Here’s a resource that uses language non-catalogers can understand and provides hands-on, user-friendly training in LCSH. The book offers a brief history of LCSH, discusses basic principles of subject analysis, explains the key principles of LCSH, and details how to choose and apply LCSH subject headings and subheadings.
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| Acknowledgments |
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1 Library of Congress Subject Headings in a Nutshell |
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2 Basic Principles of Subject Analysis |
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11 | (8) |
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3 Searching and Browsing LCSH in Classification Web |
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19 | (10) |
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4 Subdivisions and Free-Floating Subdivisions |
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29 | (8) |
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37 | (12) |
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6 The Subject Headings Manual (SHM) |
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49 | (10) |
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7 Geographic Subject Headings and Subdivisions |
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59 | (10) |
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8 Personal Name Subject Headings and Biographies |
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69 | (12) |
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81 | (20) |
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10 Conclusion and LCSH Resources |
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101 | (4) |
| Appendix A Answers to End-of-Chapter Exercises |
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105 | (22) |
| Appendix B Form and Topical Free-Floating Subdivisions |
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127 | (16) |
| Appendix C Names of Places in Free-Floating Subdivisions |
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143 | (12) |
| Appendix D Names of Persons in Free-Floating Subdivisions |
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155 | (8) |
| Glossary |
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163 | (4) |
| Index |
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167 | (2) |
| About the Author |
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Karen Snow is an associate professor and PhD program director in the School of Information Studies at Dominican University, River Forest, Illinois. She teaches cataloging, classification, and metadata courses and has written many journal articles on cataloging topics and cataloging education. She is the author of A Practical Guide to Library of Congress Classification published in 2017.
Snow holds a Masters degree in library science and a PhD in information science from the University of North Texas (UNT), where she cataloged for UNTs main library, the Rare Book Room, and the University Archives.
Snow has taught many LCSH workshops to continuing education groups and teaches LCSH in her courses at Dominican.
