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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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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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