pos>n.; pl.Bibliographies [ Gr. bibliografi`a: cf. F. bibliographie. ] 1. a history or description of books and manuscripts, with notices of the different editions, the times when they were printed, etc. [ 1913 Webster ]
2. a list of books or other printed works having some common theme, such as topic, period, author, or publisher. [ PJC ]
3. a list of the published (and sometimes unpublished) sources of information referred to in a scholarly discourse or other text, or used as reference materials for its preparation. [ PJC ]
4. the branch of library science dealing with the history and classification of books and other published materials. [ PJC ]
(n) a list of writings with time and place of publication (such as the writings of a single author or the works referred to in preparing a document etc.)
[さんしょう, sanshou] (n, vs) reference; bibliographical reference; consultation; browsing (e.g. when selecting a file to upload on a computer); checking out; (P)#418