BibliographyMore Than Just Books

Beth EvansBrooklyn College Library

September 2012

Definition of Bibliography: Biblio = books / Graphy = writing

A writing about books (a list of books)

Your week-by-week class syllabus is a sort of ready-made bibliography (see p. 4)

Is it only about books?

Expand “books” to include: Other texts

Encyclopedia entry Newspapers Magazines Journals Blogs Web sites

• Sound recordings• Visual images – still & moving

Other Lists You Might Call Ready-Made Bibliographies