A bibliographic description is information containing bibliographic information about a document, part of a document, or a combination of several documents, compiled in accordance with established rules or standards. Using this description, you can identify the document, as this is a kind of its characteristic, indicating its main features.
Bibliography
A bibliography is an area of work with information that deals with the systematization, preparation for use and dissemination of bibliographic information. Translated from Greek, this complex word means: "write a book."
The main task of bibliography is the organization of bibliographic activities in accordance with established standards. So, when compiling a bibliographic description of a document, you must adhere to the standard established in accordance with GOST 7.1-2003.
Another area of activity of the bibliography is the compilation of various classifications of documents, their lists, as well as collections of citations and bibliographic indexes.
Components of a bibliographic description
A bibliographic description is an integral part of a bibliographic record. Such a description is made up of a heading and areas separated from each other by various mathematical and punctuation marks. For example, a colon or a dash. Areas are divided into elements.
The description at the very beginning contains in the title the name of the author of the document, as well as the main title, which is written without abbreviations. Next, the type of document is specified. For example, we clarify by putting a colon in front that this document is a study guide. Further the data of areas are entered. The areas contained in the bibliographic description may be different depending on the type of description. For example, the area may contain data on the release of the document, the next area specifies the number of pages. The series shall be indicated in parentheses and without abbreviations, followed by the circulation and international ISBN number. The elements that make up the area are written with a lowercase letter.
Types of bibliographic descriptions
According to GOST from 2003, the bibliographic description can be of the following types: single-level, multi-level, analytical. A particular variation of this description is bibliographic references. If the description is very detailed and consists of all possible elements, then it is called complete. The extended bibliographic description may also include not only mandatory, but also optional elements. In addition, you can make a short description, consisting only of elements that are required. These elements include the main title and primary liability information.
Bibliographic description of a brochure or book
The modern standard defines a bibliographic description of a book as a structure consisting of mandatory and optional elements that are combined in the field. Areas are separated using conditional, defined by Gosstandart, punctuation and mathematical symbols. The main title of the book should be indicated in the same way as on the title page, without distortion of its form and abbreviations.
Mandatory elements in a book bibliographic description are: title, title of the book, place of publication. Other elements of the title should clarify and expand the title and clarify the type of book, genre, purpose and other characteristics. Next is the separation of the area with a slash. The liability information contains information about the publishers and the persons who prepared the book for publication. This information contains the names of editors, compilers, translators and other persons.