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Peer reviewedWilson, Mary Dabney – Library Resources & Technical Services, 1998
Presents the evolution of subject access to works about individual corporate bodies in Anglo-American subject cataloging practice. Comparison is made to works of individual biography, the lack of comparable subject access is explored, and recommendations are made to restore parity by using syndetic reference structure through automated maintenance…
Descriptors: Bibliographic Records, Comparative Analysis, Library Catalogs, Machine Readable Cataloging
Peer reviewedHorn, Marguerite E. – Library Resources & Technical Services, 2002
Discusses the difference in subject access in OPACs (online public access catalogs) between subject searching (authority, alphabetic, or controlled vocabulary) versus keyword searching (uncontrolled, free text, natural language vocabulary). Compares a query on the term "garbage" in two online catalogs and discusses results. (Author/LRW)
Descriptors: Access to Information, Comparative Analysis, Keywords, Library Catalogs
Peer reviewedChan, Lois Mai; Vizine-Goetz, Diane – Library Resources & Technical Services, 1998
This study explored the feasibility of scanning the OCLC Online Union Catalog (OLUC) to create subject heading validation files. Concluded that automatically generated subject heading files were practical and that such files could be used to verify subject heading strings constructed by catalogers, update subject headings in catalog maintenance,…
Descriptors: Bibliographic Records, Cataloging, Computers, Databases
Peer reviewedXu, Hong; Lancaster, F. W. – Library Resources & Technical Services, 1998
An analysis of 205 records in the OCLC Online Union Catalog (OLUC) found considerable duplication among subject access points provided by title, subject heading, and classification number fields. On average, only 4.12 unique access points were found per record. The results suggest that online catalogs might outperform card catalogs more in…
Descriptors: Classification, Comparative Analysis, Indexing, Online Catalogs
Peer reviewedWyly, Brendan J. – Library Resources & Technical Services, 1996
Describes a study that investigated the value of various access points in online catalog records by determining their usefulness to searchers who requested location information for items. Results of a transaction log analysis of the Illinois Library Computer Systems Office online union catalog for 45 academic libraries are discussed. (LRW)
Descriptors: Academic Libraries, Access to Information, Bibliographic Records, Databases
Peer reviewedSmith, Marilyn J.; Cochrane, Pauline Atherton – Library Resources & Technical Services, 1999
A new subject list was generated for the Alzheimer's Association's Green-Field Library catalog, resulting in a mix of Medical Subject Headings and Library of Congress Subject Headings, augmented by local- and reviewer-supplied terms. The list gives the Library authoritative terms to use for original and copy cataloging. It can also be placed with…
Descriptors: Access to Information, Alzheimers Disease, Cataloging, Classification
