Finish your research and look for format guidelines for different types of bibliographies (see Resources). The most common types are enumerative, annotated and analytical. Enumerative bibliographies are listings of books organized by a categorical system according to author, subject or date. These types of bibliographies are usually short and provide the barest form of information: author, published date and title. Annotated bibliographies are a list of citations of books, articles and documents that are followed by an annotation, or paragraph, which explains to the reader the citation's importance to a written work. Analytical bibliographies cite the study of books as physical objects and focus on their production details, manufacturing methods and history. This type of bibliography is broken into three categories: historical, textual and descriptive.
Compile a temporary list of the research material you're going to use for your paper. The list of references should be relevant to your topic.
Choose the format you're going to write your paper in. For example, if you're going to right a research paper using MLA style then use an annotated bibliography or enumerative bibliography.
Organize your references according to what system your bibliography format uses. An annotated bibliography will require that you list all of your references in alphabetical format according to the author's last name. If there isn't an author, then use the work's title. Consult the guidelines for examples like this.
Write your first citation and number it for easy reference. Then list the last name, first name, title, publisher, city, publication date, and pages if citing a book or magazine. The format will be a little different according to what type of reference material you are citing. Sometimes titles and publisher names are formatted differently according to their format. They are sometimes italicized or placed in quotes. If the citation is for an annotated bibliography, write a paragraph under the citation discussing the purpose of this research, how it will be used to support your thesis and its relevance to the topic.
Continue writing your bibliography until you've included all of your research material. Your citations should include the correct pages, publications, books, and websites they appear in. Check for spelling or other errors. Compare your bibliography to the examples used in the style guides or websites to make sure they're formatted correctly