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bibliography

Academic discipline that studies books

Conceptacademic discipline field of studyQ134995

Also known as bibliology

Instance of: academic discipline
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1.Stated in Directory of Open Access Journals
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, field of study
Subclass of: method
, information science
Part of: library science

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Bibliography is a word with two different senses. According to English author and scholar of books John Carter, one sense, probably the more common, is a list of books, texts, or full citations for further study or of works consulted by an author. The other sense is "the study of books as physical objects" and "the systematic description of books as objects". The second sense as an academic discipline is also known as bibliology to avoid ambiguity. The first sense is a countable noun, as in "a bibliography", while the second refers to the mass noun "bibliography" as a general concept.

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Practiced by: bibliographer
Members / parts: bibliographic record
Founded by: Paul Otlet
Said to be the same as: bibliology
Is the study of: documenting

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