Bibliography
//bɪbliˈɒɡɹəfi// noun
noun ·Moderate ·College level
Definitions
Noun
- 1 A section of a written work containing citations, not quotations, to all the books referred to in the work.
"The supplementary bibliography (in Vol. VI) attests to the comprehensiveness of the effort."
- 2 a list of writings with time and place of publication (such as the writings of a single author or the works referred to in preparing a document etc.) wordnet
- 3 A list of books or documents relevant to a particular subject or author.
- 4 The study of the history of books in terms of their classification, printing and publication.
Example
More examples"Hand in a bibliography of your sources."
Etymology
From Ancient Greek βιβλιογραφία (bibliographía, “the act or habit of writing books”), from βιβλιογράφος (bibliográphos, “a writer of books”), from βιβλίον (biblíon, “small book”) + γράφω (gráphō, “I write”).
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