back-matter
After main text
Back-matter is the material that appears after the main text of a book—appendices, glossaries, indexes, bibliographies, and endnotes.
Publishers and editors use the term when discussing book structure: The back-matter runs about thirty pages.
Also called end-matter.
The opposite is front-matter.
Supplementary section after main text
- indexAlphabetical guide to contents
- glossaryAlphabetical list with definitions
- bibliographyList of cited works
- endnotesSupplementary citations after chapters
afterword · colophon · acknowledgments · references · addendum · supplement · annexes · errata
Acknowledged source mentions
- footnotesMarginal citations below text
- referencesSources cited for verification
- bibliographyList of cited works
- works citedList of sources used
endnotes · appendices · data tables · research notes · acknowledgments · author biography · index · glossary of terms
appendix
Supplementary section after main text
- indexAlphabetical guide to contents
- glossaryAlphabetical list with definitions
- bibliographyList of cited works
endnotes · afterword · colophon · acknowledgments · references · addendum · supplement · annexes · errata · postscript
citations
Acknowledged source mentions
- footnotesMarginal citations below text
- referencesSources cited for verification
- bibliographyList of cited works
works cited · endnotes · appendices · data tables · research notes · acknowledgments · author biography · index · glossary of terms · chronology
back-matterfront-matter
Pages before main content
front matter · preliminaries · prelims · foreword · preface
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