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English
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”).
Pronunciation
Noun
bibliography (plural bibliographies)
- A section of a written work containing citations, not quotations, to all the books referred to in the work.
1992, Rudolf M 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:The supplementary bibliography (in Vol. VI) attests to the comprehensiveness of the effort.
- A list of books or documents relevant to a particular subject or author.
- The study of the history of books in terms of their classification, printing and publication.
Derived terms
Translations
section of a written work
list of books or documents
study of the history of books
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Further reading
- “bibliography”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.
- “bibliography”, in The Century Dictionary , New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911, →OCLC.
- “bibliography”, in OneLook Dictionary Search.