bibliografiche

Bibliografiche is the feminine plural form of the Italian adjective bibliografico, used to describe things relating to bibliography. In Italian, it commonly modifies nouns such as schede, fonti, note, or referenze, producing phrases like schede bibliografiche (bibliographic records), fonti bibliografiche (bibliographic sources), note bibliografiche (bibliographic notes), and referenze bibliografiche (bibliographic references). The term is widely used in library science, research, and publishing to indicate information about sources rather than the content of the sources themselves.

In library science and cataloging, the adjective appears in contexts such as descrizione bibliografica or schede bibliografiche, which document a source according to established standards. Standards like the International Standard Bibliographic Description (ISBD) and encoding schemes such as MARC or Dublin Core are employed to ensure consistent bibliographic descriptions and reliable retrieval across catalogs and databases. Bibliografiche descriptions help users identify, locate, and verify sources.

In academic writing, the term is linked to bibliografie or riferenze bibliografiche, which list and describe sources consulted or cited in a work. The broader concept includes the apparatus bibliografico found in scholarly editions, encompassing citations, notes, and other materials that accompany a text to guide further study. Etymologically, bibliografiche derives from bibliografia, itself from the Greek biblos “book” and graphein “to write.”