1. Bibliographies
Prepared by:
Jane L. Garay

2. What is a Bibliography?
Derived from two Greek words,
“biblion” meaning book and
“graphein” meaning to write or
the writing of books.

3.  The history, identification, or
description of writings or publications.
A list of works written by an author or
printed by a publishing house.
It is the name given to a list of books,
manuscripts, and other publications,
systematically described and arranged,
which have some relationship to each
other.

4. Three Basic Purposes
To Identify and verify information
To locate materials
To select materials for the collection

5. Types of Bibliography
A. Systematic Enumerative Bibliography
B. Current Selection Aids
C. Bibliography of Bibiliographies

6. A. Systematic Enumerative
Bibliography
 Type of bibliography which
refers to a list of books, film or
recordings.

7. 1. Universal Bibliography
Includes everything, published, issued or
printed in the fields of communication from
the beginning, through the present to the
future.
Conrad Gesner, known as the Father of
Universal Bibliography.
Biblioteca Universalis (1543)

8. 2. National and Trade Bibliographies
a. National Bibliography
-published by government

9. Two basic requirements:
 Legal Deposit System- law that requires a
library to received a copy.
The record must be fromdirect examination of
materials.

10. Examples:
Canadiana- CANMA
General Catalogue of Printed Books
(Published by the British Library)
Copyright Office, reocrd of the works
published in the country
Arranged acc. To DDC with author, title,
and subject indexes.
Utlas
The most popular online bibligraphy in
Canada

11. b. National Library Catalog
A list of all the works
cataloged by a national library and
other member libraries and
includes items not published in the
country of origin.

12. Example:
National Union Catalog (NUC) of the LC
Issued in microfiche in 1983
Online version is MARC and
can be accessed through
DIALOG.

13. c. Trade Bibliographies
List commercial publications to aid
in the selection and acquisition recently
published materials, specifically trade
books.
Information is gathered rom the
published materials, specifically trade
books.

14. Examples:
Book in Print ( R.R. Bowker of New York) 1948
to date
Can be accessed:
Printed
Online through database vendors e.g.
DIALOG
CD-ROM =Books in print with Book Reviews
Plus (searchable by author, title, topic,
publisher, ISBN, date of publication, and grade
level)
Microfiche

15. 3. Subject Bibliography
List materials that relate to a
particular topic. It is intended to research
workers and other in special areas.
Examples:
Blazek, Ron and Elizabeth Aversa. The
Humanities: A Selective Guide to
Information Sources.

16. 4. Guide to Reference Materials
Includes the best works for a given
situation or audience.
Guides to a reference books,
special reading, list by a library and
items devoted to the best works of a
particular group of people.

17. Examples:
Guide to Reference Books compiled by
Eugene P. Sheehy (Chicago:ALA)
Concentrates in American, Canadian, and
some British titles divided into 5 major areas.
Guide to Reference Materials edited by
Albert J. Walford (London:ALA)
Strong in British and European titles.

18. 5. Analytical and textual bibliography
Analytical- concerned with the physical
description of books.
Textual- highlights certain textual
variations between a manuscript and the
printed book.

19. 6. Daily Use
Directs the individual to an item and
is primarily used to find a specific
book or article.

20. B. Current Selection Aids
Examples:
Choice. Chicago:ALA, 1964 to date. Issued
monthly
Evaluates a number of reference
titles of value to all libraries.
Reference and Research Book
News.Portland, OR: Book News. 1985 to
date. Monthly.
Provides full bibliographic
information and a short descriptive
annotation.

21. C. Bibliography of Bibliographies
 A listing of bibliographies that
were created as a means of
bibliographic control.

22. Examples:
Bibliographic Index: A Cumulative
Bibliography of Bibliographies by
H.W. Wilson, 1937 to date.

23. A World Bibliography of Bibliographies
and of Bibliographical Catalogues,
Calendars, Abstracts, Digests, Indexes,
and the like or Besterman by Theodore
Besterman. Laussanne: Societas
Bibliographica, 1965-1966, 4v.

24. Bibliographies for Non-Print Materials.
Video Source Book. Detroit:Gale
Research. 1978 to date. Annual
with two supplements.
Guide to Microforms in Print. New
York: Bowker-Saur, 1961 to date.

25. Bibliographies for Periodicals
and Newspapers
Ulrich’s International Periodicals
Directory. R.R. Bowker, 1932 to
date.
The Standard Periodical Directory.
New York: Oxbridge
Communications. 1964 to date.
Biannual.

26. Current and Retrospective
Bibliographies
Current Bibliography
Lists books or other items close
to the time at which they are being
published.

27. Examples:
Cumulative Book Index. New York:
Wilson, 1898 to date. Monthly
except August.
American Book Publishing Record
(Bowker), 1961 to date. Monthly.

28. Retrospective Bibliography
Covers materials published during
an earlier time period.

29. Examples:
Evans, Charles. American
Bibliography. Chicago: Evans.
1903-1934. 14 volumes.
American Bibliography: A
Preliminary Checklist covers the
period 1801-1819.

30. Examples:
Gale Directory of Databases.
Detroit: Gale, 1993-. 2 volumes.
Semi-annual.
The CD-ROM Directory.
London:TFPL, 1986-. Annual.

31. Guides to Databases
Covers bibliographies available
electronically.

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