Bibliografiskt

Bibliografiskt is a Swedish adjective meaning related to bibliography, the description, indexing, and organization of sources in scholarly work. The term is used to describe aspects that pertain to the collection, presentation, and metadata of sources, such as references, citations, and bibliographic databases. In practice, it appears in phrases that designate material or information tied to bibliographic work, for example in reference lists, cataloging, or bibliographic records.

The word is formed from the noun bibliografi (bibliography) plus the suffix -iskt, giving the neuter singular form bibliografiskt. In Swedish grammar, adjectives agree with the noun they modify, so bibliografiskt precedes neuter singular nouns (such as ett bibliografiskt index). In other gender or number forms the corresponding adjective is bibliografisk or bibliografiska (e.g., bibliografiska uppgifter, bibliografiskt material).

Common contexts for bibliografiskt include library science, publishing, and academic writing, where discussions focus on bibliographic data, citation standards, citation indexing, and related metadata. It is often used alongside terms like bibliografisk, bibliografiska, and bibliografiska uppgifter to describe specific bibliographic elements, such as bibliografiskt material in a collection or bibliografiska uppgifter in a reference list.

Related concepts include bibliography, bibliographic databases, cataloging, and bibliographic styles or standards (for example, APA or MLA conventions). While bibliografiskt refers to the descriptive or classificatory side of references, it is distinct from terms that address broader quantitative measures of scholarly output, such as bibliometrics. Bibliografiskt remains a technical, mostly formal term used primarily in Swedish-language library science and scholarly contexts.