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LIBRARY OF CONGRESS RESOURCES
RDA toolkit. Chicago : American Library Association, 2010. http://access.rdatoolkit.org.ezproxy.rice.edu/
RDA toolkit is the online version of Resource description and access, the current descriptive cataloging standard. It is an integrated, browser-based, online product that allows users to interact with a collection of cataloging-related documents and resources, including RDA: Resource Description and Access. RDA provides a comprehensive set of guidelines and instructions on resource description and access covering all types of content and media. The RDA Toolkit includes: RDA instructions that are searchable and browsable; Anglo-American Cataloguing Rules (AACR2) rule number search of RDA instructions; workflows, mappings: tools to customize the RDA instruction set to support organizational training and processes; two views of RDA content--by table of contents and by element set; the full text of AACR2; links to other cataloging and metadata standards and resources.
Joint Steering Committee for the Revision of AACR2. Anglo-American Cataloging Rules, 2nd ed. 2002 Rev. Chicago: American Library Association, 2002.
AACR2 is the former source of our rules of rules for descriptive cataloging. "The rules cover the description of, and the provision of access points for ... library materials" (p. 1) It details when to use and how to determine the correct form of names and uniform titles. The definitive glossary and rules governing capitalization, abbreviations, and use of numerals in catalog records are found in the appendices.
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This quarterly publication of the Library of Congress incorporates revisions in both descriptive cataloging practice and subject cataloging usage. Each issue contains an index to all the current Library of Congress Rule Interpretations, the new interpretations, and revisions to the LC subject headings. Publication ceased with no. 128, fall 2010.
Cataloging Policy and Support Office, Library of Congress. Free-floating Subdivisions: An Alphabetical Index, 19th ed. Washington, D.C.: Library of Congress, 2007.
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LCRI are interpretations of AACR2 for Library of Congress descriptive catalogers. A cumulative index to current interpretations is published in each issue of Cataloging Service Bulletin. Publication ceased with update 3 in 2010.
Cataloging Policy and Support Office, Library of Congress. Library of Congress Subject Headings, 30th ed. Washington, D.C.: Library of Congress, 2007.
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Bibliographic Formats and Standards http://www.oclc.org/bibformats/en.html
Describes the format and tagging for MARC records in OCLC. Codes and usage for fixed fields are detailed. It contains information concerning the scope, indicators, and usage for each of the fixed and variable fields. It provides standards for input of MARC records, both original and retrospective cataloging bibliographic records, into the OCLC online union catalog. It contains guidelines for when to input a new record, when and how to upgrade a minimum level record, and report corrections.
Authorities: Formats and Indexes http://www.oclc.org/support/services/worldcat/documentation/authorities/authformat.en.html
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The thematic catalogues of individual composers, located in Music Reference (ML128 range), are an invaluable too for determining and assigning the proper uniform titles to "hard to identify" works.
MUSIC ONLINE RESOURCES
Yale University. Types of Compositions for Use in Music Uniform Titles. http://www.library.yale.edu/cataloging/music/types.htm
Authority Tools For Audio-Visual and Music Catalogers. http://ublib.buffalo.edu/libraries/units/cts/olac/capc/authtools.html
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