bibliography

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CIDE DICTIONARY

bibliography, n. [Gr. bibliografi`a: cf. F. bibliographie.].

•  a history or description of books and manuscripts, with notices of the different editions, the times when they were printed, etc.  [1913 Webster]
•  a list of books or other printed works having some common theme, such as topic, period, author, or publisher.  [PJC]
•  a list of the published (and sometimes unpublished) sources of information referred to in a scholarly discourse or other text, or used as reference materials for its preparation.  [PJC]
•  the branch of library science dealing with the history and classification of books and other published materials.  [PJC]

OXFORD DICTIONARY

bibliography, n. (pl. -ies)
1 a a list of the books referred to in a scholarly work, usu. printed as an appendix. b a list of the books of a specific author or publisher, or on a specific subject, etc.
2 a the history or description of books, including authors, editions, etc. b any book containing such information.

Derivative

bibliographer n. bibliographic adj. bibliographical adj. bibliographically adv. bibliographize v.tr. (also -ise).

Etymology

F bibliographie f. mod.L bibliographia f. Gk (as BIBLE, -GRAPHY)

THESAURUS

bibliography

Art Index, Baedeker, Bibliography Index, Books in Print, Cumulative Book Index, Education Index, National Union Catalog, Yellow Pages, acknowledgments, annotated bibliography, annual bibliography, back, back matter, backlist, bastard title, bibliogenesis, bibliogony, bibliography of bibliographies, bibliology, bibliopolism, body of knowledge, body of learning, book manufacturing, book production, bookcraft, bookmaking, bookselling, business directory, card catalog, catalog, catalogue raisonne, catch line, catchword, checklist, city directory, classified catalog, classified directory, colophon, contents, contents page, copyright page, critical bibliography, cyclopedia, dedication, directory, encyclopedia, endleaf, endpaper, endsheet, errata, file, filing system, finding list, flyleaf, folio, fore edge, foreword, front matter, guidebook, half-title page, handbook, handlist, head, imprint, index, inscription, introduction, itinerary, leaf, letter file, literature, lore, makeup, materials, page, periodical index, phone book, pigeonholes, preface, preliminaries, publications, recto, reference book, reverso, road map, roadbook, running title, signature, store of knowledge, subtitle, system of knowledge, table of contents, tail, telephone book, telephone directory, text, title, title page, treasury of information, trim size, type page, verso

ROGET THESAURUS

bibliography

Book

N booklet, writing, work, volume, tome, opuscule, tract, tractate, livret, brochure, libretto, handbook, codex, manual, pamphlet, enchiridion, circular, publication, chap book, part, issue, number livraison, album, portfolio, periodical, serial, magazine, ephemeris, annual, journal, paper, bill, sheet, broadsheet, leaf, leaflet, fly leaf, page, quire, ream, chapter, section, head, article, paragraph, passage, clause, endpapers, frontispiece, cover, binding, folio, quarto, octavo, duodecimo, sextodecimo, octodecimo, encyclopedia, encompilation, library, bibliotheca, press, definitive work, treatise, comprehensive treatise (dissertation), writer, author, litterateur, essayist, journalism, pen, scribbler, the scribbling race, literary hack, Grub-street writer, writer for the press, gentleman of the press, representative of the press, adjective jerker, diaskeaust, ghost, hack writer, ink slinger, publicist, reporter, penny a liner, editor, subeditor, playwright, poet, bookseller, publisher, bibliopole, bibliopolist, librarian, bookstore, bookshop, bookseller's shop, knowledge of books, bibliography, book learning, among the giant fossils of my past, craignez tout d'un auteur en courroux, for authors nobler palms remain, I lived to write and wrote to live, look in thy heart and write, there is no Past so long as Books shall live, the public mind is the creation of the Master-Writ, volumes that I prize above my dukedom.