bibliog

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 a list of the published (and sometimes unpublished) sources of information referred to in a scholarly discourse or other text, or used as reference materials for its preparation.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 ]