bibliographical description

  • 1International Standard Bibliographic Description — The International Standard Bibliographic Description or ISBD is a set of rules produced by the International Federation of Library Associations and Institutions (IFLA) to describe a wide range of library materials within the context of a catalog …

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  • 2List of bibliographical materials on the potlatch — Below is a list of books and sources about the potlatch, an Indigenous ceremony from the north west cost of Canada, and the United States. General * Barnett, Homer G. (1938) The Nature of the Potlatch. American Anthropologist. vol. 40, no. 3, pp …

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  • 3Edition (book) — The bibliographical definition of an edition includes all copies of a book printed “from substantially the same setting of type,” including all minor typographical variants. First edition According to the definition of edition above, a book… …

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  • 4RESPONSA — (Heb. שְׁאֵלוֹת וּתְשׁוּבוֹת; lit. queries and replies ), a rabbinic term denoting an exchange of letters in which one party consults another on a halakhic matter. Such responsa   are already mentioned in the Talmud, which tells of an inquiry… …

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  • 5Book size — Comparison of some book sizes based on American Library Association The size of a book is generally measured by the height against the width of a leaf,[1] or sometimes the height and width of its cover.[2] A series o …

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  • 6Military education in the Soviet Union — There existed an evolved system of military education in the Soviet Union that covered a wide range of ages. Late Soviet Union All able bodied males obtained basic and specialized military training during obligatory 2 3 year male draft. Suvorov… …

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  • 7pagination — /paj euh nay sheuhn/, n. 1. Bibliog. the number of pages or leaves of a book, manuscript, etc., identified in bibliographical description or cataloging. 2. the figures by which pages are marked to indicate their sequence. 3. the act of paginating …

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  • 8pagination — /pædʒəˈneɪʃən/ (say pajuh nayshuhn) noun 1. the number of pages or leaves (or both) of a book identified in bibliographical description or cataloguing of the book. 2. the figures by which pages are numbered. 3. the act of paginating …

  • 9Allan H. Stevenson — Allan Henry Stevenson (June 20, 1903  – March 31, 1970) was an American bibliographer specializing in the study of hand made paper and watermarks who single handedly created a new field: the bibliographical analysis of paper. [1] Through his …

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  • 10GENIZAH, CAIRO — Introduction The term genizah is a word shortened from the rabbinical Hebrew phrase bet genizah (see also genizah ). Its counterpart in late biblical Hebrew is genez (pl. genazim, ginzei) which in Esther evidently means a treasury, as well as the …

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