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Topic : What format when referencing I am writing an introductory level book about civil engineering and construction. I list the references at the very back. I show the title and name of author at - selfpublishingguru.com

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I am writing an introductory level book about civil engineering and construction. I list the references at the very back. I show the title and name of author at a minimum. Do i need something else? is it obligatory to use a special format? And no, I am not going to list specific page numbers from each, because from them I use information from many places and I lost track of what pages I looked at anyway. Actually the information I use is general and widely established engineering and construction information, which would be available in many other sources too, and whenever I use something specific I say it within the text anyway (i.e. per xxxxxx) so may be I do not even need to list references? I am an engineer myself so most of these things I already knew.

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The answer to your question will depend upon what you need your readers to be able to do with what you provide.
If the purpose is only to provide an indicator that further reading is available, then title/author would probably suffice. If you need to cite sources or want to provide them with specific targeted reading, then full bibliographic information (title, author, publisher/journal, date, (ISBN?), chapter/section/page) might all be necessary. Think about your audience: Will student be able to find the reference and extract from it what you have?
Another approach is exemplified in Classical Mechanics by Herbet Goldstein, specifically in its 2nd edition (Addison-Wesley 1980). Therein, at the end of each chapter, a list of suggested references is provided. Each is just a title/author, but then appended by brief commentary on what aspects of the reference are pertinent and, in some cases, the way in which the reader may benefit by expanding beyond what has been presented. (As a student, I remember finding that format of reference both informative and interesting.)

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