Thesauri and Dictionaries
http://www.und.edu/dept/library/Departments/abc/Thesori.html
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To create new headings, the library must have the appropriate resources in staff and documentation. Resources include:
NACO
Anglo-American Cataloging Rules. Chicago: ALA, 1999- (latest)REQ
Authorities user guide. Dublin, OH: OCLC, 1994- (latest)
LC guidelines supplement to the USMARC Format for Authority data. Washington, D.C. : Library of Congres, Network Development and MARC Standards Office, 1998.
Library of Congress Rule Interpretations. Washington, DC: Library of Congress, Cataloging Distribution Service, 1993- (latest) REQ
Memorandum 1 from the Library of Congress: Defining the "catalog" for NACO libraries (OCLC) REQ
Memorandum 2 from the Library of Congress: Descriptive Cataloging Manual Z1 REQ
NACO participant's manual. 2nd ed. Washington, DC: Library of Congress, Cataloging Distribution Service, 1996. REQ
SACO
Art & architecture thesaurus. New York : Oxford University Press, 1990.
Bratcher, Perry. Music subject headings : compiled from Library of Congress subject headings. Lake Crystal, Minn.: Soldier Creek Press, 1988.
Chan, Lois Mai. Library of Congress subject headings : principles of structure and policies for applications. Washington, D.C.: Cataloging Distribution Service, 1990.
Clack, Doris H. Authority control : its principles, applications, and instructions. Chicago: American Library Association, 1990.
Decisions on geographic names in the United States. Washington, D.C. Dept. of the Interior, 1963-
Free-floating subdivisions : an alphabetical index. Washington, DC: Cataloging Distribution Service, 1989- REQ
Guidelines for authority records and references. (2nd ed., 2001) IFLA.
http://www.ifla.org/VII/s13/garr/garr.pdf
Guidelines on subject access to individual works of fiction, drama, etc. Chicago: American Library Association, 1990.
LC guidelines supplement to the USMARC Format for Authority data. Washington, D.C. : Library of Congres, Network Development and MARC Standards Office, 1998.
Library of Congress Subject Headings. Washington, DC: Library of Congress, 1975- REQ Latest ed.
Library of Congress Subject Manual: Subject Headings. Washington, DC: Cataloging Distribution Service, Library of Congress, 1984- REQ Latest ed.
Mandatory Data Elements for Internationally SHared Resources Authority Records. (1996) IFLA.
http://www.ifla.org/VI/3/p1996-2/mlar.htm
Medical subject headings. Bethesda, Md: U.S. Dept. of Health and Human Services, National Institutes of Health, National Library of Medicine, 1960-
SEE MeSH sites
Music OCLC Users Group presents the best of MOUG. Austin, Tex: Music OCLC Users Group, 1997.
Period subdivisions under names of places. Washington, DC: Cataloging Distribution Service, Library of Congress, 1994.
Thesaurus for Graphic Materials. Washington, D.C.: Cataloging Distribution Service, Library of Congress, 1995.
USMARC format for authority data : including guidelines for content designation. Washington, DC: Library of Congress, Cataloging Distribution Service, 1990-
LC Classification
LC Classification schedules. Washington, DC: Cataloging Distribution Service, Library of Congress, 1994- REQ
Library of Congress Subject Manual: Classification. Washington, DC: Cataloging Distribution Service, Library of Congress, 1995. REQ
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* From: Clack, Doris H. Authority control : its principles, applications, and instructions. Chicago: American Library Association, 1990. P. 2.
Hagler and Simmons define authority control as "the name given to the function of discovering all available evidence relative to the naming of a person, body, topic, etc. and then establishing an access poing and cross-references according to some rule." Avram says "authority control is a process for ensuring consistency of headings in a library catalog." Martin defines authority control as "the set of procedures which determines the use of consistent names and terminology in the face of pseudonyms; changing names, changing subject terminology; and changing relationships between and among scholarly disciplines, corporate bodies and governmental agencies.""From Elias and Fair comes this definition: "Authority control is the process by which the same or related names, phrases, or titles are brought together in a prticular place in the catalog." To summarize, authority control is the process of ensuring that every entry - name, uniform title, series, or subject - that is selected as an access point for the public catalog is unique and does not conflict, by being identical, with any other entry that is already in the catalog or that may be included at a later date. A network of references is the frame that holds it all together.
Task Group on the Function of the Authority File Final Report : presented to the Standing Committee on Standards of the Program for Cooperative Cataloging. Apr 1, 2003
under Standards at: http://www.loc.gov/catdir/pcc/standards.html
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Submit Record to National Review File and a Respond File are available. On the OCLC CONNEXION toolbar, select HELP; search: NACO review.
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