Bibliography
Bibliography (from
Greek βιβλιογραφία, lit.
book writing) in its most general sense is the study and description of
books. It can be divided into
enumerative or
systematic bibliography, which results in an overview of
publications in a particular category, and
analytical or
critical bibliography, which studies the production of books. Bibliographical works are almost always considered
tertiary sources.
Enumerative bibliography
A
bibliography is a list, either indicative or comprehensive, of works:
* author
* subject
* country or state
* published in a specified period
* mentioned in, or relevant to, a particular work (a bibliography of this type, sometimes called a
reference list should normally appear at the end of any paper in
scientific literature)
A bibliography may be arranged by author, date, topic or some other scheme. Annotated bibliographies give descriptions about how each source is useful to an author in constructing a paper or argument. Creating these blurbs, usually a few sentences long, establishes a summary for and expresses the relevance of each source prior to writing.
Bibliographies differ from
library catalogs by including all relevant publications rather than items actually found in a particular library. However, some
national libraries' catalogs also serve as national bibliographies, as they contain (almost) all their countries' publications.
Analytical bibliography
The critical study of bibliography is subdivided into
descriptive,
historical, and
textual bibliography. Descriptive bibliography is the close examination of a book as a physical object, recording its size, format,
binding, and so on, while historical bibliography takes a broader view of printing and publishing. Textual bibliography is another name for
textual criticism.
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List of bibliographies*
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BibTeX*
Inflight Referencer*
The Collection of Computer Science Bibliographies*
Reference management softwareBelanger, Terry.
Bibliography defined. Bibliographical Society of America, 2003
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Aigaion Shared annotated bibliography manager. Support for structuring in overlapping topics
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WIKINDX Free bibliography manager and citation formatter
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OttoBib Generate bibliographies (MLA/APA/APA/Chicago) with the ISBN
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Buildref.comBuild your personal bibliography database online for free
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Machine Automatically generate an APA or MLA citation from a URL
