What is bibliography? At its most basic sense, it is a list of books. They are helpful tools in libraries and library work. We must be familiar with them.
2. Bibliography
Derived from the Greek biblion (book) and
graphein (writing)
The history, identification, or description of
writings or publications
A list of works by an author or publisher
List of books systematically described and
arranged
3. Uses of Bibliography
To identify and verify
information
To locate materials
To select materials for
the collection
6. Analytical or Critical
Bibliography (study of books)
Textualโจ
Study/comparison of texts and their transmission
through different printings and editions
Historical/Materialโจ
Deals with the history of books, persons, and
institutions producing them
Descriptiveโจ
Study of the description of books
7. Enumerative or Systematic
Bibliography (list of books)
Author Bibliographyโจ
Records books and works of an author
Bibliography of Bibliographiesโจ
Listing of bibliographies in a systematic order
Bibliography of Periodicalsโจ
Listing of periodicals
8. Enumerative or Systematic
Bibliography
Bibliophilic bibliographyโจ
List of materials related to or for book collectors
Concealed bibliographyโจ
Generally appended to books or articles
Incunabula bibliographyโจ
List books printed before 1501 or around the first
50 years following the printing of the Gutenberg
Bible
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11. Enumerative or Systematic
Bibliography
National Bibliographyโจ
List of books published in or about a country
Subject Bibliography
Trade Bibliographyโจ
Produced by publishers listing books for sale
Universal or General Bibliographyโจ
Tries to list all published materials in every field
of knowledge