Wikipedia:WikiProject Bibliographies: Difference between revisions - Wikipedia
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==Goals==
A bibliography, the product of the practice of bibliography, is a systematic list of books and other works such as [[academic journal|journal]] [[article (publishing)|articlearticles]]s. Bibliographies range from "works [[citation|cited]]" lists at the end of books and articles to complete, independent publications. As separate works, they may be in bound volumes <!-- such as those shown on the right,(they're not shown here) -->or computerised [[bibliographic database]]s. A [[library catalog]], while not referred to as a "bibliography,", is bibliographic in nature.
Bibliographies differ from library catalogs by including only relevant items rather than all items present in a particular library. Bibliographies are a primary tool in academic research for students, faculty and researchers.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://aboutobo.com/about-obo/ |title=About Oxford Bibliographies Online |access-date=2011-10-07}}</ref> Within Wikipedia, well crafted bibliographies provide editors with a readily available list of sources that can be used to support creation and expansion of articles on related topics.
Within Wikipedia, bibliographies are [[Wikipedia:Manual of Style/Lists#Types of lists|specialized lists]] of books, journals and other references important to the topic of the bibliography. For example: [[Bibliography of classical guitar]] is a list of works important to the study of [[Classical guitar]]. Bibliographies may also be a listing of published works of an author. For example: [[Jimmy Carter bibliography]] is a list of works about or authored by [[Jimmy Carter]].
The primary goal of this project is to improve bibliographies and expand their scope within Wikipedia by establishing a consistent article structure; by ensuring bibliographies follow Wikipedia policies, guidelines and manuals of style; and by identifying topics needing bibliographic coverage and encouraging editors to build those bibliographies.
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==Relevant guidelines and manual of style==
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====Summary style bibliographies====
The overall topic of some bibliographies maybemay be so broad as to require a [[WP:SS|summary style]] bibliography in which the topic is divided into logical sections, each with only a few entries. Each section should have a <nowiki>{{Main|Bibliography of sub-topic}}</nowiki> template directing the user to the bibliography of the sub-topic. The lead of a summary style bibliography needs to establish discriminate inclusion criteria for the topic and sub-topics just as in the single article bibliography.<!--- Is there an example of this? --->
====Sourcing bibliographic entries====
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====Lead====
The [[WP:Lead|lead]] of an author bibliography may state something to the effect:
{{Quotation|The '''[[Umberto Eco bibliography]]''' contains a list of works published by [[Umberto Eco]].}}
Including a description of the various types and numbers of works published, their period of publication and highlights of the most prestigious works will make the lead more compelling. The [[William Faulkner bibliography]] is a good example of such a lead. Ensure that the lead for a living author follows [[WP:BLP|the guidelines for biographies of living persons]].
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Some bibliographies contain both works written by the author and works about the author written by others. Leads in these cases should be as explicit as possible on the inclusion criteria for works ''about'' the author.
{{Quotation|The '''[[Richard Nixon bibliography]]''' includes publications by Formerformer Presidentpresident [[Richard Nixon]] and books and articles about him and his policies.}}
====Infobox====
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The [[MediaWiki]] software that powers Wikipedia has several parameters that [[Wikipedia:Template limits|limit the complexity of a page]], thus limiting the amount of templates that can be included. When a page reaches the template limit, the most common solution for a bibliography is to convert some "citation templates" to a [[WP:CITEFOOT| "manual style" citation]].
{{Quotation|<code><nowiki>Rawls, John (1971). [https://books.google.com/books?id=kvpby7HtAe0C&pg=PA1 ''A Theory of Justice'']. Harvard University Press. ISBN 978-0-674-00078-0</nowiki></code>}}
===Annotations===
Bibliography entries may be [[Annotated bibliography|annotated]] to provide additional relevance and explanation of the work.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.writing.utoronto.ca/advice/specific-types-of-writing/annotated-bibliography |title=Writing an Annotated Bibliography |publisher=University of Toronto |access-date=2011-10-10}}</ref> Annotations should be indented (by adding aone colon following the asterisk in front) and cited with a reliable source.
==Categories==
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* [[User:McMormor|McMormor]] ([[User talk:McMormor|talk]]) – Interested in bibliographies being used by professors, students and anyone else engaged in research annotated bibliographies [[WP:USEDU]].
* [[User:Dirac66|Dirac66]] ([[User talk:Dirac66|talk]]) – Science, primarily chemistry and physics.
* <fontspan facestyle="font-family:Lucida Calligraphy;">[[User:LadyofShalott|<fontspan colorstyle="color:#ee3399;">Lady</fontspan>]]<fontspan colorstyle="color:#0095c6;">of</fontspan>[[User_Talk:LadyofShalott|<fontspan colorstyle="color:#442288;">Shalott</fontspan>]]</fontspan> – scientific bibliographies, selected author bibliographies, possible relationship with WikiProject Libraries (but not certain what that might be)
*[[User:Moxy|Moxy]] ([[User talk:Moxy|talk]]) 15:56, 6 December 2011 (UTC)
*[[User:Rjensen|Rjensen]] ([[User talk:Rjensen|talk]]) 18:05, 6 December 2011 (UTC)
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*[[User:CWH|ch]] ([[User talk:CWH|talk]]) [[User:CWH|ch]] ([[User talk:CWH|talk]]) 14:35, 8 September 2020 (UTC). China, American novels, History.
* [[User:Kommerz|Kommerz]] ([[User talk:Kommerz|talk]]) 16:15, 2 August 2021 (UTC), working on a bibliography with Wikidata ([https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q54007056 Q54007056])
* [[User:Иованъ|Ivan]] ([[User talk:Иованъ|talk]]) 16:32, 6 May 2024 (UTC)
==Further reading==
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