— bibliographic /bib'lee euh graf"ik/ , bibliographical , adj. — bibliographically , adv.
/bib'lee og"reuh fee/ , n. , pl. bibliographies .
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.
[ 1670-80; bibliographía. See BIBLIO-, -GRAPHY ]