A Practical Guide to Library of Congress Classification - Couverture rigide

Snow, Karen

Couverture rigide

ISBN 10 : 1538100665 ISBN 13 : 9781538100660

Editeur : Rowman & Littlefield, 2017

Synopsis

A Practical Guide to Library of Congress Classification is a hands-on introduction to LC Classification.

The book examines each part of the LCC call number and how it is assembled and guides the reader through each step of finding and constructing LCC class numbers in Classification Web (the primary resource used to access LCC).

Chapter coverage is complete:

1. Introduction
2. Library of Congress Classification in a Nutshell
3. Breaking Down the Library of Congress Call Number
4. Dates
5. Cutters
6. LCC in Classification Web
7. Basic LCC Call Number Building
8. Advanced Call Number Building
9. Classifying Fiction in LCC
10. Finding and using LCC Resources

Exercises at the end of most chapters give readers immediate practice with what they just learned. Answers to the exercises are provided at the end of the book. By the end of the book readers will be able to build an LCC call number on their own.

A propos du livre

À propos de l?auteur

Karen Snow is associate professor and PhD program director in the Graduate School of Library & Information Science at Dominican University, River Forest, Illinois. She teaches cataloging, classification, and metadata courses and has written several journal articles on cataloging topics and cataloging education. Snow holds a PhD in Information Science from the University of North Texas (UNT), where she cataloged for UNT's main library, the Rare Book Room, and the University Archives

Détails de l'édition

• Éditeur: Rowman & Littlefield
• Date d'édition: 2017
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN 10: 1538100665
• ISBN 13: 9781538100660
• Reliure: Relié
• Nombre de pages: 170
• Coordonnées du fabricant: non disponible
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