Bibliograficzny

Bibliograficzny is an adjective in Polish meaning related to bibliography. It is formed from the noun bibliografia and the suffix -iczny, used to describe elements that pertain to the description, organization, or presentation of sources.

In library science and document management, bibliograficzny refers to metadata, records, or descriptions that identify and locate sources. Common phrases include dane bibliograficzne (bibliographic data), opis bibliograficzny (bibliographic description), and rekord bibliograficzny (bibliographic record). The term helps distinguish between the act of compiling a list of sources (bibliografia) and the descriptive information about individual items or collections.

Bibliograficzny appears in discussions of standards and practices, such as styl bibliograficzny (bibliographic style), które regulate citation formats (APA, MLA, Chicago) and the presentation of references. It is also used in relation to cataloging and databases, e.g., katalog bibliograficzny (bibliographic catalog) and baza danych bibliograficzna (bibliographic database), as well as bibliograficzna kontrola (bibliographic control), a process ensuring consistency and retrievability of cited works.

In everyday Polish, bibliograficzny is mainly encountered in academic, library, and publishing contexts. It helps specify that a feature or resource is concerned with bibliographies, citations, and the management of bibliographic information, rather than with the content of the works themselves.