bibliography

noun — 3 senses

bibliography

noun

/bɪbliˈɒɡɹəfi/

Etymology From Ancient Greek βιβλιογραφία (bibliographía, “the act or habit of writing books”), from βιβλιογράφος (bibliográphos, “a writer of books”), from βιβλίον (biblíon, “small book”) + γράφω (gráphō, “I write”).

1

A section of a written work containing citations, not quotations, to all the books referred to in the work.

  • The supplementary bibliography (in Vol. VI) attests to the comprehensiveness of the effort.1992, Rudolf M[athias] Schuster, The Hepaticae and Anthocerotae of North America: East of the Hundredth Meridian, volume V, Chicago, Ill.: Field Museum of Natural History, →ISBN, page viii:
2

A list of books or documents relevant to a particular subject or author.

3

The study of the history of books in terms of their classification, printing and publication.

Derived terms
annotated bibliography, autobibliography, bibliographer, bibliographic, bibliographick, bio-bibliography, biobibliography, cartobibliography, hyperbibliography, webliography
Related terms
bibliology, reference list

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