What is bibliography Different bibliographic concepts in the world employ different bibliographic terminology and explanations of definitions. Better-known and more popular terms used in Latvia are borrowed from Harrod’s Librarians Glossary, 2000; ISO 215; Basic Research Methods for Librarians.- 3rd ed. - 1997; International Encyclopaedia of information and Library Science, 1997. The project authors have employed definitions from the above-mentioned publications. 

BIBLIOGRAPHY

1.The compilation of systematic or enumerative bibliographies – books, MSS, audio-visual formats and other publications arranged in a logical order giving author, title, date and place of publication, publisher, details of edition, pagination, series and literay/information contents. Such a bibliography might be of works by one author, or on one subject, or printed by one printer, or in one place, or during one period. The term is also applied to the whole of the literature on a subject. A bibliography may be complete/general/universal (i.e. including all formats, periods, subjects, etc.) or national (material emanating from one country), or select (rated by quality or relevance to a purpose) or special (limited to one aspect) or trade (compiled for commerical purposes in the booktrade). 
2. The art or science of describing books, especially their physical make-up or literary contents; consideration of books as physical objects, and the history of book production. Often in this sense the terms critical, analytical, historical, or physical bibliography are used. See also Biobibliography, Cartobibliography, Textual bibliography.

  • Secondary document listing entries in a specified order and containing elements which describe and uniquely identify documents. 
  • The systematic listing and analytical study of books, manuscripts and other documents. 
UNIVERSAL BIBLIOGRAPHY
A bibliography that includes everything published or issued in a subject field regardless of date of publication. 
NATIONAL BIBLIOGRAPHY
  • A bibliography that lists everything published (and possibly distributed) in a given country.
  • A record of of the publications of a country, typically published by its national library. Some countries, however, include works about the countru and/or works by authors resident and/or born in and/or ethnic nationals of the country. 
TRADE BIBLIOGRAPHY
A bibliography compiled primarily to aid the book trade by supplying information as to what books are in print or for sale; when, where, and by whom they were published; and their price.
SUBJECT BIBLIOGRAPHY
  • A bibliography that lists materials relating to a specific topic.
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