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Bibliographies are critical for several reasons. In order of importance:

• They get the author out of trouble for many plagiarism accusations. If the author has properly cited where he got his ideas, then it ceases to be plagiarism and becomes research.
• It allows other researchers to reconstruct the chain of thought, either to extend that chain or to verify its accuracy.
• They let professors and teachers know how much work the author put into the paper.

Bib`li*og"ra*phy (?) n.; pl. Bibliographies (#). [Gr. : cf. F. bibliographie.]

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

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