Cataloging and Classification

The fourth edition of the late Lois Mai Chan's classic Cataloging and Classification covers the analysis and representation of methods used in describing, organizing, and providing access to resources made available in or through libraries. Completely updated to incorporate the changes that have occurred during the interval between the third and fourth editions, this book is the standard text for the teaching and understanding of cataloging and classification.

Preface

PART ONE: Introduction
1. Information Resource Management: Description, Access, Organization
2. Foundations, Principles, Conceptual Models, and Standards of Resource Description

PART TWO: Record Production and Structure, Encoding Formats, and Metadata Records
3. Records and Encoding Schemas
4. Metadata Schemas

PART THREE: Resource Description and Access (RDA)
5. RDA and Its Foundations
6. RDA: Identifying Manifestations and Items
7. RDA: Identifying Works and Expressions
8. RDA: Identifying Persons, Families, and Corporate Bodies
9. RDA: Recording Relationships

PART FOUR: Subject Access and Controlled Vocabularies
10. Principles of Controlled Vocabularies and Subject Analysis
11. Library of Congress Subject Headings
12. FAST (Faceted Application of Subject Terminology)
13. Sears List of Subject Headings
14. Medical Subject Headings

PART FIVE: Organization of Library Resources
15. Classification and Categorization
16. Dewey Decimal Classification
17. Library of Congress Classification
18. National Library of Medicine Classification and Other Modern Classification Schemes

Glossary
Bibliography
Index
About the Authors