bibliographies

[bib-lee-og-ruh-fee]

bib·li·og·ra·phy

[bib-lee-og-ruh-fee]
noun, plural bib·li·og·ra·phies.
1.
a complete or selective list of works compiled upon some common principle, as authorship, subject, place of publication, or printer.
2.
a list of source materials that are used or consulted in the preparation of a work or that are referred to in the text.
3.
a branch of library science dealing with the history, physical description, comparison, and classification of books and other works.

Origin:
1670–80; < Greek bibliographía. See biblio-, -graphy

bib·li·o·graph·ic [bib-lee-uh-graf-ik] , bib·li·o·graph·i·cal, adjective
bib·li·o·graph·i·cal·ly, adverb
min·i·bib·li·og·ra·phy, noun, plural min·i·bib·li·og·ra·phies.
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