![]() Library records are created using a very detailed set of rules that determine exactly what data is included and how it is presented. Libraries produce few of these analytic entries the cataloging of journal articles is done by indexing companies and sold to libraries as services (remember the Reader's Guide in your local library?).Īnglo-American Cataloguing Rules (AACR, AACR2) When they do catalog any parts of those wholes, it is called "analyzing," thus an analytic entry into the catalog. In general, libraries catalog only the "whole": the book or the journal. This is what libraries call a bibliographic record for an article in a journal or magazine or newspaper, or for a chapter in a book. Added entries are access points in the catalog. On the traditional library card, added entries were found at the very bottom of the card and represented where additional cards were filed in the card catalog. The term "access point" is sometimes used to refer to any part of the bibliographic record that is searchable, in particular when speaking of fielded searches in OPACs.Īny heading that is not included in the main entry. In these catalogs, a user enters a left-anchored string and is returned a screen of alphabetically sorted catalog entries that appear before and after that string. The access point concept was carried over in some computerized catalog software. Access points were headings that were filed alphabetically in the catalog. * 856 the field that carries a URL for the online version of the resource, or closely related information such as tables of contents that are online.īased on the card catalog, an access point was any element of the record that resulted in a card being added to the catalog for access. * 7XX called "added entries" these are all of the additional authors, titles, and other information that is not part of the main entry. * 6XX the subject fields, of which 650 is for topical subjects and is the most common * 260 the publisher, place of publication, and date MARC uses fields from 001 to 899, with the 9XX range reserved for local use. When a group of fields is referred to, an "X" is used to mean "any digit." So, "6XX" refers to any field in the range 600-699. ![]() When librarians speak in three-digit numbers, they are using the names of MARC fields for the data in library records. Terms and definitions are available in English and a variety of other languages. Definitions are taken from authoritative sources. The Multilingual dictionary of cataloguing terms and concepts contains definitions for many terms and concepts used by the library cataloguing community. See link along left hand side under "account request." MulDiCat: Multilingual dictionary of cataloguing ![]() If you wish to add to this (including adding terms that you would like to have someone define) you need to obtain a W3C wiki account, available to anyone. Some Library Terminology, Informally Explained
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