bibliography

[ bib-lee-og-ruh-fee ]

noun

, plural bib·li·og·ra·phies.

1. a complete or selective list of works compiled upon some common principle, as authorship, subject, place of publication, or printer.
2. a list of source materials that are used or consulted in the preparation of a work or that are referred to in the text.
3. a branch of library science dealing with the history, physical description, comparison, and classification of books and other works.

bibliography

/ ˌbɪblɪəʊˈɡræfɪk; ˌbɪblɪˈɒɡrəfɪ /

noun

1. a list of books or other material on a subject
2. a list of sources used in the preparation of a book, thesis, etc
3. a list of the works of a particular author or publisher
4. 1. the study of the history, classification, etc, of literary material
   2. a work on this subject

bibliography

1. A list of the written sources of information on a subject. Bibliographies generally appear as a list at the end of a book or article. They may show what works the author used in writing the article or book, or they may list works that a reader might find useful.

Derived Forms

• ˌbiblioˈgraphically, adverb
• ˌbibliˈographer, noun
• bibliographic, adjective

Other Words From

• bib·li·o·graph·ic [bib-lee-, uh, -, graf, -ik], bibli·o·graphi·cal adjective
• bibli·o·graphi·cal·ly adverb
• mini·bibli·ogra·phy noun plural minibibliographies

Word History and Origins

Origin of bibliography¹

From the Greek word bibliographía, dating back to 1670–80. See biblio-, -graphy

Example Sentences

Mr Clearly told the AFP news agency: "I read the words Gibbet Hill and I knew that wasn't a Bram Stoker story that I had ever heard of in any of the biographies or bibliographies."

From BBC

McMurtry’s life, like his bulging bibliography, is tough to get one’s arms around.

From New York Times

But in "Holly," Stephen King's latest notch on his ever-growing bibliography, there's a noteworthy shift in this unfortunate standard in that the main character, Holly Gibney, is the one solving problems, not causing them.

From Salon

Wading through Gaiman’s vast bibliography — more than four dozen books — can be intimidating, to say the least.

From New York Times

A hundred pages of backmatter — tables, notes, bibliography and index — testify to the thoroughness of the author’s research.

From Washington Post