Bibliographic description - that is, information that contains information about the bibliographical document parts of a document or a set of several documents drawn up in accordance with the established rules or standards.With this description can identify the document as it is a kind of characteristic indicating its main features.
bibliography
bibliography - an area of activity for work with information that is engaged in organizing, preparing for use and dissemination of bibliographical information.Translated from the Greek language is a compound word means "to write a book."
main objective of the bibliography is to organize bibliographic activities in accordance with established standards.For making bibliographic description of a document, you need to stick to the standard set in accordance with GOST 7.1-2003.
Another activity is to compile a bibliography of various classifications of documents and their lists, as well as collections of citations and bibliographies.
Components bibliographic description
Bibliographic description - is part of the bibliographic record.Such a description is made of the header and areas separated by various mathematical and punctuation marks.For example, a colon or a dash.Areas are divided into elements.
description at the beginning of the title contains the name of the author of the document, as well as the main title, which is written without abbreviations.Further specified document type.For example, to specify, placing ahead of the colon that this document - a tutorial.Next fit the data fields.Field contained in the bibliographic description, may be different depending on the specification.For example, in the field may contain information about the release of the document, the next field specifies the number of pages.In parentheses, and without reductions specified series, and then - the circulation and the international number ISBN.The elements that make up the area, written in small letters.
Types of bibliographic descriptions
According to GOST of 2003, bibliographic description can be such types: single-level, multi-level, analytical.A special kind of such descriptions are bibliographical references.If the description is drawn in great detail and consists of all the possible elements, it is said to be complete.In an extended description of the bibliography may also include not only mandatory, but optional elements.In addition, one can create and summary consisting only of elements that are required.These elements include the title proper and the primary information about responsibility.
Bibliographic description pamphlets or books
modern standard defines the bibliographic description of the book as a structure consisting of mandatory and optional elements, which are combined in the area.The areas are separated by a conventional defined by State Standard, punctuation and mathematical symbols.The main title of the book should be listed as well as on the title page without distorting its shape and cuts.
indispensable element in the bibliographic description of the book are: the title, the title of the book, place of publication.Other elements of the title should explain and reveal the title and clarify the kind of book genre, purpose and other characteristics.Next is the area of separation by a slash.The information about the accountability has information about publishing and the people who prepared the book for publication.This information contains names of editors, compilers, translators and others.
