Bibliography

Unit-2 Research Methodology Those who are admitted PG under Bharathidasan University

1. UNIT-I I

2. What is a Bibliography? Derived from two Greek words, “biblion” meaning book and “graphein” meaning to write or the writing of books.

3. Compiling A Working Bibliography 1.Keeping Track of Sources. 2.Creating a Computer File. 3.Recording Publication Information. 4.Noting other useful information. 5.Verifying 6.Converting the working Bibliography to the Works-Cited list.

4. The history, identification, or description of writings or publications . A list of works written by an author or printed by a publishing house. It is the name given to a list of books, manuscripts, and other publications, systematically described and arranged, which have some relationship to each other

5. Three Basic Purposes To Identify and verify information. To locate materials. To select materials for the collection.

6. There are two main types of bibliography formats: MLA (Modern Language Association) APA (American Psychological Association)

7. Bibliography format for a book Author Title Publisher Date Of Publication

8. Bibliography format for a Periodical Author Article Title Journal Title Volume Number Pages Date of Publication

9. Types of Bibliography A. Systematic Enumerative Bibliography A. Systematic Enumerative Bibliography B. Current Selection Aids C. Bibliography of Bibliographies B.Current Selection Aids C. Bibliography of Bibliographies

10. A. Systematic Enumerative Bibliography Type of bibliography which refers to a list of books, film or recordings. 1. Universal Bibliography Includes everything, published, issued or printed in the fields of communication from the beginning, through the present to the future. Conrad Gesner, known as the Father of Universal Bibliography. Biblioteca Universalis (1543)

11. 2. National and Trade Bibliographies a.National Bibliography -published by government Examples: Canadiana - CANMA General Catalogue of Printed Books (Published by the British Library) Copyright Office, record of the works published in the country Arranged acc. To DDC with author, title, and subject indexes. Utlas The most popular online bibligraphy in Canada

12. b. National Library Catalog A list of all the works cataloged by a national library and other member libraries and includes items not published in the country of origin. Example: National Union Catalog (NUC) of the LC Issued in microfiche in 1983

13. c. Trade Bibliographies List commercial publications to aid in the selection and acquisition recently published materials, specifically trade books. Information is gathered from the published materials, specifically trade books. Examples: Book in Print ( R.R. Bowker of New York) 1948 to date

14. 3. Subject Bibliography List materials that relate to a particular topic. It is intended to research workers and other in special areas. Examples: Blazek, Ron and Elizabeth Aversa. The Humanities: A Selective Guide to Information Sources.

15. Analytical and textual bibliography Analytical - concerned with the physical description of books. Textual - highlights certain textual variations between a manuscript and the printed book.

16. Retrospective Bibliography Covers materials published during an earlier time period. Examples: Evans, Charles. American Bibliography. Chicago: Evans. 1903-1934. 14 volumes.

17. webliography list of electronic documents, websites, or other resources available on the World Wide Web, especially those relating to a particular subject. Ex:a student's annotated webliography on Shakespeare.

18. Arachniography A list of URLs to websites typically used as a set of reference links on a particular subject or bibliography. The term was coined by Andrew Butrica of NASA and comes from "arachnid," which is Greek for spider.