Lois Mai Chan

Library of Congress Subject Headings

Principles and Application

• Gebundenes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

This book is the only comprehensive treatise on the Library of Congress Subject Headings (LCSH) system. It offers users a complete and definitive guide to a challenging area of study. Chan presents a brief history of the system, analyzes its principles, and describes its vocabulary and subject authority control. She then discusses the application of LC subject headings to LC MARC records and outlines the Library of Congress's policies on the assignment of subject headings in general and the treatment of certain types of materials in particular. This new edition updates the text according to policies governing current practices in using LCSH, and the highlighted relevance of LCSH in the global electronic environment. Part 3, completely rewritten, includes a chapter on FAST (Faceted Application of Subject Terminology), which is an LCSH-based controlled vocabulary for electronic resources.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Bloomsbury 3PL
• 4. Auflage
• Seitenzahl: 568
• Erscheinungstermin: 1. Mai 2005
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 240mm x 161mm x 35mm
• Gewicht: 1012g
• ISBN-13: 9781591581543
• ISBN-10: 1591581540
• Artikelnr.: 21385263

Autorenporträt

Lois Mai Chan

Inhaltsangabe

Preface Principles, Form, and Structure Introduction Basic Principles Forms
of Main Headings Subdivisions Subject Authority Control and Maintenance
Application Assigning Subject Headings Subject Cataloging of Special Types
of Materials Subject Areas Requiring Special Treatment Current and Future
Prospects Library of Congress Subject Headings in the Electronic
Environment Fast: Faceted Application of Subject Terminology Appendix A:
Library of Congress Bibliographic Records with MARC 21 Coding Appendix B:
Free-Floating Subdivisions: Form and Topical Appendix C: Free Floating
Subdivisions: Names of Persons Appendix D: Free Floating Subdivisions:
Names of Places Appendix E: General Reference Sources Used In Establishing
Headings Appendix F: First-Order Political Divisions of the Exceptional
Countries Appendix G: MARC 21 Coding for Subject Information Appendix H:
Abbreviations Appendix I: Capitalization Appendix J: Puntuation Glossary
Bibliography Index