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A practical guide to Library of Congress subject headings /Karen Snow.

By: Material type: TextTextDescription: xi, 169 pages : illustrations (black and white) ; 24 cmContent type:
  • text
Media type:
  • unmediated
Carrier type:
  • volume
ISBN:
  • 9781538143001
Subject(s): Genre/Form: LOC classification:
  • Z695 .P733 2021
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Contents:
Basic Principles of Subject Analysis -- Searching and Browsing LCSH in Classification Web -- Subdivisions and Free-Floating Subdivisions -- MARC Coding of LCSH -- The Subject Headings Manual (SHM) -- Geographic Subject Headings and Subdivisions -- Personal Name Subject Headings and Biographies -- Fiction -- Conclusion; LCSH Resources -- Appendix A: Answers to End-of-Chapter Exercises -- Appendix B: Free-Floating Subdivisions: Form and Topical -- Appendix C: Free-Floating Subdivisions: Names of Places -- Appendix D: Free-Floating Subdivisions: Names of Persons.
Subject: "Here's a resource that uses language non-catalogers can understand and provides hands-on, user-friendly training in LCSH. The book offers a brief history of LCSH, discusses basic principles of subject analysis, explains the key principles of LCSH, and details how to choose and apply LCSH subject headings and subheadings"--
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Circulating Book (checkout times vary with patron status) Circulating Book (checkout times vary with patron status) G. Allen Fleece Library Z695.S674.P733 2021 (Browse shelf(Opens below)) Available 31923002084966

Includes bibliographies and index.

Library of Congress Subject Headings in a Nutshell -- Basic Principles of Subject Analysis -- Searching and Browsing LCSH in Classification Web -- Subdivisions and Free-Floating Subdivisions -- MARC Coding of LCSH -- The Subject Headings Manual (SHM) -- Geographic Subject Headings and Subdivisions -- Personal Name Subject Headings and Biographies -- Fiction -- Conclusion; LCSH Resources -- Appendix A: Answers to End-of-Chapter Exercises -- Appendix B: Free-Floating Subdivisions: Form and Topical -- Appendix C: Free-Floating Subdivisions: Names of Places -- Appendix D: Free-Floating Subdivisions: Names of Persons.

"Here's a resource that uses language non-catalogers can understand and provides hands-on, user-friendly training in LCSH. The book offers a brief history of LCSH, discusses basic principles of subject analysis, explains the key principles of LCSH, and details how to choose and apply LCSH subject headings and subheadings"--

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