bibliography
List of sources
A bibliography is a list of sources—books, articles, websites—cited or consulted in preparing a written work.
It typically appears at the end: Check the bibliography for further reading.
Bibliography also means the study of books as physical objects, examining their production, history, and classification.
A bibliography of an author is a comprehensive list of their published works.
Marginal citations below text
- endnotesSupplementary citations after chapters
- referencesSources cited for verification
- citingNaming a source
- sourcePoint of origin
MLA · APA · Chicago · Harvard · annotated · citation · cross-reference · documentation
Systematic grouping by traits
- indexingSystematic organization for retrieval
- cataloguingRecording items systematically
- databaseOrganized digital information collection
- repositoryPlace for storing things
ISBN · ISSN · metadata · digitizing · archive · collection · periodicals · thesauri
Book's production statement
- imprintMark from applied pressure
- editionSingle published version
- volumeAmount of space filled
- paginationSequential numbering of sheets
manuscript · typesetting · proofreading · errata · addendum · corrigenda · frontmatter · backmatter
Supplied with explanatory notes
- selectedDeliberately chosen
- comprehensiveIncluding all elements
- chronologicalOrdered by time
- descriptivePortraying with specific details
analytical · discography · filmography · appendix · compilation
Points of origin
- methodologyFormal procedural framework
- empiricalBased on observation, not theory
- qualitativeRelating to characteristics, not quantities
- quantitativeConcerning measurable amounts
historiography · archival · fieldwork · scholarship · evidence · authorship · meta-analysis
footnotes
Marginal citations below text
- endnotesSupplementary citations after chapters
- referencesSources cited for verification
- citingNaming a source
source · MLA · APA · Chicago · Harvard · annotated · citation · cross-reference · documentation · ibid
classification
Systematic grouping by traits
- indexingSystematic organization for retrieval
- cataloguingRecording items systematically
- databaseOrganized digital information collection
repository · ISBN · ISSN · metadata · digitizing · archive · collection · periodicals · thesauri
colophon
Book's production statement
pagination · manuscript · typesetting · proofreading · errata · addendum · corrigenda · frontmatter · backmatter · index
annotated
Supplied with explanatory notes
- selectedDeliberately chosen
- comprehensiveIncluding all elements
- chronologicalOrdered by time
descriptive · analytical · discography · filmography · appendix · compilation
sources
Points of origin
- methodologyFormal procedural framework
- empiricalBased on observation, not theory
- qualitativeRelating to characteristics, not quantities
quantitative · historiography · archival · fieldwork · scholarship · evidence · authorship · meta-analysis
- back matterappendix, appendices, endnotes, glossary, references
- research papersresearch paper, journal article, scholarly article, dissertation, original research
- bibliographycitations, source citations, works cited, citation style, references
- Book featuresintroduction, preface, glossary, index, endnotes
- -graphiesbiography, geography, photography, typography, cartography
- academiaprofessors, universities, graduation cap, biology department, professor
bibliographyindex
Alphabetical guide to contents
table of contents · foreword · preface · frontmatter · introduction
bibliographyplagiarism
Unattributed use of others' work
original research · primary source · original composition · fabrication · hearsay
- research bibliographyList of consulted sources
- annotated bibliographyWorks cited with descriptions
bibliographer, bibliographic, bibliographies, bibliographical, bibliographers