What's the difference between bibliography and reference?

Bibliography


Definition:

  • (n.) A history or description of books and manuscripts, with notices of the different editions, the times when they were printed, etc.

Example Sentences:

  • (1) Information and titles for this bibliography were gleaned from printed indexes and university medical center libraries.
  • (2) After a review of the bibliography on the subject of eccrine sweat gland carcinomas, the authors emphasize the confusing terminology used for the designation of these cases and the difficulties for a correct clinical and histological diagnosis of these tumors.
  • (3) Part 1 of the bibliography printed here covers the following topics: 1) professional goals and philosophy of midwives; 2) education of midwives regarding family planning practice; 3) education of patients in family planning; and 4) midwives' practice with specific birth control methods.
  • (4) Studies considered valid were summarised for an annotated bibliography, but only reports of major public health significance are reviewed here.
  • (5) Articles examining the role of transesophageal echocardiography for evaluation of patients with stroke were identified using computer and bibliography searches.
  • (6) This history of brucellosis, incorporating a complete bibliography of all references to the disease in the Journal of the Royal Army Medical Corps from 1903 to 1992, documents the fascinating story of this association.
  • (7) Because there are too many ways to describe a book, its presence may not be discovered in a bibliography or catalog.
  • (8) Recurring bibliographies are by-products of the MEDLARS system which are prepared by the National Library of Medicine in collaboration with nonprofit scientific and professional societies and institutions and government agencies that represent a specialty area of biomedical research or practice.
  • (9) A computer-assisted search of the literature (MEDLINE, 1966 to 1989) and review of the bibliographies of all identified articles.
  • (10) The count of publications on geometric-optical illusions and the bibliography of extant books on the topic are brought up to date.
  • (11) Studies reported since January 1978 were identified both through computer searches using Index Medicus and extensive manual searching of bibliographies of identified articles.
  • (12) All relevant articles from 1966 through 1991 were identified mainly through MEDLINE search and article bibliographies.
  • (13) An exhaustive bibliography of 154 references is given.
  • (14) In the appendix attached to the bibliography, we have attempted to identify groups of investigators by geographic locations in the hope of allowing a better comprehension of where and by whom research and lung transplantation is being conducted so that better communication can be established among workers in the field.
  • (15) In addition, at the end of the review is a brief electronics glossary (Appendix A) and an annotated bibliography (Appendix B) to guide further reading.
  • (16) The bibliography provides a comprehensive index of work performed in animals with experimental complete heart block.
  • (17) The Index of Rheumatology is a newly-developed, recurring bibliography produced by the Medical Literature Analysis and Retrieval System (MEDLARS) of the National Library of Medicine.
  • (18) The English medical literature from 1924 to 1990 was reviewed using the Cancerline and Medline retrieval systems, and through a manual review of bibliographies of identified articles.
  • (19) Rawls was surprised by the success of A Theory Of Justice; indeed, nobody could have predicted the book's impact - 10 years after it came out, a specially published Rawls bibliography listed more than 2,000 publications dealing with one aspect of his work or another.
  • (20) An attempt has been made in this bibliography to represent the various viewpoints concerning education for medical librarianship equally.

Reference


Definition:

  • (n.) The act of referring, or the state of being referred; as, reference to a chart for guidance.
  • (n.) That which refers to something; a specific direction of the attention; as, a reference in a text-book.
  • (n.) Relation; regard; respect.
  • (n.) One who, or that which, is referred to.
  • (n.) One of whom inquires can be made as to the integrity, capacity, and the like, of another.
  • (n.) A work, or a passage in a work, to which one is referred.
  • (n.) The act of submitting a matter in dispute to the judgment of one or more persons for decision.
  • (n.) The process of sending any matter, for inquiry in a cause, to a master or other officer, in order that he may ascertain facts and report to the court.
  • (n.) Appeal.

Example Sentences:

  • (1) M NET is currently installed in referring physician office sites across the state, with additional physician sites identified and program enhancements under development.
  • (2) The clinical usefulness of neonatal narcotic abstinence scales is reviewed, with special reference to their application in treatment.
  • (3) The reference library used in the operation of a computerized search program indicates the closest matches in the reference library data with the IR spectrum of an unknown sample.
  • (4) (Predictive value positive refers to the proportion of all people identified who actually have the disease.)
  • (5) Bipolar derivations with the maximum PSE always included the locations with the maximum PSE obtained from a linked ears reference.
  • (6) On the other hand, as a cross-reference experiment, we developed a paper work test to do in the same way as on the VDT.
  • (7) The Department of Health referred questions to Monitor.
  • (8) Using serial section electron microscopic reconstructions as a reference, we have chosen as our standard procedure a method that maximizes both the preservation of the cytoskeleton and the proportion of cells staining, while minimizing the degree of nonspecific staining.
  • (9) Variability (CV = 0.7%) in body volume of a 45-year-old reference man measured by SH method was very similar to variation (CV = 0.6%) in mass volume of the 60-1 prototype.
  • (10) The reference cohort consisted of 1725845 men otherwise gainfully employed.
  • (11) Tables provide data for Denmark in reference to: 1) number of legal abortions and the abortion rates for 1940-1977; 2) distribution of abortions by season, 1972-1977; 3) abortion rates by maternal age, 1971-1977; 4) oral contraceptive and IUD sales for 1977-1978; and 5) number of births and estimated number of abortions and conceptions, 1960-1975.
  • (12) At this threshold there was no effect on reducing the rate of visual acuity overreferrals, but ten children with abnormal binocular vision were detected who were not referred by visual acuity criteria.
  • (13) Significant differences in the pharmacological characteristics of the alpha 2 adrenoceptor were observed between the tissues with reference to both absolute drug affinities as well as rank order of drug potency.
  • (14) They derive from publications of the National Insurance Institute for Occupational Accidents (INAIL) and refer to the Italian and Umbrian situation.
  • (15) It is usually referred to as an aminopeptidase inhibitor.
  • (16) The data show that as much as a 9% difference from the correct activity can be observed for these radionuclides, even when the ampoule reference source gives the appropriate reading.
  • (17) In the course of its history, psychiatry has grown richer parallel to the development of its spatiotemporal system of the reference.
  • (18) Developmental changes are delineated, with particular reference to recent work on the ovine blood-brain barrier.
  • (19) Compared with the reference compounds, brotizolam induced the weakest degree of physical dependence.
  • (20) Exposure to whole cigarette smoke from reference cigarettes results in the prompt (peak activity is 6 hrs), but fairly weak (similar to 2 fold), induction of murine pulmonary microsomal monooxygenase activity.