bibliography
Let an agent explain bibliography as a discipline and as reference lists, relay methods and standards from library and information science sources, describe branches and tools, and distinguish bibliography from cataloguing, citation and literature review.
Research draft, second pass
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Purpose and description
Let an agent explain bibliography as a discipline and as reference lists, relay methods and standards from library and information science sources, describe branches and tools, and distinguish bibliography from cataloguing, citation and literature review.
The systematic study, description and listing of books and other documents, comprising enumerative bibliography that compiles lists such as reading lists and discographies, analytical and textual bibliography that examines books as physical objects and the transmission of texts, descriptive and critical bibliography, and the reference lists that accompany scholarly works; bibliography also extends to bibliographic data science and to related fields such as the study of bookplates, and underpins libraries, publishing and scholarship.
What it is for: Describing and listing documents.
It can be explain the discipline; relay methods and standards; describe branches and tools; distinguish related practices.
Distinguishing features
Enumerative and analytical branches
Physical book study
Standardised description
Scholarly infrastructure
What it looks like
Not a visible object; lists and descriptions of books.
Physical character
term in modern sense: 18th century period
How it is recognised
Study and listing of documents
Enumerative, analytical, textual, descriptive and critical bibliography; reading lists, discographies, reference lists
Cataloguing describes library holdings; citation refers within a text; a literature review evaluates content
Related models
is a kind of - in registry terms
is a kind of - in registry terms
supports - and scholarship
is contrasted with - which lists holdings
In practice
Families and kinds
enumerative bibliography including reading lists and discographies
analytical bibliography
textual bibliography
descriptive and critical bibliography
historical bibliography
reference lists and citation practice
bibliographic data science and bibliometrics
related studies such as bookplates
Standards and regulation
ISBD and RDA description standards
Citation styles such as Chicago, MLA and APA
ISO 690 for references
National bibliography programmes
Failure modes and hazards
Confusing bibliography with cataloguing or literature review
Inconsistent citation
Stale data in bibliographic databases
Also called
Where this came from
wikidata · CC0 1.0
Drafted structure
Bundle to layer to finding to question, as the second pass will find it: 4 bundles · 8 layers · 8 findings · 16 questions.
Understand What bibliography is.
Definition.
Definition
Definition and branches.
Definition
Definition.
- What is bibliography, and how do enumerative, analytical, textual and descriptive branches differ? definition
- Is the question about the discipline, a reference list or a specific list such as a discography? boundary
Related
Related practices.
Related
Related.
- How does bibliography differ from cataloguing, citation, literature review and bibliometrics? definition
- Which entry fits the specific practice? action
Practice Practice.
Practice.
Compile
Compiling bibliographies.
Compile
Compile.
- How are bibliographies and reference lists compiled and formatted under standards such as ISO 690 and citation styles? action
- Which references are standard? provenance
Tools
Tools and data.
Tools
Tools.
- What reference managers, databases and bibliographic data science methods are used? provenance
- Which entry fits reference management software? action
Scholarship Analytical and textual bibliography.
Sources.
Analytical
Books as objects.
Analytical
Analytical.
- How does analytical bibliography study printing, paper, binding and bookplates? provenance
- Which sources are cited? provenance
Textual
Textual transmission.
Textual
Textual.
- How does textual bibliography trace the transmission and editing of texts? provenance
- Which entry fits textual criticism? action
Context History and institutions.
Context.
History
History.
History
History.
- How did bibliography develop from Gesner to national bibliographies and digital databases? provenance
- Which entry fits the history of bibliography? action
Institutions
Institutions.
Institutions
Institutions.
- What societies, national libraries and programmes sustain bibliography? provenance
- Which entry fits national bibliography? action
What the second pass must settle
- Should analytical bibliography and reference list be separate primary entries?
- How should standards be linked?
- The registry entry has merged aliases naming specific lists and unrelated topics; should they be split off?