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)
9. Biblioteca Universalis (1543)
It was the first truly comprehensive
"universal" listing of all the books of the
first century of printing. It was an
alphabeticalbibliography that listed all the
known books printed in Latin, Greek, or
Hebrew.
10. 2. National and Trade Bibliographies
a. National Bibliography
-published by government
11. Two basic requirements:
Legal Deposit System- law that requires a
library to received a copy.
The record must be fromdirect examination of
materials.
13. Philippine National Library (PNB)
Published quarterly by TNL with annual cumulation
Issued in two parts since 1985: I. Books, music scores, gov
publications, periodicals, conference proceedings II These
and dissertations.
14. 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.
15. Example:
National Union Catalog (NUC) of the LC
Issued in microfiche in 1983
Online version is MARC and
can be accessed through
DIALOG.
16.
17. 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.
18. 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
19. 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.
20. 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.
21. 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.
23. 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.
24. 6. Daily Use
Directs the individual to an item and
is primarily used to find a specific
book or article.
25. 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.
26. C. Bibliography of Bibliographies
A listing of bibliographies that
were created as a means of
bibliographic control.
28. 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.
30. Bibliographies for Non-Print Materials.
Video Source Book.
Detroit:Gale Research.
1978 to date. Annual with
two supplements.
A listing of about 60, 000
video programs on videotapes
and disks.
Arranged alphabetically by
title
31. Guide to Microforms in Print. New York:
Bowker-Saur, 1961 to date.
List alphabetically by author and
title.
Considers sixteen diff. types of
microform.
The subject guide uses the LCSH
33. Ulrich’s International Periodicals
Directory. R.R. Bowker, 1932 to date.
A guide to currently available periodicals (about
120,000)
Arranged under 600 broad subject headings with
a title index.
Since 1988, it incorporated the Irregular Serials
and Annuals thus providing publication and
ordering information for most directories,
almanacs, and yearbooks.
34. The Standard Periodical Directory.
New York: Oxbridge
Communications. 1964 to date.
Biannual.
35. The Standard Periodical Directory.
New York: Oxbridge
Communications. 1964 to date.
Biannual.
List about 75, 000 periodical titles in
the US and Canada, inluding consumer
and special interest magazine,
newsletter, house organs, directories,
gov. publication, bulletins, yearbooks,
and religious association publications.
36. Current and Retrospective
Bibliographies
Current Bibliography
Lists books or other items close
to the time at which they are being
published.
37. Examples:
Cumulative Book Index. New York:
Wilson, 1898 to date. Monthly
except August.
American Book Publishing Record
(Bowker), 1961 to date. Monthly.
41. Examples:
Gale Directory of Databases.
Detroit: Gale, 1993-. 2 volumes.
Semi-annual.
The CD-ROM Directory.
London:TFPL, 1986-. Annual.
42. La Imprenta en Manila desde sus
origines hasta 1810 (1896).
Jose Toribio Medina, a Chilean
bibliographer listed 565 titles
Of this number, 526 titles are dated,
15 have no dates and 24 are of
doubtful origin.
