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

He’s toyed with Collatz for about fifty years and become keeper of the knowledge, compiling annotated bibliographies and editing a book on the subject, “The Ultimate Challenge.”

From MIT Technology Review

Some readers might prefer more background science for each question — for a book that aims to crush pseudoscience, a bibliography or at least footnotes would have been useful.

From Science News

Kalb makes the disclaimer in his preface that “memoirs, by definition, are not works of history — no footnotes, no bibliography.”

From Washington Post

Otlet began modestly in the 1890s, creating a bibliography of sociological literature.

From Time

Lop off the endnotes and bibliography, and The Measure of Manhattan is barely 300 pages.

From The Daily Beast

Tyler does not provide us with a bibliography, although his extensive notes include many books on Israel and its neighbors.

From The Daily Beast

For full bibliography (to 1904) see Ulysse Chevalier, Rpertoire des sources hist.

From Project Gutenberg

Punctuation has been normalized for the stage directions and the play listings in the Bibliography.

From Project Gutenberg

Within six months, if you're not sandbagged or jailed on fake libel suits, you'll have a unique bibliography of swindles.

From Project Gutenberg

There is a very inadequate bibliography in the Introduction.

From Project Gutenberg

His ample bibliography leaves no point necessary for elucidation untouched.

From Project Gutenberg