</title>
<bibliomisc role="secondary">Manufacturing and Primary Industries Division, Statistics Canada</bibliomisc>
<edition>Preliminary edition</edition>
<pubdate role="issuing">1970-</pubdate>
<publisher>
<publishername>Statistics Canada</publishername>
<address><city>Ottawa</city></address>
</publisher>
<pubdate>1971-</pubdate>
<bibliomisc role="serie">Annual census of manufacturers</bibliomisc>
<bibliomisc>Text in English and French</bibliomisc>
<biblioid class="issn">0700-0758</biblioid>
</biblioentry>
Example 4. Output according to ISO 690 standard
Communications equipment manufacturers.
Manufacturing and Primary Industries Division, Statistics Canada.
Preliminary edition.
1970- .
Ottawa: Statistics Canada, 1971- .
Annual census of manufacturers.
Text in English and French.
ISSN 0700-0758.
Element | Example | Primary responsibility | PARKER, TJ. and HASWELL, WD. | Title of host document | A text-book of zoology | Edition | 5th ed. | Numeration of the part | vol. 1 | *Subordinate responsibility | revised by WD. Lang | *Place of publication | London | *Publisher | Macmillan | Year of publication | 1930 | Location within host | Section 12, Phylum Mollusca, p. 663-782 |
Example 5. DocBook source code
<biblioentry role="part">
<authorgroup>
<author>
<surname>Parker</surname>
<firstname>TJ.</firstname>
</author>
<author>
<surname>Haswell</surname>
<firstname>WD.</firstname>
</author>
</authorgroup>
<title>A text-book of zoology</title>
<edition>5th ed.</edition>
<volumenum>vol. 1</volumenum>
<bibliomisc role="secondary">revised by WD. Lang</bibliomisc>
<publisher>
<publishername>Macmillan</publishername>
<address><city>London</city></address>
</publisher>
<pubdate>1930</pubdate>
<bibliomisc role="secnum">Section 12</bibliomisc>
<bibliomisc role="sectitle">Phylum Mollusca</bibliomisc>
<pagenums>p. 663-782</pagenums>
</biblioentry>
Example 6. Output according to ISO 690 standard
PARKER, TJ. and HASWELL, WD.
A text-book of zoology.
5th ed.,
vol. 1.
revised by WD. Lang.
London: Macmillan, 1930.
Section 12, Phylum Mollusca, p. 663-782.
5. Contributions to monographs
Contribution is independent unit forming part of a document.
Element | Example | for contribution: | | Primary responsibility | WRIGLEY, EA. | Title | Parish registers and the historian | | | for host: | | Primary responsibility | STEEL, DJ. | Title | National index of parish registers | Edition | | *Place of publication | London | *Publisher | Society of Genealogists | Year of publication | 1968 | Location within host | vol. 1, p. 155-167 |
Example 7. DocBook source code
<biblioentry role="contribution">
<biblioset relation="part">
<author>
<surname>Wrigley</surname>
<firstname>EA.</firstname>
</author>
<title>Parish registers and the historian</title>
</biblioset>
<biblioset relation="book">
<author>
<surname>Steel</surname>
<firstname>DJ.</firstname>
</author>
<title>National index of parish registers</title>
<publisher>
<publishername>Society of Genealogists</publishername>
<address><city>London</city></address>
</publisher>
<pubdate>1968</pubdate>
<volumenum>vol. 1</volumenum>
<pagenums>p. 155-167</pagenums>
</biblioset>
</biblioentry>
Example 8. Output according to ISO 690 standard
WRIGLEY, EA.
Parish registers and the historian.
In
STEEL, DJ.
National index of parish registers.
London: Society of Genealogists, 1968,
vol. 1, p. 155-167.
6. Articles, etc., in serialsElement | Example | Primary responsibility | WEAVER, William | Title | The collectors: command performances | *Subordinate responsibility | Photography by Robert Emmett Bright | Title of host document | Architectural Digest | Edition | | Location within host: | | Year, Issue designation, Pagination of the part | December 1985, vol. 42, no. 12, p. 126-133 |
Example 9. DocBook source code
<biblioentry role="article">
<biblioset relation="article">
<author>
<surname>Weaver</surname>
<firstname>William</firstname>
</author>
<title>The collectors</title>
<subtitle>command performances</subtitle>
<bibliomisc role="secondary">Photography by Robert Emmett Bright</bibliomisc>
</biblioset>
<biblioset relation="journal">
<title>Architectural Digest</title>
<pubdate>December 1985</pubdate>
<volumenum>vol. 42</volumenum>
<issuenum>no. 12</issuenum>
<pagenums>p. 126-133</pagenums>
</biblioset>
</biblioentry>
Example 10. Output according to ISO 690 standard
WEAVER, William.
The collectors: command performances.
Photography by Robert Emmett Bright.
Architectural Digest.
December 1985, vol. 42, no. 12, p. 126-133.
Element | Example | *Primary responsibility (applicant) | Carl Zeiss Jena, VEB | *Title of the invention | Anordnung zur lichtelektrischen Erfassung der Mitte eines Lichtfeldes | *Subordinate responsibility | Erfinder: W. FEIST, C. WAHNERT, E. FEISTAUER | *Notes | Int. Cl.3: G02 B 27/14 | Identification: | | Country or issuing office | Schweiz | Kind of patent document | Patentschrift | Number | 608 626 | Date of publication of cited document | 1979-01-15 |
Example 11. DocBook source code
<biblioentry role="patent">
<corpauthor>Carl Zeiss Jena, VEB</corpauthor>
<title>Anordnung zur lichtelektrischen Erfassung der Mitte eines Lichtfeldes</title>
<bibliomisc role="secondary">Erfinder: W. FEIST, C. WAHNERT, E. FEISTAUER</bibliomisc>
<bibliomisc>Int. Cl.<superscript>3</superscript>: G02 B 27/14</bibliomisc>
<address>
<country>Schweiz</country>
</address>
<bibliomisc role="patenttype">Patentschrift</bibliomisc>
<biblioid class="other" otherclass="patentnum">608 626</biblioid>
<pubdate>1979-01-15</pubdate>
</biblioentry>
Example 12. Output according to ISO 690 standard
CARL ZEISS JENA, VEB.
Anordnung zur lichtelektrischen Erfassung der Mitte eines Lichtfeldes.
Erfinder: W. FEIST, C. WAHNERT, E. FEISTAUER.
Int. Cl.3: G02 B 27/14.
Schweiz
Patentschrift,
608 626.
1979-01-15.
8. Monographs, databases and computer programsElement | Example | Primary responsibility | CARROLL, Lewis | Title | Alice's Adventures in Wonderland | Type of medium | [online] | *Subordinate responsibility | | Edition | Textinfo ed. 2.1 | Place of publication | [Dortmund, Germany] | Publisher | Windspiel | Date of publication | November 1994 | Date of update/revision | | +Date of citation | [cited 10 February 1995] | *Series | | *Notes | | +Availability and access | Available from World Wide Web: <http://germany.eu.net/books/carroll/alice/html> | | Also available in PostScript and ASCII versions from Internet: <ftp://ftp.Germany.EU.net/pub/books/carroll/> | Standard number | |
Example 13. DocBook source code
<biblioentry role="monograph">
<author>
<surname>Carroll</surname>
<firstname>Lewis</firstname>
</author>
<title>Alice's Adventures in Wonderland</title>
<bibliomisc role="medium">online</bibliomisc>
<edition>Textinfo ed. 2.1</edition>
<publisher>
<publishername>Windspiel</publishername>
<address><city>[Dortmund, Germany]</city></address>
</publisher>
<pubdate>November 1994</pubdate>
<date role="cit">10 February 1995</date>
<biblioid class="uri"><ulink url=""/></biblioid>
<biblioid class="uri">in PostScript and ASCII versions from Internet<ulink url=""/></biblioid>
</biblioentry>
Example 14. Output according to ISO 690-2 standard
CARROLL, Lewis.
Alice's Adventures in Wonderland [online].
Textinfo ed. 2.1.
[Dortmund, Germany]: Windspiel, November 1994 [cited 10 February 1995].
Available from World Wide Web: <http://germany.eu.net/books/carroll/alice/html>.
Also available in PostScript and ASCII versions from Internet: <ftp://ftp.Germany.EU.net/pub/books/carroll/>.
8.2. Parts of monographs, databases and computer programsElement | Example | Primary responsibility of host document | CARROLL, Lewis | Title of host document | Alice's Adventures in Wonderland | Type of medium | [online] | *Subordinate responsibility of host document | | Edition | Textinfo ed. 2.2 | Place of publication | [Dortmund, Germany] | Publisher | Windspiel | Date of publication | November 1994 | Date of update/revision | | +Date of citation | [cited 30 March 1995] | Chapter or equivalent designation (of part) | Chapter VII | Title (of part) | Mad Tea-Party | *Numeration within host document | | Location within host document | | *Notes | | +Availability and access | Available from World Wide Web: <http://germany.eu.net/books/carroll/alice_10.html#SEC13> | Standard number | |
Example 15. DocBook source code
<biblioentry role="part">
<author>
<surname>Carroll</surname>
<firstname>Lewis</firstname>
</author>
<title>Alice's Adventures in Wonderland</title>
<bibliomisc role="medium">online</bibliomisc>
<edition>Textinfo ed. 2.2</edition>
<publisher>
<publishername>Windspiel</publishername>
<address><city>[Dortmund, Germany]</city></address>
</publisher>
<pubdate>November 1994</pubdate>
<date role="cit">30 March 1995</date>
<bibliomisc role="secnum">Chapter VII</bibliomisc>
<bibliomisc role="sectitle">Mad Tea-Party</bibliomisc>
<biblioid class="uri"><ulink url=""/></biblioid>
</biblioentry>
Example 16. Output according to ISO 690-2 standard
CARROLL, Lewis.
Alice's Adventures in Wonderland [online].
Textinfo ed. 2.2.
[Dortmund, Germany]: Windspiel, November 1994 [cited 30 March 1995].
Chapter VII, Mad Tea-Party.
Available from World Wide Web: <http://germany.eu.net/books/carroll/alice_10.html#SEC13>.
8.3. Contributions to monographs, databases and computer programsElement | Example | Primary responsibility (of contribution) | MCCONNELL, W. H. | Title (of contribution) | Constitutional History | Primary responsibility of host document | | Title of host document | The Canadian Encyclopedia | Type of medium | [CD-ROM] | *Subordinate responsibility of host document | | Edition | Macintosh version 1.1 | Place of publication | Toronto | Publisher | McClelland & Stewart | Date of publication | c1993 | Date of update/revision | | +Date of citation | | *Numeration within host document | | Location within host document | | *Notes | | +Availability and access | | Standard number | ISBN 0-7710-1932-7 |
Example 17. DocBook source code
<biblioentry role="contribution">
<biblioset relation="part">
<author>
<surname>McConnell</surname>
<firstname>W. H.</firstname>
</author>
<title>Constitutional History</title>
</biblioset>
<biblioset relation="book">
<title>The Canadian Encyclopedia</title>
<bibliomisc role="medium">CD-ROM</bibliomisc>
<edition>Macintosh version 1.1</edition>
<publisher>
<publishername>McClelland & Stewart</publishername>
<address><city>Toronto</city></address>
</publisher>
<pubdate>c1993</pubdate>
<biblioid class="isbn">0-7710-1932-7</biblioid>
</biblioset>
</biblioentry>
Example 18. Output according to ISO 690-2 standard
MCCONNELL, W. H.
Constitutional History.
In
The Canadian Encyclopedia [CD-ROM].
Macintosh version 1.1.
Toronto: McClelland & Stewart, c1993.
ISBN 0-7710-1932-7.
Element | Example | Title | Journal of Technology Education | Type of medium | [online] | Edition | | Place of publication | Blacksburg (Va.) | Publisher | Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University | Date of publication | 1989- | +Date of citation | [cited 15 March 1995] | *Series | | *Notes | Semi-annual | +Availability and access | Available from Internet: <gopher://borg.lib.vt.edu:edu:70/1/jte> | Standard number | ISSN 1045-1064 |
Example 19. DocBook source code
<biblioentry role="serial">
<title>Journal of Technology Education</title>
<bibliomisc role="medium">online</bibliomisc>
<publisher>
<publishername>Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University</publishername>
<address><city>Blacksburg (Va.)</city></address>
</publisher>
<pubdate>1989-</pubdate>
<date role="cit">15 March 1995</date>
<bibliomisc>Semi-annual</bibliomisc>
<biblioid class="uri"><ulink url=""/></biblioid>
<biblioid class="issn">1045-1064</biblioid>
</biblioentry>
Example 20. Output according to ISO 690-2 standard
Journal of Technology Education [online].
Blacksburg (Va.): Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University, 1989- [cited 15 March 1995].
Semi-annual.
Available from Internet: <gopher://borg.lib.vt.edu:edu:70/1/jte>.
ISSN 1045-1064.
9.2. Articles and other contributionsElement | Example | Primary responsibility of contribution | PRICE-WILKIN, John | Title of contribution | Using the World-Wide Web to Deliver Complex Electronic Documents: Implications for Libraries | Title Serials | The Public-Access Computer Systems Review | Type of medium | [online] | Edition | | Number designation | 1994, vol. 5, no. 3 | Date of update/revision | | +Date of citation | [cited 1994-07-28] | Location within host document | pp. 5-21 | *Notes | | +Availability and access | Available from Internet: <gopher://info.lib.uh.edu:70/00/articles/e-journals/uhlibrary/pacsreview/v5/n3/pricewil.5n3> | Standard number | ISSN 1048-6542 |
Example 21. DocBook source code
<biblioentry role="article">
<biblioset relation="article">
<author>
<surname>Price-Wilkin</surname>
<firstname>John</firstname>
</author>
<title>Using the World-Wide Web to Deliver Complex Electronic Documents</title>
<subtitle>Implications for Libraries</subtitle>
</biblioset>
<biblioset relation="journal">
<title>The Public-Access Computer Systems Review</title>
<bibliomisc role="medium">online</bibliomisc>
<pubdate>1994</pubdate>
<date role="cit">1994-07-28</date>
<volumenum>vol. 5</volumenum>
<issuenum>no. 3</issuenum>
<pagenums>pp. 5-21</pagenums>
<biblioid class="uri"><ulink url=""/></biblioid>
<biblioid class="issn">1048-6542</biblioid>
</biblioset>
</biblioentry>
Example 22. Output according to ISO 690-2 standard
PRICE-WILKIN, John.
Using the World-Wide Web to Deliver Complex Electronic Documents: Implications for Libraries.
The Public-Access Computer Systems Review [online].
1994, vol. 5, no. 3 [cited 1994-07-28], pp. 5-21.
Available from Internet: <gopher://info.lib.uh.edu:70/00/articles/e-journals/uhlibrary/pacsreview/v5/n3/pricewil.5n3>.
ISSN 1048-6542.
10. Electronic bulletin boards, discussion lists and electronic messages10.1. Entire message systemElement | Example | Title | PACS-L (Public Access Computer Systems Forum) | Type of medium | [online] | Place of publication | Houston (Tex.) | Publisher | University of Houston Libraries | Date of publication | June 1989- | Date of citation | [cited 17 May 1995] | *Notes | | Availability and access | Available from Internet: <listserv@unhupvm1.uh.edu> |
Example 23. DocBook source code
<biblioentry role="messagesystem">
<title>PACS-L (Public Access Computer Systems Forum)</title>
<bibliomisc role="medium">online</bibliomisc>
<publisher>
<publishername>University of Houston Libraries</publishername>
<address><city>Houston (Tex.)</city></address>
</publisher>
<pubdate>June 1989-</pubdate>
<date role="cit">17 May 1995</date>
<biblioid class="uri"><ulink url=""/></biblioid>
</biblioentry>
Example 24. Output according to ISO 690-2 standard
PACS-L (Public Access Computer Systems Forum) [online].
Houston (Tex.): University of Houston Libraries, June 1989- [cited 17 May 1995].
Available from Internet: <listserv@unhupvm1.uh.edu>.
10.2. Electronic messagesElement | Example | Primary responsibility of message | PARKER, Elliot | Title of message | Re: Citing Electronic Journals | Title of host message system | PACS-L (Public Access Computer Systems Forum) | Type of medium | [online] | *Subordinate responsibility/applicant(s) | | Place of publication | Houston (Tex.) | Publisher | University of Houston Libraries | Date of publication | 24 November 1989; 13:29:35 CST | Date of citation | [cited 1 January 1995; 16:15 EST] | *Numeration within host message system | | Location within host message system | | Availability and access | Available from Internet: <telnet://brsuser@a.cni.org> | *Notes | |
Example 25. DocBook source code
<biblioentry role="message">
<biblioset relation="part">
<author>
<surname>Parker</surname>
<firstname>Elliot</firstname>
</author>
<title>Re: Citing Electronic Journals</title>
</biblioset>
<biblioset relation="book">
<title>PACS-L (Public Access Computer Systems Forum)</title>
<bibliomisc role="medium">online</bibliomisc>
<publisher>
<publishername>University of Houston Libraries</publishername>
<address><city>Houston (Tex.)</city></address>
</publisher>
<pubdate>24 November 1989; 13:29:35 CST</pubdate>
<date role="cit">1 January 1995; 16:15 EST</date>
<biblioid class="uri"><ulink url=""/></biblioid>
</biblioset>
</biblioentry>
Example 26. Output according to ISO 690-2 standard
PARKER, Elliot.
Re: Citing Electronic Journals.
In
PACS-L (Public Access Computer Systems Forum) [online].
Houston (Tex.): University of Houston Libraries, 24 November 1989; 13:29:35 CST
[cited 1 January 1995; 16:15 EST].
Available from Internet: <telnet://brsuser@a.cni.org>.
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