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bibliography.

A section of a written work containing citations, not quotations, to all the books referred to in the work.

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Meaning & usage

noun/bɪbliˈɒɡɹəfi/
  1. A section of a written work containing citations, not quotations, to all the books referred to in the work.

  2. A list of books or documents relevant to a particular subject or author.

  3. The study of the history of books in terms of their classification, printing and publication.

Where this word comes from

From Ancient Greek βιβλιογραφία (bibliographía, “the act or habit of writing books”), from βιβλιογράφος (bibliográphos, “a writer of books”), from βιβλίον (biblíon, “small book”) + γράφω (gráphō, “I write”).

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