| Edition |
2nd edition. |
| Description |
xxii, 519 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm |
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text txt rdacontent |
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unmediated n rdamedia |
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volume nc rdacarrier |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 493-502) and index. |
| Contents |
Introduction -- Bibliographic control and library catalogs -- Descriptive cataloging -- Development of cataloging codes -- Description -- Choice of access points -- Name authority control and forms of headings and uniform titles -- Subject access in library catalogs -- Subject cataloging -- Library of Congress subject headings -- Sears list of subject headings -- Medical subject headings and other subject cataloging systems -- Classification -- General principles of classification -- Dewey decimal classification -- Library of Congress classification -- National Library of Medicine classification and other modern classification systems -- USMARC formats and production of cataloging records -- USMARC formats -- Producing cataloging records. |
| Summary |
Cataloging and Classification, Third Edition, is a text for beginning students and a tool for practicing cataloging personnel. All chapters have been rewritten in this latest edition to incorporate recent developments, particularly the tremendous impact metadata and the Web have had on cataloging and classification. |
| Subject |
Cataloging -- United States.
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Classification -- Books.
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Cataloging. (OCoLC)fst00848659
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Classification -- Books.
(OCoLC)fst00863572
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United States. (OCoLC)fst01204155
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| ISBN |
0070105065 (alk. paper) |
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9780070105065 (alk. paper) |
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0071132538 (pbk.) |
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9780071132534 (pbk.) |
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