1. Bibliographies Prepared by: Jane L. Garay

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 Systematic Enumerative Bibliography Current Selection Aids Bibliography of Bibiliographies

6. A. Systematic Enumerative Bibliography Type of bibliography which refers to a list of books, film or recordings.

7. 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. BibliotecaUniversalis (1543)

8. Conrad Gesner, known as the Father of Universal Bibliography.

9. BibliotecaUniversalis (1543)   It was the first truly comprehensive "universal" listing of all the books of the first century of printing. It was an alphabetical bibliography 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 from direct examination of materials.

12. Examples: Canadiana- CANMA General Catalogue of Printed Books (Published by the British Library)

13. Examples: BibliographeNationaleFrancaise (BNF) Published since 1811 Records of titles received by BibliothequeNational through legal deposit.

14. BibliothequeNational (National Library of France)

15. 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.

16. 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.

17. Example: National Union Catalog (NUC) of the LC Issued in microfiche in 1983 Online version is MARC and can be accessed through DIALOG.

19. c. Trade Bibliographies List commercial publications to aid in the selection and acquisition recently published materials, specifically trade books. Information is gathered from the published materials, specifically trade books.

20. 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

21. 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.

22. 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.

23. 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.

24. Guide to Reference Materials edited by Albert J. Walford (London:ALA) Strong in British and European titles.

25. 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.

26. 6. Daily Use Directs the individual to an item and is primarily used to find a specific book or article.

27. B. Current Selection Aids Examples: Choice. Chicago:ALA, 1964 to date. Issued monthly Evaluates a number of reference titles of value to all libraries. Library Journal. New York : R.R. Bowler, 1876 to date. Quarterly A yearly review of reference titles Usually written by librarians and teachers.

28. B. Current Selection Aids Examples: Reference and Research Book News.Portland, OR: Book News. 1985 to date. Monthly. Provides full bibliographic information and a short descriptive annotation.

29. B. Current Selection Aids Examples: Wilson Library Bulletin. New York: H.W. Wilson, 1914 to date. Monthly Devotes one section to “Current Reference Books” Only one individual is responsible for the reviews , about 20-30 titles are reviewed each month.

30. C. Bibliography of Bibliographies A listing of bibliographies that were created as a means of bibliographic control.

31. Examples: Bibliographic Index: A Cumulative Bibliography of Bibliographies by H.W. Wilson, 1937 to date.

32. A World Bibliography of Bibliographies and of Bibliographical Catalogues, Calendars, Abstracts, Digests, Indexes, and the like or Bestermanby Theodore Besterman. Laussanne: SocietasBibliographica, 1965-1966, 4v.

33. Bibliography of Philippine Bibliographies Retana says that this is the most complete bibliography that has been compiled of printing in the Philippines Written by: Gabriel Adriano Bernardo

34. 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

35. 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

36. Bibliographies for Periodicals and Newspapers Ulrich’s International Periodicals Directory. R.R. Bowker, 1932 to date.

37. 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.

38. The Standard Periodical Directory. New York: Oxbridge Communications. 1964 to date. Biannual.

39. 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.

40. Current and Retrospective Bibliographies Current Bibliography Lists books or other items close to the time at which they are being published.

41. Examples: Cumulative Book Index. New York: Wilson, 1898 to date. Monthly except August. An author title-title-subject international list of books published in the English Language Provides author full name, complete title, edition, series no. of pages, publisher, date of publication, price, LC Card Number, ISBN. Can be accessed online through Wilsonline; CD-ROM version is accessible through Wilson Disc

42. Cumulative Book Index. New York: Wilson, 1898 to date. Monthly except August.

43. American Book Publishing Record (Bowker), 1961 to date. Monthly. Provides complete cataloging, records for books as they are published. Excludes gov. publications, subscriptions of books, pamphlets under 49 pages, and dissertations Arrangement is by DDC, with author and title index.

44. American Book Publishing Record (Bowker), 1961 to date. Monthly.

45. Retrospective Bibliography Covers materials published during an earlier time period.

46. Examples: Evans, Charles. American Bibliography. Chicago: Evans. 1903-1934. 14 volumes. List books, pamphlets, and periodicals published in the US from 1903-1934. 14 vol. Titles are arranged in chronological order by date of publication. Indexes to authors, printers, and publishers are given.

47. Evans, Charles. American Bibliography. Chicago: Evans. 1903-1934. 14 volumes.

48. Bibliotheca Americana by Joseph Sabin List boks relating to to the US from its European discovery (October 12, 1942) to 1968. Provides complete bibliographic description and locations of copies as well as references to reviews.

49. Guides to Databases Covers bibliographies available electronically.

50. Examples: Gale Directory of Databases. Detroit: Gale, 1993-. 2 volumes. Semi-annual. Contains about 6000 entries arranged alphabetically by database name.