Bibliography definition in literature

Organized listing of books and the systematic description of them as objects

For "Works Cited" lists, see Citation.

Not to be confused with Bibliology.

Bibliography (from Ancient Greek: βιβλίον, romanized: biblion, lit. 'book' and -γραφία, -graphía, 'writing'), as a discipline, is traditionally the academic study of books as physical, cultural objects; in this sense, it is also known as bibliology^[1] (from Ancient Greek: -λογία, romanized: -logía).

English author and bibliographer John Carter describes bibliography as a word having two senses: one, a list of books for further study or of works consulted by an author (or enumerative bibliography); the other one, applicable for collectors, is "the study of books as physical objects" and "the systematic description of books as objects" (or descriptive bibliography).

Etymology

The word bibliographia (βιβλιογραφία) was used by Greek writers i