Bibliography

Pronunciation

• IPA: /bɪbliɔːɡrÉ™fi/

Origin

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").

Full definition of bibliography

Noun

1. A section of a written work containing citations, not quotations, to all the books referenced in the work.
• Schuster Hepaticae V|viiiThe supplementary bibliography (in Vol. VI) attests to the comprehensiveness of the effort.
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
• bibliographer
• bibliographic
• bio-bibliography

Related terms

• bibliology
• reference list