Bibliografischer

Bibliografischer is the attributive form of the German adjective bibliografisch, meaning related to bibliography or bibliographic. It is used to describe items or concepts connected with the compilation, description, and organization of sources in scholarly work. The base noun is Bibliografie; the adjective is formed with the suffix -isch, and its ending changes to match the gender, number, and case of the noun it modifies (for example: ein bibliografischer Eintrag; eine bibliografische Angabe; ein bibliografisches Werk; bibliografische Angaben). In practice, bibliografischer appears in phrases such as bibliografischer Hinweis or bibliografischer Stil, referring to notes that identify sources or to the formatting and presentation of citations.

In German-language scholarship, the term belongs to library and information science, publishing, and academic writing. It encompasses bibliographic information, such as author, title, place and date of publication, pagination, and identifiers like ISSN/ISBN, as well as standards for citation and bibliography formatting (for instance, various bibliographic styles). The related noun Bibliografie denotes the list of works consulted or cited.

Etymology: from Bibliografie, from Greek biblion 'book' and graphein 'to write', via late Latin and French/German adoption. The suffix -isch yields the adjective bibliografisch, with -er/-es endings agreeing with the gender and case of the noun it modifies to form bibliografischer, bibliografische, or bibliografisches as appropriate.

See also: Bibliografie; bibliografisch; Zitierweise; Literaturverzeichnis.