Definitions

from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.

  • noun A list of the works of a specific author or publisher.
  • noun A list of writings relating to a given subject.
  • noun A list of writings used or considered by an author in preparing a particular work.
  • noun The description and identification of the editions, dates of issue, authorship, and typography of books or other written material.
  • noun A compilation of such information.

from The Century Dictionary.

  • noun The writing of books.
  • noun The science which treats of books, their materials, authors, typography, editions, dates, subjects, classification, history, etc.
  • noun A classified list of authorities or books on any theme: as, the bibliography of political economy.

from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.

  • noun a history or description of books and manuscripts, with notices of the different editions, the times when they were printed, etc.
  • noun a list of books or other printed works having some common theme, such as topic, period, author, or publisher.
  • noun a list of the published (and sometimes unpublished) sources of information referred to in a scholarly discourse or other text, or used as reference materials for its preparation.
  • noun the branch of library science dealing with the history and classification of books and other published materials.

from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.

  • noun A section of a written work containing citations, not quotations, to all the books referenced in the work.
  • noun A list of books or documents relevant to a particular subject or author.
  • noun The study of the history of books in terms of their classification, printing and publication.

from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.

  • noun a list of writings with time and place of publication (such as the writings of a single author or the works referred to in preparing a document etc.)

Etymologies

from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License

From Ancient Greek βιβλιογραφία (bibliographia, "the act or habit of writing books"), from βιβλιογράφος (bibliographos, "a writer of books"), from βιβλίον (biblion, "small book") + γράφω (graphō, "I write").

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  • = 1994} Your document should reference the source as follows: \\cite [p. 24] {latex} To make the bibliography appear in your document include these commands at the end where you want the bibliography to go: \\bibliography {filename} \\bibliographystyle {plain}

    Recently Uploaded Slideshows 2009

  • Also traced in this bibliography is the evolution of the specific idea of affirmative action to the more nebulous concept of diversity in libraries.

    The Kaleidoscopic Concern from ACRL 2009

  • Sample excerpts from my other books and links to free short stories are here, and my bibliography is here and links to buy everything are here.

    June 10th, 2008 2008

  • This bibliography is an essential resource for those interested in bawdy songlore in English, French, German and a few other languages thrown in.

    Another Day in the Ketchup Mine 2005

  • Well, if what you call bibliography has produced such eminent men, and so many useful works, as those which have been just enumerated, I shall begin to have some little respect for this department of literature; and, indeed, I already feel impatient to go through the list of your bibliographical heroes.

    Bibliomania; or Book-Madness A Bibliographical Romance Thomas Frognall Dibdin 1811

  • "My goal is to publish a title bibliography, and that becomes a record of the book for future generations," Ewald said.

    Auburn Journal - Top Stories Auburn Journal 2010

  • In utter laziness, I decided to cheat and just send people to wikipedia for my bio, but the bibliography is now up to date, if you're intent on tracking down all my sundry scribblings.

    Archive 2010-02-01 Hal Duncan 2010

  • In utter laziness, I decided to cheat and just send people to wikipedia for my bio, but the bibliography is now up to date, if you're intent on tracking down all my sundry scribblings.

    Thoughts on Direct Distribution Experiments Hal Duncan 2010

  • His entire bibliography is too long to mention, but some well-known titles include the Majipoor series, A Time of Changes, Nightwings, The Book of Skulls, Son of Man, Downward to the Earth, and Dying Inside.

    January 2009 2009

  • Plus, a narrative bibliography is included to provide a discussion of the professional literature and topics covered in the book.

    The Literacy Coach’s Survival Guide: Essential Questions And Practical Answers « Books « Literacy News 2009

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