LIS 417: Subject Cataloging and Classification

Selective Bibliography of Influential Subject Cataloging Literature 

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Anderson, James D., and Jose Perez-Carballo. Information Retrieval Design: Principles and Options for Information Description, Organization, Display, and Access in Information Retrieval Databases, Digital Libraries, Catalogs, and Indexes. St. Petersburg, FL.: Ometeca Institute; East Brunswick, NJ: distributed by University Publishing Solutions, 2005. Z699 .A49 2005

Berman, Sanford. Joy of Cataloging. Phoenix, AZ: Oryx Press, 1981. Z693 .B47

Berman, Sanford. Prejudices and Antipathies: A Tract on the LC Subject Heads Concerning People. Jefferson, N.C.: McFarland & Co., 1993. Z695.1.S6 B47 1993 http://www.sanfordberman.org/prejant.htm

Beyond the Book: Extending MARC for Subject Access. Edited by Toni Petersen and Pat Molholt. Boston: G.K. Hall, 1990. Z699.4.M2 B48 1990

Bliss, Henry Evelyn. The Organization of Knowledge and the System of the Sciences. New York: Holt and Company, c1929. BD241 .B635 1929

Bliss, Henry Evelyn. The Organization of Knowledge in Libraries and the Subject-approach to Books. New York: Wilson, 1939. Z696 .B635 1939

Bowker, Geoffrey C., and Susan Leigh Star. Sorting things out: classification and its consequence. Cambridge, Mass.: MIT Press, c1999. BD175 .B68 1999

Bowman, J.H. Essential Dewey. New York: Neal-Schuman, 2005. Z696.D7 B69 2005

Broadfield, A. The Philosophy of Classification. London: Grafton & Co., 1946. Z696 .B77 1946

Broughton, Vanda. Essential Classification. Chicago: ALA-Neal-Schuman, 2015. Z695 .B8615 2015

Broughton, Vanda. Essential Thesaurus Construction. London: Facet, 2006. Z695 .B76 2006

Brown, A. G., in collaboration with D. W. Langridge and J. Mills. An Introduction to Subject Indexing. 2nd ed. London: Bingley, 1982. Z695 .B87 1982

Bryant, Rebecca. Discovery and Decision: Exploring the Metaphysics and Epistemology of Scientific Classification. Madison: Fairleigh Dickinson University Press, 2000. BD241 .B785 2000

Bureau of Canadian Archivists. Subject Indexing Working Group. Subject Indexing for Archives: The Report of the Subject Indexing Working Group. Ottawa: Bureau of Canadian Archivists, Planning Committee on Descriptive Standards, 1992. Z695.2 .B87 1992

Burger, Robert. Authority Work: The Creation, Use, Maintenance, and Evaluation of Authority Records and Files. Littleton, Colo.: Libraries Unlimited, 1985. Z693 .B87 1985

Byrne, Deborah J. MARC Manual: Understanding and Using MARC Records. 2nd ed. Englewood, Colo.: Libraries Unlimited, 1998. Z699.35.M28 B97 1998 [Also In Cataloguing Lab/Collaboratory]

Cataloging the Web: Metadata, AACR, and MARC 21. Ed. by Wayne Jones, Judith R. Ahronheim, and Josephine Crawford. (ALCTS Papers on Library Technical Services and Collections, no. 10). Lanham, Md.: Scarecrow Press; published in cooperation with the Association for Library Collections & Technical Services, 2002. Z695.24 .C38 2002

Chan, Lois Mai. Library of Congress Subject Headings: Principles and Applications. 4th ed. Westport, Conn.: Libraries Unlimited, 2005. Z695 .C43 2005

Chan, Lois Mai. Library of Congress Subject Headings: Principles of Structure and Policies for Application. Annotated version. Washington, D.C.: Library of Congress, [1991], c1990. Z695.Z8 L5228 1990

Chan, Lois Mai, Sheila S. Intner, and Jean Weihs. A Guide to the Library of Congress Classification. 6th ed. Santa Barbara, CA: Libraries Unlimited, 2107. Z696.U4 C47 2017

Chan, Lois Mai, and Athena Salaba. Cataloging and Classification: An Introduction. Lanham, Maryland: Rowman & Littlefield, 2016. Z693 .C437 2016

Chan, Lois Mai, and Joan S. Mitchell. Dewey Decimal Classification: Principles and Application. 3rd ed., rev. for DDC 22. Dublin, Ohio: OCLC Online Computer Library Center, 2003. Z696.D7 C48 2003

Chan, Lois Mai, and Ed O'Neill. FAST: Faceted Application of Subject Terminology:
Principles and Applications
. Santa Barbara, Calif.: Libraries Unlimited, c2010. Z695.Z8 F373 2010

Clack, Doris H. Authority Control: Principles, Applications, and Instructions. Chicago: American Library Association, 1990. Z693.3.A88 C58 1990

Classification of Library Materials: Current and Future Potential for Providing Access. Edited by Betty G. Bengtson and Janet Swan Hill. New York: Neal-Schuman, 1990. Z696.A4 C69 1990

Comaromi, John. Book Numbers: A Historical Study and Practical Guide to Their Use. Littleton, Colo.: Libraries Unlimited, 1981. Z698 .C65

Comaromi, John. Eighteen Editions of the Dewey Decimal Classification. Albany, NY: Forest Press, 1976. Z696 .D51952 1976

Curras, Emilia. Ontologies, Taxonomies and Thesauri in Systems Science and Systematics. Oxford: Chandos Publishing, 2010. Z695 .C87 2010

Cutter-Sanborn Three-Figure Author Table. Swanson-Swift revision, 1969. Distributed by Libraries Unlimited, Littleton, Colo. Z698 .C95 1969 [in the Cataloguing Lab/Collaboratory]

Dewey Decimal Classification and Relative Index. Devised by Melvil Dewey. Edition 23, edited by Joan S. Mitchell, Julianne Beall, Rebecca Green, Giles Martin, and Michael Panzer. Dublin, Ohio: OCLC Online Computer Library Center, 20011. 4 vols. Z696 .D52 2011 [in the Cataloguing Lab/Collaboratory]

Dittmann, Helena and Jane Hardy. Learn Library of Congress Classification. Lanham, Md.: Scarecrow Press, 2000. Z696.U4 D58 2000

Drabenstott, Karen Markey, and Diane Vizine-Goetz. Using Subject Headings for Online Retrieval: Theory, Practice, and Potential. San Diego: Academic Press, 1994. Z699.35.O55 D73 1994

Dykstra, Mary. Precis: A Primer. Metuchen, N.J.: Scarecrow Press, 1987. Z695.92 .D94 1987

Ferguson, Bobby. Subject Analysis: Blitz Cataloging Workbook. Englewood, Colo.: Libraries Unlimited, 1998. Z695 .F46 1998

Ferl, Terry E., and L. Millsap. Subject Cataloging: A How-To-Do-It Workbook. New York: Neal-Schuman, 1991. Z695 .F39 1991

Foskett, A. C. The Subject Approach to Information. 5th ed. London: Library Assoc. Pub., 1996. Z695 .F66 1996

Foundations of Cataloging: A Sourcebook. Edited by Michael Carpenter and Elaine Svenonius. Littleton, Colo.: Libraries Unlimited, 1986. Z693 .F68 1985

Fricke, Martin. Logic and the Organization of Information. New York: Springer, 2012. Z666.5 .F75 2012

Fritz, Deborah A, and Richard J. Fritz. MARC21 for Everyone: A Practical Guide. Chicago: American Library Association, 2003. Z699.35.M28 F75 2003 [Also In Cataloguing Lab/Collaboratory]

Ganendran, Jacki. Learn Library of Congress Subject Access. Lanham, Md.: Scarecrow Press in cooperation with DocMatrix Pty Ltd, Canberra, Australia, 2000. Z695.Z8 L5237 2000

Guide to Indexing and Cataloging with the Art and Architecture Thesaurus. Edited by Toni Petersen and Patricia J. Barnett. New York: Oxford University Press, 1994. Z695.1.A7 G85 1994

Guidelines for the Construction, Format, and Management of Monolingual Thesauri. Bethesda, MD: NISO Press, 1994. (ANSI/NISO Z39.19-1993) Z695 .N36 1994

Guidelines on Subject Access to Individual Works of Fiction Drama, Etc. 2nd ed. Chicago: American Library Association, 2000. Z695.1.L6 G84 2000 [in the Cataloguing Lab/Collaboratory]

Harner, James L. On Compiling an Annotated Bibliography. 2nd ed. New York: MLA, 2000. Z1001 .H33 1991
NOTE
: The only edition available at the library is the 1991 revised edition.

Harpring, Patricia. Introduction to Controlled Vocabularies: Terminology for Art, Architecture, and Other Cultural Works. Los Angeles, Calif.: Getty Research Institute, 2010. Z695.1.C85 H37 2010

Haykin, David Judson. Subject Headings: A Practical Guide. Washington, D.C.: U.S.G.P.O., 1951. Z695 .H36 http://babel.hathitrust.org/cgi/pt?id=mdp.39015008971890;view=1up;seq=7

Haynes, Elizabeth and Joanna F. Fountain. Unlocking the Mysteries of Cataloging: A Workbook of Examples. Westport, Conn.: Libraries Unlimited, 2005. Z693.3.S65 H39 2005

Headings for Tomorrow: Public Access Display of Subject Headings. American Library Association, Subject Analysis Committee Subcommittee on the Display of Subject Headings in Subject Indexes in Online Public Access Catalogs. Chicago: American Library Association, 1992. Z699.35.S92 H43 1992

Hjorland, Birger. Information Seeking and Subject Representation. Westport, Conn.: Greenwood Press, 1997. Z695 .H694 1997

Hunter, Eric J. Classification Made Simple. 3rd ed. Burlington, Vt.: Ashgate, 2009. Z696.A4 H86 2009

Iyer, Hemalata. Classificatory Structures: Concepts, Relations and Representation. Frankfurt/Main: Indeks Verlag, 1995. Q335 .I947 1995

Joudrey, Daniel N., and Arlene G. Taylor. The Organization of Information. 4th ed. Santa Barbara, CA: Libraries Unlimited, 2018. Z666.5 .T39 2018

Joudrey, Daniel N., Arlene G. Taylor, and David P. Miller. Introduction to Cataloging and Classification. 11th ed. Santa Barbara, CA: Libraries Unlimited, 2015. Z693 .W94 2015 http://library.simmons.edu/record=b2211137~S0

Keyser, Pierre de. Indexing: From Thesauri to the Semantic Web. Oxford: Chandos, 2012. Z695.9 .K49 2012

Kornegay, Rebecca S., Heidi E. Buchanan, and Hildegarde B. Morgan. Magic Search: Getting the Best Results from Your Catalog and Beyond. Chicago: American Library Association, 2009. Z659 .Z8 L52375 2009

Lakoff, George. Women, Fire, and Dangerous Things: What Categories Reveal About the Mind. Chicago: University of Chicago Press, 1987. P37 .L344 1987

Lancaster, F.W. Indexing and Abstracting in Theory and Practice. 3rd ed. Champaign, Ill.: University of Illinois, Graduate School of Library and Information Science, 2003. Z695.92 .L36 2003

Langridge, D. W. Classification: Its Kinds, Elements, Systems and Applications. London: Bowker-Saur, 1992. Z693 .L14 1992

Langridge, D. W. Subject Analysis: Principles and Procedures. London: Bowker-Saur, 1989. Z695 .L27 1989

Mann, Thomas. Library Research Models: A Guide to Classification, Cataloging, and Computers. New York: Oxford University Press, 1993. Z711 .M36 1993

Mann, Thomas. Oxford Guide to Library Research. 4th ed. New York: Oxford University Press, 2015. http://library.simmons.edu/record=b2164873~S0

Marcella, Rita, and Arthur Maltby. The Future of Classification. Aldershot, Eng.; Brookfield, Vt.: Gower, 2000. Z696.A4 F88 2000

Markey, Karen. Subject Searching in Library Catalogs: Before and After the Introduction of Online Catalogs. Dublin, Ohio: OCLC, 1984. Z695 .M344 1984

Metcalfe, John. Information Indexing and Subject Cataloging. New York: Scarecrow Press, 1957. Z696 .M58

Miksa, Francis L. The Subject in the Dictionary Catalog From Cutter to the Present. Chicago: American Library Association, 1983. Z695 .M62 1983

Mills, Jack. A Modern Outline of Library Classification. London: Chapman & Hall, 1960. Z696 .M63

Mortimer, Mary. Learn Dewey Decimal Classification (Edition 21). Lanham, Md.: Scarecrow Press, 2000. Z696.D7 M66 2000

Nisbett, Richard E. The Geography of Thought: How Asians and Westerners Think Differently-- and Why. New York: Free Press, 2004, c2003. BF311 .N565 2004

Olson, Hope A. The Power to Name: Locating the Limits of Subject Representation in Libraries. Dordrecht, The Netherlands: Kluwer Academic Publishers, 2002. Z695 .O47 2002

Olson, Hope A., and John J. Boll. Subject Analysis in Online Catalogs. 2nd ed. Englewood, Colo.: Libraries Unlimited, 2001. Z699.35.S92 A46 2001

Pettee, Julia. Subject Headings: The History and Theory of the Alphabetical Subject Approach to Books. New York: H. W. Wilson, 1946. Z695 .P52

Principles Underlying Subject Heading Languages (SHLs). Edited by Maria Ines Lopes and Julianne Beall. Munich: KG Saur, 1999. Z695.1 .S74 P75 1999

Ranganathan, S.R. Classification and Communication. Delhi: University of Delhi, 1951. Z696.A4 R36 1951 http://hdl.handle.net/10150/105279

Ranganathan, S.R. A Descriptive Account of the Colon Classification. Bombay: New York: Asia Publishing House, 1967. Z696.R192 R36 1967

Ranganathan, S.R. Elements of Library Classification. Bombay: New York: Asia Publishing House, 1962. Z696.A4 R364 1962

Ranganathan, S.R. Philosophy of Library Classification. New York: Hafner, 1951. Z696.A4 R368 1951 http://hdl.handle.net/10150/105278

Ranganathan, S.R. Prolegomena to Library Classification. 3rd ed. Bombay ; New York: Asia Pub. House 1967. Z696 .R22 1967. Available: http://hdl.handle.net/10150/106370

Relationships in the Organization of Knowledge. Edited by Carol A. Bean and Rebecca Green. Boston: Kluwer Academic Publishers, c2001. Z666.5 .R45 2001

Richardson, Ernest Cushing. Classification, Theoretical and Practical, Together with an Appendix Containing an Essay Towards a Bibliographical History of Systems of Classification. 3rd ed. New York: H. W. Wilson, 1930. Z696.A4 R53 1930

Satija, M.P.,and Elizabeth Haynes. User's Guide to Sears List of Subject Headings. Lanham, Md.: Scarecrow Press, 2008. Z695.Z8 S4337 2008

Sauperl, Alenka. Subject Determination During the Cataloging Process. Lanham, Md.: Scarecrow Press, 2002. Z695 .S247 2002

Saye, Jerry D., with April J. Bohannan. Manheimer's Cataloging and Classification. 4th ed. rev. and expanded. New York: Marcel Dekker, 1999. Z693 .M33 1999

Sayers, W.C. Berwick. An Introduction to Library Classification, Theoretical, Historical, and Practical, with Readings, Exercises, and Examination Papers. London: Grafton, 1958, c1954. Z696 .S292 1954

Sayers, W.C. Berwick. Manual of Classification for Librarians and Bibliographers. 5th ed. / [revised by] Arthur Maltby. London: Deutsch, 1975. Z696 .S2925 1975

Scott, Mona L. Dewey Decimal Classification, 22nd Edition: A Study Manual and Number Building Guide. Westport, Conn.: Libraries Unlimited, 2005. Z696.D7 S36 2005

Shera, Jesse H. Libraries and the Organization of Knowledge. Hamden, Conn., Archon Books, 1965. Z665 .S422

Shera, Jesse, and Margaret Egan. The Classified Catalog: Basic Principles and Practices. Chicago: American Library Association, 1956. Z695 .S535

Shiri, Ali. Powering Search: The Role of Thesauri in New Information Environments. Medford, NJ: Information Today for ASIST, 2012. Z667 .S57 2012

Smiraglia, Richard P. The Elements of Knowledge Organization. New York: Springer, 2014. Z666.5 .S46 2014

Subject Access: Preparing for the Future, edited by Patrice Landry, Leda Bultrini, Edward T. O'Neill and Sandra K. Roe. Berlin: De Gruyter Saur, 2011. Z695 .S935 2011

Subject Control in Online Catalogs. Robert P. Holley, ed. New York: Haworth Press, 1989. (Also published as v. 10, nos. 1/2 of Cataloging & Classification Quarterly.) Z699.35.S92 S83 1989

Subject Indexing: Principles and Practices in the 90's: Proceedings of the IFLA Satellite Meeting Held in Lisbon, Portugal, 17-18 August 1993. Munich: Saur, 1995. Z695 .S84x 1995

Svenonius, Elaine. The Intellectual Foundation of Information Organization. Cambridge, Mass.: MIT Press, 2000. Z666.5 .S92 2000 http://library.simmons.edu/record=b1263160~S0

Theory of Subject Analysis: A Sourcebook. Edited by Lois Mai Chan, Phyllis A. Richmond, and Elaine Svenonius. Littleton, Colo.: Libraries Unlimited, 1985. Z695 .T485 1985

Vickery, Brian. Faceted Classification: A Guide to Construction and Use of Special Schemes. London: Aslib, 1968. Z696 .V6 1968

Weinberger, David. Everything is Miscellaneous. New York: Times Books, 2007. HD30.2 .W4516 2007

Wilson, Patrick. Two Kinds of Power. Berkeley, Calif.: University of California Press, 1968. Z1001 .W45 http://books.google.com/books?id=DePy_aazKI4C&lpg=PP1&pg=PP3#v=onepage&q&f=false

Yablo, Stephen. Aboutness. Princeton: Princeton Univ. Press, 2014. B840 .Y33 2014

Zerubavel, Eviatar. The Fine Line: Making Distinctions in Everyday Life. Chicago: University of Chicago, 1993. BF445 .Z47 1993

Zumer, Maja, Marcia Lei Zeng, and Athena Salaba. FRSAD: Conceptual Modeling of Aboutness. Santa Barbara, California: Libraries Unlimited, 2012. Z666.63.F77 Z86 2012


Articles and Web Resources

Bates, Marcia J. "Rethinking Subject Cataloging in the Online Environment." Library Resources & Technical Services 33, no. 4 (October 1989): 400-412.

Bates, Marcia J. "Subject Access in Online Catalogs: A Design Model.." Journal of the American Society for Information Science 37 (1986): 357-376.

Chan, Lois Mai. "Inter-Indexer Consistency in Subject Cataloging." Information Technology and Libraries 8 (Dec. 1989): 349-358.

Chan, Lois Mai. "A Subject Cataloging Code?" Cataloging & Classification Quarterly 10, nos. 1/2 (1989): 199-202.

Classification Research Group. "The Need for a Faceted Classification as the Basis of all Methods of Information Retrieval." in Theory of Subject Analysis: A Sourcebook, pp. 154-167. (see above)

Cutter, Charles A. "Subjects." In Theory of Subject Analysis: A Sourcebook, pp. 1-20. (see above)

Fischer, Karen S. "Critical Views of LCSH, 1990-2001." Cataloging & Classification Quarterly 41, no. 1 (2005): 63-109.

Gross, Tina, and Arlene G. Taylor. "What Have We Got to Lose: The Effect of Controlled Vocabulary on Keyword Searching Results." College & Research Libraries 66, No. 3 (May 2005): 212-230.

Haykin, David Judson. "Subject Headings: Fundamental Concepts." In Theory of Subject Analysis: A Sourcebook. Edited by L. M. Chan, P. A. Richmond, and E. Svenonius. Littleton, Colo.: Libraries Unlimited, 1985, pp. 105- 111. (see above)

Holley, Ralph M., and Daniel N. Joudey, "Aboutness and Conceptual Analysis: A Review," Cataloging & Classification Quarterly    (2021) DOI: 10.1080/01639374.2020.1856992

Intner, Sheila S. "ASCR: The American Subject Cataloging Rules (Part 1)" Technicalities 8, no. 7 (July 1988): 5-7; "The Trouble with Harry: ASCR (Part 2)" Technicalities 8, no. 9 (September 1988): 5-7.

Koch, Traugott, and Michael Day. The Role of Classification Schemes in Internet Resource Description and Discovery. Available: http://www.ukoln.ac.uk/metadata/desire/classification/

Knowlton, Steven A. "Three Decades Since Prejudice and Antipathies: A Study of the Changes in the Library of Congress Subject Headings." Cataloging & Classification Quarterly 40, no. 2 (2005): 123-145.

Larson, Ray R. "Between Scylla and Charybdis: Subject Searching in the Online Catalog." Advances in Librarianship 15 (1991): 175-236.

Larson, Ray R. "The Decline of Subject Searching: Long-Term Trends and Patterns of Index Use in an Online Catalog." Journal of the American Society for Information Science 42 (1991): 197-215.

Library of Congress, Cataloging Policy and Support Office. "Library of Congress Subject Headings Pre- vs. Post-Coordination and Related Issues." http://www.loc.gov/catdir/cpso/pre_vs_post.pdf

Library of Congress, Cataloging Policy and Support Office. "The Policy and Standards Division's Progress on the Recommendations made in 'Library of Congress Subject Headings Pre- vs. Post-Coordination and Related Issues'." http://www.loc.gov/catdir/cpso/pre_vs_postupdate.pdf

Marshall, Linnea. "Specfic and Generic Subject Headings: Increasing Subject Access to Library Materials." Cataloging & Classification Quarterly 36, no. 2 (2003): 59-87.

Reynolds, Sally Jo. "In Theory There is No Solution: the Impediments to a Subject Cataloging Code." Library Quarterly 59, no. 3 (July 1989): 223- 238.

Svenonius, Elaine. "LCSH: Semantics, Syntax and Specificity." Cataloging & Classification Quarterly 29, no. 1/2 (2000): 17-30.

Taylor, Arlene G. "On the Subject of Subjects." Journal of Academic Librarianship. 21, no. 6 (Nov. 1995): 484-491.

Wellish, Hans H. "Aboutness and Selection of Topics." Key Words 4, no. 2 (Mar./Apr. 1996): 7-9.

Williamson, Nancy. "Classification in the Millennium." Online & CDROM Review 21, no. 5 (October 1997): 298-301.

Wilson, Patrick. "Subjects and the Sense of Position." In Chan, Lois Mai, Phyllis A. Richmond, and Elaine Svenonius, eds. Theory of Subject Analysis: A Sourcebook. Littleton, Colo.: Libraries Unlimited, 1985, pp. 253-268. (see above)

Wilson, Patrick, and Nick Robinson. "Form Subdivisions and Genre." Library Resources & Technical Services 34, no. 1 (January 1990): 36- 43.

Yee, Martha M. "Two Genre and Form Lists for Moving Image and Broadcast Materials: A Comparison." Cataloging & Classification Quarterly 31, no. 3/4 (2001): 237-295.


Cataloging Tools

GENERAL TOOLS

Banerjee, Kyle. "The Cataloging Calculator." http://calculate.alptown.com/

Cataloging & Classification Quarterly Home Page
Available: http://catalogingandclassificationquarterly.com/

Library of Congress Online Catalog. Available: http://catalog.loc.gov/

Library of Congress. Program for Cooperative Cataloging. [Web Page] Available: http://www.loc.gov/aba/pcc/

OCLC Online Computer Library Center, Inc. [Home page] Available: http://www.oclc.org/

Princeton University. Cataloging Documentation. Available: http://library.princeton.edu/departments/tsd/katmandu/catman.html

TPOT: Technical Processing Online Tools. Available: http://tpot.ucsd.edu/


MARC

Bibliographic Formats and Standards. 4th ed. Dublin, Ohio: OCLC Online Computer Library Center, 201-. Available: http://www.oclc.org/bibformats/

MARC 21 Format for Authority Data. 1999 ed. Washington, D.C.: Library of Congress, Cataloging Distribution Service, 1999. AVAILABLE ON CATALOGER'S DESKTOP ; MARC 21 Concise Format for Authority Data. Available: http://lcweb.loc.gov/marc/authority/ecadhome.html

MARC 21 Format for Bibliographic Data: Including Guidelines for Content Designation. 1999 ed. Washington, D.C.: Library of Congress, Cataloging Distribution Service, 1999. AVAILABLE ON CATALOGER'S DESKTOP ; MARC 21 Concise Format for Bibliographic Data. Available: http://lcweb.loc.gov/marc/bibliographic/ecbdhome.html

MARC 21 Format for Classification Data: Including Guidelines for Content Designation. Washington, D.C.: Library of Congress, Cataloging Distribution Service, 1999. (1 v., looseleaf) AVAILABLE ON CATALOGER'S DESKTOP ; MARC 21 Concise Format for Classification Data. Available: http://lcweb.loc.gov/marc/classification/eccdhome.html

MARC 21 Format for Community Information. 2000 ed. Washington, D.C.: Library of Congress, Cataloging Distribution Service, 2000. AVAILABLE ON CATALOGER'S DESKTOP ; MARC 21 Concise Format for Community Information. Available: http://lcweb.loc.gov/marc/community/eccihome.html

MARC 21 Format for Holdings Data: Including Guidelines for Content Designation. Washington, D.C.: Library of Congress, Cataloging Distribution Service, 1999. AVAILABLE ON CATALOGER'S DESKTOP ; MARC 21 Concise Format for Holdings Data. Available: http://lcweb.loc.gov/marc/holdings/echdhome.html

Understanding MARC: Bibliographic: Machine-Readable Cataloging. Library of Congress, Cataloging Distribution Service, 2003. Available: http://lcweb.loc.gov/marc/umb


VERBAL SUBJECT ANALYSIS TOOLS

American Library Association, Subject Analysis Committee. (1993) "Definition of Form Data." Available: http://www.pitt.edu/~agtaylor/ala/form-def.htm

Fountain, Joanna F. Subject Headings for School and Public Libraries: An LCSH/Sears Companion. 3rd ed. Englewood, Colo.: Libraries Unlimited, 2001. Z695.1.C6 F682 2001

Guidelines on Subject Access to Individual Works of Fiction, Drama, Etc. American Library Association, Subject Analysis Committee, Subcommittee on Subject Access to Individual Works of Fiction, Drama, etc. 2nd ed. Chicago: American Library Association, 2000. [In Cataloguing Lab/Collaboratory]

Library of Congress Subject Headings. Washington, D.C.: Library of Congress, Office for Subject Cataloging Policy, 1990- . Annual. AVAILABLE through Classification Web (use link in Moodle).

Library of Congress. Subject Headings & Genre/Form Terms. https://www.loc.gov/aba/cataloging/subject/

"SACO: Subject Authority Cooperative Program." https://www.loc.gov/aba/pcc/saco/index.html

SACO Participants' Manual (written by Adam L. Schiff for the PCC). Washington, D.C.: Library of Congress, Cataloging Distribution Service, 2007. Available: http://www.loc.gov/aba/pcc/saco/documents/SACOManual2007.pdf

Subject Headings Manual. Prepared by The Cataloging Policy and Support Office, Library of Congress. Washington, D.C.: Cataloging Distribution Service, Library of Congress, 2008. [In Cataloguing Lab/Collaboratory] https://www.loc.gov/aba/publications/FreeSHM/freeshm.html

Thesaurus for Graphic Materials. Compiled by Prints and Photographs Division, Library of Congress. Rev. ed. Washington, D.C.: Cataloging Distribution Service, Library of Congress, 1995. Z695.715 .P37 1995; Online version available: http://lcweb.loc.gov/rr/print/cataloging.html


CLASSIFICATION TOOLS

Classification and Shelflisting Manual. Prepared by The Office for Subject Cataloging Policy, Library of Congress. Washington, D.C.: Cataloging Distribution Service, Library of Congress, 2008. [In Cataloguing Lab/Collaboratory] http://www.loc.gov/aba/publications/FreeCSM/freecsm.html

Dewey Decimal Classification and Relative Index. 23nd ed., Joan S. Mitchell, Editor in Chief ; Julianne Beall, Assistant Editor ; Rebecca Green, Assistant Editor ; Giles Martin, Assistant Editor ; Michael Panzer, Assistant Editor. Dublin, Ohio: OCLC Online Computer Library Center, 2011. [In Cataloguing Lab/Collaboratory] ALSO AVAILABLE at: http://dewey.org/webdewey/

Dewey Decimal Classification [home page]. Available: http://www.oclc.org/dewey/

LC Classification Outline. Washington, D.C., Library of Congress, Subject Cataloging Division, 1998- [Continuously updated]. http://lcweb.loc.gov/catdir/cpso/lcco/lcco.html

Library of Congress Classification: Classes A-Z. [various editions] Washington, D.C.: Cataloging Distribution Service, Library of Congress, 1933- [In ClassWeb]


SHELFLISTING TOOLS

Banerjee, Kyle. "The Cataloging Calculator." http://calculate.alptown.com/

Classification and Shelflisting Manual. Prepared by The Office for Subject Cataloging Policy, Library of Congress. Washington, D.C.: Cataloging Distribution Service, Library of Congress, 2008. [In Cataloguing Lab/Collaboratory] http://www.loc.gov/aba/publications/FreeCSM/freecsm.html

Cutter, Charles Ammi. C.A. Cutter's Three-Figure Author Table. Swanson- Swift revision, 1969. Distributed by Libraries Unlimited, Littleton, Colo. Z698 .C94 [In Cataloguing Lab/Collaboratory]

Cutter, Charles Ammi. C.A. Cutter's Two-Figure Author Table. Swanson- Swift revision, 1969. Distributed by Libraries Unlimited, Littleton, Colo. Z698 .C93 1969 [In Cataloguing Lab/Collaboratory]

Cutter-Sanborn Three-Figure Author Table. Swanson-Swift revision, 1969. Distributed by Libraries Unlimited, Littleton, Colo. Z698 .C95 1969 [In Cataloguing Lab/Collaboratory]


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