Author: John Phillip ImmrothPublisher: Littleton, Colo : Libraries Unlimited
ISBN:
Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
Languages : en
Pages : 342
Book Description
A Guide to the Library of Congress Classification
Author: John Phillip ImmrothPublisher: Littleton, Colo : Libraries Unlimited
ISBN:
Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
Languages : en
Pages : 342
Book Description
Guide to the Library of Congress Classification
Author: Lois Mai ChanPublisher: Bloomsbury Publishing USA
ISBN:
Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
Languages : en
Pages : 414
Book Description
Like earlier editions, this thoroughly updated sixth edition of the classic textbook provides readers with a basic understanding of the Library of Congress Classification system and its applications. The Library of Congress Classification system is used in academic, legal, medical, and research libraries throughout North America as well as worldwide; accordingly, catalogers and librarians in these settings all need to be able to use it. The established gold standard text for Library of Congress Classification (LCC), the sixth edition of Guide to the Library of Congress Classification updates and complements the classic textbook's coverage of cataloging in academic and research libraries. Clear and easy to understand, the text describes the reasoning behind assigning subject headings and subheadings, including use of tables; explains the principles, structure, and format of LCC; details notation, tables, assigning class numbers, and individual classes; and covers classification of special types of library materials. The last chapter of this perennially useful resource addresses the potential role of classification in libraries of the future.
Guide to the Library of Congress Classification, 6th Edition
Author: Lois Mai ChanPublisher: ABC-CLIO
ISBN: 1440844348
Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
Languages : en
Pages : 390
Book Description
The Library of Congress Classification system is used in academic, legal, medical, and research libraries throughout North America as well as worldwide; accordingly, catalogers and librarians in these settings all need to be able to use it. The established gold standard text for Library of Congress Classification (LCC), the sixth edition of Guide to the Library of Congress Classification updates and complements the classic textbook's coverage of cataloging in academic and research libraries. Clear and easy to understand, the text describes the reasoning behind assigning subject headings and subheadings, including use of tables; explains the principles, structure, and format of LCC; details notation, tables, assigning class numbers, and individual classes; and covers classification of special types of library materials. The last chapter of this perennially useful resource addresses the potential role of classification in libraries of the future.
A Guide to the Library of Congress Classification
Author: John Phillip ImmrothPublisher: Littleton, Colo : Libraries Unlimited
ISBN:
Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
Languages : en
Pages : 346
Book Description
Immroth's Guide to the Library of Congress Classification
Author: John Phillip ImmrothPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Classification, Library of Congress
Languages : en
Pages : 402
Book Description
A Guide to Library of Congress Classification
Author: John Phillip ImmrothPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Classification, Library of Congress
Languages : en
Pages : 335
Book Description
Immroth's Guide to the Library of Congress Classification
Author: Lois Mai ChanPublisher: Englewood, Colo. : Libraries Unlimited
ISBN:
Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
Languages : en
Pages : 464
Book Description
Briefly traces the history of classification systems, discusses the principles, structure, and format of the Library of Congress classification system, and reviews individual classes.
A Practical Guide to Library of Congress Classification
Author: Karen SnowPublisher: Rowman & Littlefield
ISBN: 1538100681
Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
Languages : en
Pages : 172
Book Description
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.
Guide to the Library of Congress Classification
Author: Lois Mai ChanPublisher: Libraries Unlimited
ISBN: 144084433X
Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
Languages : en
Pages : 0
Book Description
Like earlier editions, this thoroughly updated sixth edition of the classic textbook provides readers with a basic understanding of the Library of Congress Classification system and its applications. The Library of Congress Classification system is used in academic, legal, medical, and research libraries throughout North America as well as worldwide; accordingly, catalogers and librarians in these settings all need to be able to use it. The established gold standard text for Library of Congress Classification (LCC), the sixth edition of Guide to the Library of Congress Classification updates and complements the classic textbook's coverage of cataloging in academic and research libraries. Clear and easy to understand, the text describes the reasoning behind assigning subject headings and subheadings, including use of tables; explains the principles, structure, and format of LCC; details notation, tables, assigning class numbers, and individual classes; and covers classification of special types of library materials. The last chapter of this perennially useful resource addresses the potential role of classification in libraries of the future.
A Practical Guide to Library of Congress Subject Headings
Author: Karen SnowPublisher: Rowman & Littlefield
ISBN: 1538143011
Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
Languages : en
Pages : 183
Book Description
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.