How to find an English bibliography in Paris
To understand what a bibliography is, we can start with the definition from the Merriam-Webster’s Collegiate Dictionary/Thesaurus :
bib•li•og•ra•phy 'bi-blÈ-"ä-gr€-fÈ noun pl bib•li•og•ra•phies [prob. fr. NL bibliographia, fr. Gk, the copying of books, fr. bibli- + -graphia -graphy] (1802)
1 : the history, identification, or description of writings or publications
2 a : a list often with descriptive or critical notes of writings relating to a particular subject, period, or author
b : a list of works written by an author or printed by a publishing house
3 : the works or a list of the works referred to in a text or consulted by the author in its production
bib•lio•graph•ic 'bi-blÈ-€-"gra-fik also bib•lio•graph•i•cal -fi-k€l adjective
bib•lio•graph•i•cal•ly -k(€-)lÈ adverb
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In other words, a bibliography is a place to find all sorts of publications, whether it is books, magazines, newspapers, multimedia (like video, CD-roms), electronic documents or other kind of publications meeting the criteria above. In today’s information society you can find bibliography everywhere. Finding information can be easy, but finding valid information can be hard. Especially finding good resources in the Internet jungle can be illusive.
1.2 Finding English bibliography in Paris
Finding your way through Paris after English bibliography can be hard enough if you don’t speak particularly good French. Asking the local French people for help can be intimidating enough if your French level is weak.
First of all you should not be surprised if your local library in Paris does not carry a waste amount of English books as they normally do not. In ...