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bibliographical

bibliographical

1 7.2
About making lists and descriptions of books and written sources
  • adjective
  • /ˌbɪbliəˈɡræfɪkəl/
translation icon : bibliográfico
  • Special thanks to Peter Cocks for his editorial advice and, as always, his superb bibliographical help.
  • bibliographical references
  • bibliographical essay
  • bibliographical information

Examples

  • The focus of the selected sources is on the practice and theory of bibliographical cataloging and classification, including knowledge organization systems and theory.

    Academic text (2012)
  • On the bottom of each completed summary page, they must include the bibliographical information in the correct form.

    Academic text (1990)
  • And of course change all of the bibliographical things around, which is kind of a, it's tedious, but it's, it's important to do.

  • The author subsequently performed circle searches by scanning the bibliographical references found in sources.

    Academic text (2012)
  • Her study concludes with a primary and secondary bibliography that includes bibliographical information on his manuscripts.

    Academic text (1993)
  • And then there's a timeline that has multimedia links as well as bibliographical information.

    Academic text (2017)
  • Jay Mechling, for example, as Chairperson of the ASA Standing Committee on Bibliographical Needs and Policies, tried to solve the problems.

    Academic text (1992)
  • I am grateful to Richard M. Berrong and Francisco Marquez Villanueva for important bibliographical indications and valuable suggestions.

    Academic text (1994)
  • I wish to thank also José Miguel Puerta Vilchez for making some bibliographical material available.

    Academic text (1994)
  • Each student must provide bibliographical references for the books they used in their research paper.

Synonyms

bibliographic
vsbibliographical
1 6.5

About lists of books or articles used to show sources

is the alternative adjectival form used interchangeably in writing
bibliog
vsbibliographical
  • Informal
9.1

Relating to the list of sources at the end of a paper

is the full formal adjective used for standard listing and cataloging
citational
vsbibliographical
  • Specialized
8.3

About giving credit to other writers or sources in writing

focuses on listing and systematic description of books rather than citing sources

Surface Forms

bibliographical positive

Morphology

bibliographical = bibliography (transparent) = bibliography + ical

Formed by adding the productive adjectival suffix '-ical' to 'bibliography'; the adjective meaning is directly related to the noun.

Etymology

Bibliographical comes from the Greek parts biblio- 'book' and -graph 'write', as in biography. So, it is about making lists or short descriptions of books and other written works.