Principles of Bibliographical Description
Principles of Bibliographical Description

Author: Fredson Bowers

Publisher:

Published: 1994-06-30

Total Pages: 536

ISBN-13: 9781873040027

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This comprehensive manual remains the central book in bibliographical work, and an essential tool for researchers and students in all fields.

Descriptive Bibliography
Descriptive Bibliography

Author: George Thomas Tanselle

Publisher:

Published: 2020

Total Pages:

ISBN-13: 9781883631192

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"This book offers a comprehensive guide to descriptive bibliography--the activity of describing books as physical objects. The function of descriptive bibliography is to provide detailed historical accounts of the varied material forms in which texts have been transmitted and to show the relationships among those examples that claim to carry texts of the same work. The first part of this book contains five essays on general topics: an introduction to the field and its history; its relation to library cataloguing; the concept of ideal copy; the meanings of edition, impression, issue, and state; and tolerances in reporting details. The second part covers more specific subjects: transcription and collation; format; paper; typography and layout; typesetting and presswork; non-letterpress material; publishers' bindings, endpapers, and jackets; and overall arrangement. At the end is an appendix containing a sample description with detailed commentary, followed by a record of the literature of descriptive bibliography"--

Bibliography and the Sociology of Texts
Bibliography and the Sociology of Texts

Author: D. F. McKenzie

Publisher: Cambridge University Press

Published: 1999-09-16

Total Pages: 140

ISBN-13: 9780521644952

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In Bibliography and the Sociology of Texts, D. F. McKenzie shows how the material form of texts crucially determines their meanings. He unifies the principal interests of both critical theory and textual scholarship to demonstrate that, as all works of lasting value are reproduced, re-edited and re-read, they take on different forms and meanings. By witnessing the new needs of their new readers these new forms constitute vital evidence for any history of reading. McKenzie shows this is true of all forms of recorded information, including sound, graphics, films, representations of landscape and the new electronic media. The bibliographical skills first developed for manuscripts and books can, he shows, be applied to a wide range of cultural documents. This book, which incorporates McKenzie's classic work on orality and literacy in early New Zealand, offers a unifying concept of texts that seeks to acknowledge their variety and the complexity of their relationships.

On Compiling an Annotated Bibliography
On Compiling an Annotated Bibliography

Author: James L. Harner

Publisher: Modern Language Association

Published: 2015-01-01

Total Pages: 38

ISBN-13: 1603292470

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James Harner's popular pamphlet, first published in 1985, has been revised and updated in the light of advances in computer technology and the availability of humanities databases. Harner offers useful information on planning research, organizing an annotated bibliography, compiling entries, using a computer to prepare the manuscript, and editing. While the booklet focuses on the preparation of a comprehensive bibliography on a single literary author, the procedures and techniques are easily adapted to selective or subject bibliographies and to other periods and disciplines.

An Introduction to the Advanced Theory and Practice of Nonparametric Econometrics
An Introduction to the Advanced Theory and Practice of Nonparametric Econometrics

Author: Jeffrey S. Racine

Publisher: Cambridge University Press

Published: 2019-06-27

Total Pages: 436

ISBN-13: 1108757286

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Interest in nonparametric methodology has grown considerably over the past few decades, stemming in part from vast improvements in computer hardware and the availability of new software that allows practitioners to take full advantage of these numerically intensive methods. This book is written for advanced undergraduate students, intermediate graduate students, and faculty, and provides a complete teaching and learning course at a more accessible level of theoretical rigor than Racine's earlier book co-authored with Qi Li, Nonparametric Econometrics: Theory and Practice (2007). The open source R platform for statistical computing and graphics is used throughout in conjunction with the R package np. Recent developments in reproducible research is emphasized throughout with appendices devoted to helping the reader get up to speed with R, R Markdown, TeX and Git.

The Subject Bibliography of the Social Sciences and Humanities
The Subject Bibliography of the Social Sciences and Humanities

Author: Barbara M. Hale

Publisher: Elsevier

Published: 2014-05-17

Total Pages: 158

ISBN-13: 1483146634

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International Series of Monographs in Library and Information Science, Volume 12: The Subject Bibliography of the Social Sciences and Humanities focuses on subject bibliographies of the humanities and social sciences. The manuscript first outlines the development of subject bibliography in the 16th up to 20th centuries, including developments in subject bibliography of social sciences and humanities and theory of bibliography. The book then discusses subject bibliography and flow of information. Topics include information storage and retrieval, scholarly communications, and other library tools. The text surveys the alphabetical and chronological arrangements of subject bibliographies, including the arrangement of selected bibliographies. Current and retrospective unannotated bibliographies and indexes; current and retrospective bibliographical reviews; and grading and abstracts are underscored. The book is a vital reference for readers wanting to explore humanities and social sciences.