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The department's own homepage contains resources accessible on-line. The LCNA, OCLC's Bibliographic Formats and Standards, US MARC code lists, and the CONSER Editing Guide and CONSER Cataloging Manual are but a few of the useful references available through our homepage.
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CATALOGING AND METADATA RESOURCES
RDA toolkit. Chicago : American Library Association, 2010. http://access.rdatoolkit.org.ezproxy.rice.edu/
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This supplies a subject index to the CSB through fall Fall of 1996.
Dick, Gerald K. LC Author Numbers. Castle Rock, Co.: Hi Willow, 1992.
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Cataloging Policy and Support Office, Library of Congress. Library of Congress Classification Schedules. Washington, D.C.: Library of Congress. (Main classes of the Library of Congress Classification Schedule can be found here)
In these schedules the classification scheme of LC is set forth. The P schedule is accompanied by a separate volume of tables, Language and Literature Tables, with its own Additions and Changes. Many of the other schedules contain tables to be applied to their class numbers.
Cataloging Policy and Support Office, Library of Congress. Library of Congress Rule Interpretations (LCRI), 2nd ed. Washington, D.C.: Library of Congress, 1989. (Please refer to Cataloger's Desktop for up-to-date information.)
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.
LCSH lists the subject headings used at the Library of Congress. The introduction to volume I contains a discussion of subject headings, references, subdivisions, and pattern headings. The quarterly CSB (see above) updates the annual edition with revisions to the LCSH and lists of subject headings of current interest. The most current listing is LCSH Online, which we access via Cataloger's Desktop.
Network Development and MARC Standards Office, Library of Congress. MARC Standards. Library of Congress. http://www.loc.gov/marc/
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The Manual contains the instructions used by subject catalogers at LC in order to understand and to apply subject headings correctly. The publication Free-Floating Subdivisions: An Alphabetical Index serves as an index to the free-floating subdivisions in the Manual. The CSB (see above) contains information on the most important topics which have been changed since the latest edition of the Manual.
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OCLC Librarian's Toolbox: http://www.oclc.org/support/toolbox.en.html
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Connexion client documentation: http://www.oclc.org/support/services/connexion/documentation/client.en.html
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Bibliographic Formats and Standards: http://www.oclc.org/bibformats/en.html
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Authorities: Formats and Indexes: http://www.oclc.org/support/services/worldcat/documentation/authorities/authformat.en.html
OCLC Technical Bulletin Bulletin: http://www.oclc.org/support/documentation/technicalbulletins.en.html
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