Types of Bibligraphies

1. Forms and Types of Bibliography
By
Dr. Muhammad Ismail

2. Forms

3. Forms of Bibliography
• Having Two Forms
1. Analytical
2. Systematic

4. Analytical Bibliography
• In which entries are analyzed physically
• Contains criticism about the book
• In it books are studied as physical object
• In it we can study:
1.The process of the production of book
2. The material used in the production of book
3. Difference in various editions
4.History of book/books
.

5. Analytical bibliography can be
divided into:
i. Critical Bibliographical
ii. Historical Bibliographical
iii. Textual Bibliographical
iv. Pure Bibliographical/Evaluative
Bibliography
v. Material Bibliography
vi. Descriptive/Complete/Comprehensive
bibliography

6. i. Critical Bibliography
• It is a set of individual entries, each of
which identifies, briefly summarizes, and
critically evaluates a study, article, or
book.
(P. N. Gour)

7. ii. Historical Bibliography
• Historical bibliographical is the study of
bibliography devoted to the study of the
history and methods of book production,
including hand-copying, illustration,
publishing, printing, papermaking, binding
and preservation. (Joan M. Reitz)

8. iii. Textual Bibliography
• A bibliography based on the comparative
study of texts and their changes through
different printings and their editions.
(P.N.Gour)

9. iv. Pure Bibliography
• A bibliography which gives evaluative
notes about the contents of a book,
including textual criticism. (P. N. Gour)

10. v. Material Bibliography
• A bibliography in which the study of the
material used in making the book is
carried out.

11. vi. Complete or Comprehinsive or
Descriptive Bibliography
• A bibliography that gives full information
of a book; including price, size etc.

12. 2. Systematic Bibliography
• Systematic bibliography is the
enumeration and classification ob books.
(Encyclopedia of Library Science)
• It is mainly concerned with the contents of
the book and not with the physical
makeup.

13. PARTS OF SYSTEMATIC BIBLIOGRAPHY
• Can be divided into two parts
I. Inner Form
II. Outer Form

14. I. Inner Form
• In it we study about the contents of the
book.
• Tells us about he inner information like
author, Title, subject, price etc.

15. Parts of Inner Form of bibliography
• Having two parts
i. Enumerative
ii. Annotated

16. i. Enumerative Bibliography
• It is a simple list of books
• Contain minimum bibliographical
information
• Give essential bibliographical information

17. Annotated bibliography
• It gives annotations of each book with no
criticism
• It is just an abstract of an item/book
• It is a brief description of a book
• Usually annotations are of about 150
words

18. Outer Form
• It shows the style of presentation and
compilation
• Deals with the arrangement of entries

19. Parts of outer form of bibliography
• i. Alphabetical Order
• ii. Chronological Order
• iii. Classified Order
• iv. Alphabetico Classed Order

20. i. Alphabetical Order
• The arrangement of entries in one
alphabetical order like a dictionary.
• These may be by author, title, subject or
else.
• The access point will be the first word of
the author, title or subject etc.

21. Classified Order
• When entries are arranged according to the numbers
of the classification scheme.
• Example:
020 Library Science
Khan, Jamil Ahmad. Library science the Modern
World. Peshawar: Saeed Book Bank, 1999.
297 Islam
Thanvi, Ashraf Ali. The history of Quran and hadith
as described by the Prophet's companions. Lahore:
Feroz Sons, 1998

22. Alphabetico Classed Order
• In it the entries are arranged first by classification
number and then by alphabetical order.
• Example:
100 Library Science
Ahmad…………
Bajwa………….
Chaudhry…….
200 Religion
Bashir…………
Farid………….
Jamil………….

23. Types of
Bibliography

24. Types of bibliography
• There are several types of bibliography. Some of the most important are:
1. Universal Bibliography
2. Selective Bibliography
3. Trade Bibliography
4. Bibliography of Govt. Publications
5. Author Bibliography
6. Personal Bibliography
7. Bibliography of Bibliographies
8. Bibliography of Theses and Dessertations
9. Bibliography of Incunebulas
10. Bibliography of Manuscripts

25. Universal Bibliography
• A bibliography without any restriction as
to author, subject, language, place etc.
• Aims to list everything published in any
region of the world
• Almost impossible to compile

26. Selective Bibliography
• A bibliography limited to either Time, Region,
Form, or subject.
• Selection by Time: Covering a specific period
• Examples:
1. Books Published in 1972
2. Books Published from 1947 to 1965
• Selection by Region: List of books published
in a particular place or region.
• National bibliographies are the best examples,
like BNB, PNB, INB etc.

27. • Selection by Form: A list of books
limited to a particular form.
• Examples:
i. Bibliography of hardbound books
ii. Bibliography of NBM
iii. Bibliography of Periodicals

28. • Selection by Subject: A list of books
about a particular subject.
• Examples:
i. Bibliography of Chemistry
ii. Bibliography of Physics
iii. Bibliography of Psychology

29. Trade Bibliography
• Trade bibliography is issued by
booksellers, publishers, printers etc for
business purposes.
• Trade bibliography is national and
sometimes international in scope.
• It contain minimum bibliographical
informations.

30. Bibliography of Govt. Publications
• It is a list of books, reports, gazettes,
notifications, etc of the government issued
from time to time.
• It may be local or national in scope or may
be limited to a particular department or
ministry, or office.

31. Author Bibliography
• It is a list of books, articles etc written by
or about an author.
• Example:
• Articles written by Lenin.

32. Personal Bibliography
• A bibliography of an author qritten by
himself or a bibliography compiled by a
person who wrote them.

33. Bibliography of Bibliographies
• An extensive list of bibliographies

34. Bibliography of Theses of
Dissertations
• It is a list of theses or dissertations of a
college, Department, university, or
universities either at local, national or
international level.
• It may be subjective of general in
approach.

35. Bibliography of incunabulas
• A bibliography covering books printed in
the 15th century or in the early printing
press period.
• Incunabula is a Latin word meaning
cradle.
• Also called cradle books.

36. Bibliography of Manuscripts
• A list of manuscripts particularly
handwritten