Search results
Results from the Health.Zone Content Network
Bibliophilia or bibliophilism is the love of books. A bibliophile or bookworm is an individual who loves and frequently reads or collects books. Bibliophiles may have large, specialized book collections. They may highly value old editions, autographed copies, or illustrated versions. Bibliophilia is distinguishable from bibliomania, a ...
A bibliographic record is an entry in a bibliographic index (or a library catalog) which represents and describes a specific resource. A bibliographic record contains the data elements necessary to help users identify and retrieve that resource, as well as additional supporting information, presented in a formalized bibliographic format.
Biblioburro. The Biblioburro (The donkey library) is a traveling library that distributes books to patrons from the backs of two donkeys, Alfa and Beto. The program was created in La Gloria, Colombia, by Luis Soriano. [1] The biblioburro operates within the central municipalities of the Department of Magdalena, on Colombia's Caribbean shore.
According to the Oxford English Dictionary, [1] the word bibliomancy (etymologically from βιβλίον biblion- "book" and μαντεία -manteía "divination by means of") "divination by books, or by verses of the Bible" was first recorded in 1753 ( Chambers' Cyclopædia ). Sometimes this term is used synonymously with stichomancy (from ...
The Great Library of Alexandria in Alexandria, Egypt, was one of the largest and most significant libraries of the ancient world. The library was part of a larger research institution called the Mouseion, which was dedicated to the Muses, the nine goddesses of the arts. [10] The idea of a universal library in Alexandria may have been proposed ...
Biblio.com. Biblio is a privately owned international online marketplace specializing in rare and collectible books. [1] Biblio was established in 2000 in Asheville, North Carolina, by Brendan Sherar and Michael Tracey. [2] Biblio also provides e-commerce solutions and web services to multiple professional bookseller associations, including the ...
Ginkgo (Ginkgo biloba) is a large tree with fan-shaped leaves.The leaves are commonly included in supplements and taken by mouth for memory problems. The ginkgo tree is thought to be one of the ...
The Royal Library of Belgium ( French: Bibliothèque royale de Belgique, Dutch: Koninklijke Bibliotheek van België, abbreviated KBR and sometimes nicknamed Albertine in French or Albertina in Dutch) is the national library of Belgium. The library has a history that goes back to the age of the Dukes of Burgundy.