The book traces the history and tradition of making a bibliography and metadata of books. Beginning with the Greeks, the art of preparing bibliography and metadata percolated to France, Germany, England, other European countries and to Asia. First of all majority of bibliographies were prepared in English, but now it is prepared in every national and regional language. Bibliography is an integral part of Punjabi literature as well now. Invention of printing press has further facilitated the task of making bibliography. The common standard method of preparing a bibliography on a particular topic follows the pattern of giving the authors' name in the alphabetical order followed by a title of the book, its publishers, year of publication, and number of pages. The book gives an authorwise list of books in the alphabetical order on various subjects in Punjabi.[edit]
