Bibliography: definitions and types

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.

1. The Bibliography
LLE Review Class | Allana Delgado
July 17, 2017

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

4. Types of Bibliography

5. Example of Bibliography
Guide to Reference
Materials 

List the ‘best’ works for
a given subject

6. Analytical or Critical
Bibliography (study of books)
Textual

Study/comparison of texts and their transmission
through different printings and editions
Historical/Material

Deals with the history of books, persons, and
institutions producing them
Descriptive

Study of the description of books

7. Enumerative or Systematic
Bibliography (list of books)
Author Bibliography

Records books and works of an author
Bibliography of Bibliographies

Listing of bibliographies in a systematic order
Bibliography of Periodicals

Listing of periodicals

8. Enumerative or Systematic
Bibliography
Bibliophilic bibliography

List of materials related to or for book collectors
Concealed bibliography

Generally appended to books or articles
Incunabula bibliography

List books printed before 1501 or around the first
50 years following the printing of the Gutenberg
Bible

11. Enumerative or Systematic
Bibliography
National Bibliography

List of books published in or about a country
Subject Bibliography
Trade Bibliography

Produced by publishers listing books for sale
Universal or General Bibliography

Tries to list all published materials in every field
of knowledge

12. Evaluating Bibliographies
Purpose
Authority
Scope
Methodology
Organization
Annotations
Currency
Revision
Cumulations
Format
Special features