Main Page | See live article | Alphabetical index A bibliography is an overview of (almost) all publications in some category: works of some author; publications about some specific subject; publications published in some specific country; publications published in some specific period. A bibliography tries to give a complete overview of the (important) literature in its category. This is opposed to a library catalog, which only describes items actually found in the library. However, some national libraries' catalog also serves as a national bibliography, as (almost) all publications of this country are contained in the catalog. Bibliographies can be sorted in several ways, similar to library catalogs. See also: List of bibliographies This article is from Wikipedia. All text is available under the terms of the GNU Free Documentation License.